THE DATE ON TOE I. ABEL IS THE DATE VOI R PAPER WHfL BE STOPPED WATCH THE LARRL ON YOUR PAPEK . AND DO NOT I.ET YOUR SUBSCRIPTION EXPIRE J. W. NOELL. EDITOR AND PUBLISHER. HOME FIRST. ABROAD NEXT $1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE VOL. No. XLIV ? ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA, Wednesday Evening, November 9,-1 927 No. 45. Roxboro Leads In Prices ! One House Average One Day $34.40 itoxboro Sold 736.322 Pounds Last Week For An Aver age ' of $30.24 VRMERS ARE SATISFIED Things were lively in Roxboro last * eek. the farmers brlngtnj In 736 323 c.unjjs cl tobacco during the week ??inch .old for an Coverage ol $30.24. i.'emember. this including every pile ( Sered on Hie floors durtns the en tire week. On Friday the Hvco- Warehouse had ?_s good sale and. average $34.40 f or . pile on the flooj. So far as ne nave seen this is the bsst average .iade on any market. Th? seasons s?le Is considerably : head ol the pist season, with an .".i-erase ot $25.00 for the entire sales. We do not believe we have ever ??-en more"uBUy between buyers and Jarmers and as near every one satis f'-d as we see these days. Of course. one Tanner remarked to us. the ??her day. the quality of tobacco here unusuallv irootl and the price" is no t high for the quality, but it is so much better titan it had been that cxery one feels good oyer the tact hat he is getting a profit for his itbor this year.' , r-*?0?- ? A Busy, Place We are aU interested ifi the growth cl our Town and County. The Peoples Bank, the oldest bank n the County, was one busy place Monday.. Deposits made by oustom rrs during the day aggregated -more than $150.000 00 increasing the total ?itpoelts to nearly a round Million : lollars. On October the 14tli this Tank showed bills payable $300,000.00 e*try dollar of this has been paid nnd the bank today is out of debt. This bank makes a special effort to :-rve its customers satisfactorily cm! irom the figures given above It looks fit If the customers npprelcate this i?rvlce. ? .1 Warehouse* Will Observe Armistice Day On Friday. Nov. Uth. Armistice "Hay the warehouses will observe the ? 'ay by stopping for a few minutes "at ? '.J O'clock, when the fire whistle- wW ttow. ;iuct ftttins: exercises will be >v?id wherever the sale may be on. Prayer* Will be offered and America will be sung. False Report Some one . has been circulating the vport that prices on the Roxboro to bftcco market were off. and we want to cay emphatically there U no truth n the report. Tobacco is higher !vere, we believe, than on any of the markets. and you need pay no heed ? such false reports. Death Of Infant The Infant daughter of Mr and Mrs.' W R. Woodv died this mom ng. Funeral services will be held i : the home tomorrow morning at 50 o'clock. The sympathy of friends all go out to Mr. and Mrs Woody ?n thl? hour of bereavement. 31ive Hill P. and T. As. The regular monthly meeting of Olive Hill Parent-Teacher Associn on (or Nov. 17th ha* tieen cancsllcd in account of a previous engagement ?f Rev W. F West? Sec The Planters Warehouse, averaged .?"32.24 on Monday the 7Uy Sell at the Planters Where you will bo pleased. The average at the Planter'. Ware Von#* for Tuesday the 8th. ins $33.76 Sell your tobacco where the sales nre always uniform and always good. ' . . O? ? '" '' i The average nt the Planters Wure hou.%? for Tu(-.day_lt>c 8th. was $33.70 Sell your tobacco where the saks . 6 ' ? . ' " . Ramon Navarro with Alice Terrv -ia.T?XiOVEIlS" rHI* greatest role \ since "Bet) Hut") Wl^jilaceThcatrv ?L Monday and Tuesday. Nov'-Vi^lf.ih " Scores Drowned When Flood Visits New England States Capital's Police Women Stand High in First Aid Members of the Women's Bureau of the District of Co lumbia polite department re- * i cently completed the Red Cross first aid colurse. This is per haps the first women's group of the kind to be awarded the special first aid arm insignia by the American Red Cross in token of completion of the training. The Red Cross in the past year qualified 24.812 persons in first aid and awarded certifi cates to members of poller and fire departments. industrial groups and utilities employes . all over the Lfnited States. Comedy' Heads In Chautaupua Program Here The Cant To Present The Play ' Here Is Said To Be Unus ually Competent. six Bif tfVBNTgnfff" AT3? This year's Chautauqua program will include two concerts by the ' Christine Bingham Recital Company;, a full afternoon's entertainment by the Muri-el Duo; an inspiring and convincing lecture, "The Modern Tale of Two Cities", by Charles How ard Plattcnburg: a full evening's pro- i gram of magic and sand painting by , the S- S. Henry. Company; an after- ' noon of i.wflty entertainment by ' Miss Beatrice Knapp; and last but! not least n three-act modern comedy * "The Patsy." by the author "of "Apple- i sauce." last year's" Chautauqua success, i The Christine Bingham Recital Company consists of Christine Bing ham. popular Phlladcphta soprano, ; and Patrick Henry Lynskey, of New York City, tenor. Christine Bingham varies the vocal selections of her pro- ' gram by playing her own violin ob- j ig'atdsl' The Murrell Poor Duo is said to be i "the little company with the big pro Mr. Poor enjoys i?j the dis-i Unction of being called "the man' with the India rubber fa^s." They present a program of impersonations, leadings, songs and combination num bers on the chimes S. S. Henry ahd Company baar the reputation of of being the most ver satile entertainment company on the lyceuni and Chatauqua platform, for not only is Mr. Henry a magican of note, but an artist of novely and skill as well. His art novelty, sand paint ings, originated by him, never fails to elict the highest commendation1 from every audience. "The Patsy", is described as a three act comedy of American life with laughter predominating in every line. I A touch of pathos now arid then is j said to remind those who arc convul sed by the humor of the play of the i really serious lesson involved in its 1 production. The cast to. present the plav here is said to be unusually com petent and the production will frrob- ! ably exceed that of "Applesauce.' of 1 last year, - j This year's program will not be j without the usual special events for the children- under the riirimtlon u 1 a trained leader. ? songs, games, stories, .and their nwn Junior Town govern ment will be combined on the last nfternoon intq a program given by 'he children themulves for the de light and beneni of tneir parents fttvt others-. , ? ? j ' Spend a night, under the Tropical Skies with Kalama's Hawallans in ' Moonlight In Hawaii", at Palace Thrntrr 'Monday and Tnrviav. Nov ember 14-15th. Matinee at 3:00 p.m. - 4 The Real Hawaiian Prlnceis, with Katamas Hawallans prf.lerulne . "A Moonlight In Hawaii", at Palace Tl'.e atre Monday and Tuekday. Ndvem bar 14-I5th. Matinee at 3:00 pm. Unconfirmed Reports Tell Of Drowning' Of Between 137, And 212 Persons In Mont Pelior. Vermont; City Com pletely Isolated CAME WITHOUT WARNING* White River Junction. Vermont. Nov. 4. ? Unconfirmed reports of heavy loss of lite in Montpeller. the state capital, where the collapse of a large re-servoir was said to have flooded the city deeply, were in circulation here tonight. According to these reports the death list ran from 137 to 212. Montpeller is about 58 miles from this point and is completely isolated. Telephone and telegraph service from the state capital lulled early last evening' and since that tim." m definite news has been received. 'I wo telephone girls who left Montpeller at 8 oclock last night and arrived here today said water was running, 10 feet deep in State street, the main street of. tli" city, at that hour. A steadily mounting death toll and property damage of millions of dol lars is indicated In reports, from flood-ravaged towns of New England. Unconfirmed reports were that from 137 to 212 persons lost their lives in Montpelier. Vermont, with the collapse of a large reservoir. A score of other death were report ed from widely spearted towns in Vermont. Connecticut and Massa chusetts. in the grip of floods for two , da** dm jo. daqM in riws >ur*Un* as a result "of excessive rains. *" The affected area comprises large ly the New Engalnd mill district, which due to lack or power, was idle today. Residents of many sectiops spent tli? night in darkness, and! thousands of families, forced from their flooded homes, took to higher ground. _ Flood conditions extended into part' of New York state, up Into Maine, where a 68-mile gale whipped the sea into a fury and sank at leas', one ship, and Into Canada where crops were destroyed and railroad lines washed out. Boston. Nov. 4. ? Flood waters to- | night still gripped New England. Rain had ceased in most sec'/.ons but streams which had taken a toll of at least dozen lives and probably more continued to rise. Railroad | service was parlyzed in Vermont. Nejv ? Hampshire and western Massachu setts. Scores of bridges had been swept away, with several dams. High ways were many feet deep in water over extensive areas. '? ' ? ? ' ? ? -o-~ ? Winstead Living Up To Its Motto The motto it the Winstead Ware house is "Thi') Highest Dollar For Every Pile Of Tobacco." and they are living up to it these days. Oil last Friday, they made the following sales: Hawkins & Petttford. 620 ll.s., $336 1 8 average $53.20. J. W. Rogers, 328 tl>s., $163.94: av erage 853,20. A. C. Hawkins. 686 U.S.. S353.64: av erage $5156. C. D. Rogers. 606 U.S.. $293.14: av erage $4837. Tom Munday, 590 lbs., $237.12; av erage 641.95. R. A. Burch & Son. 1122 Ins.. $465.58 average $41.30. Howerton & Duncan. 370 Vhs., av erage $42.95. Prof. I' rederick H. Koch, Director Playmakers Playmakers Will Present Plays At School Auditorium The Carotin* Playmakers will offer one of their most unusual dramas. "The Scuflletown Outlaws". This play not only deals with such hU toricals facts as: The descendants of Sir Walter Raleigh's Lost Colony: Reconstruction days in the Old South: Henry Berry Lowrie and his gang of Croatan Island Outlaws from Ccuf fletown Swamps,? Lowrie was the. ACCIDENT FATAL TO NEGRO BOY An unidentified n cgro boy. age | nine years, met almost instant deatrv last Thursday on the Leas burg-High- : tower road near the colored school when he dashed out in front of a 1 heavily loaded tobacco truck which struck him. and owned by~M*?. Theo. Hestf r>--and driven by Nat Barnet. I colored. The" school boys- were en- i gaged in playing ball near th; road { and this little fellow rushed in front' of the truck which Could noc be stopped in time to avoid hitting htm. The truck was turned over in an ef fort to avoid hitting the boy. Orphanage Singing class 'The Oxford Orphanage Singing i Class will visit Roxboro on Saturday. Nov. 19th, and give a concert for j the benefit of the orphanage. It is hardly necessary to more than cas ualty mention this tact to insure j them a full house, for they have ap- , wared here so often and are so well I known. This is an etnertainment that all enjoy big and little young ! and old, besides, the cause appeals, to every one who has -a heart. Theyj wilMfeSve their concert in the Gram- j mar Grade auditorium, and will be- < gin at . '? i First Baptist Church Bible School 10 a.m. Subject : "Jes- j US As A Bible Student." 7;S0 pjn. Subject: "Why Have Any Marriage | Law?"' ' ??nr*pnri"?3ff"p.m. nus toiih; Yancey, general director. "Wherewithal shjll a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed thereto according to thy word."? Psahn 119:9. A cordial "welcome is" extended to sTT. ^ W. F WEST. Pastor. -Who's Who? W." were late In receiving the ansagars to Who's Who. a n't ,ndV- not b? able to publish _them lh this tis sue. Watch ior th