PERSON COUNTY I U ? N ? ^ -^\ * i ROXBORO IS ONE OV THE i ^ ? A ^ I W ^ i i M *. A. ^ ) A . / ? ~ ?&'?"* A. ^ / A.?J A k-i 1 WELCOMES NEW leading h ? ? ^ ^ J 3 it S * BtK 1 ? d a ? ? '? i comers. Wff- 1- mUA UM i U Uli it i .; J. W. NOELL. EDITOR AND PUBLISHER. HOME FIRST.. ABROAD HEXT '' S 1.50 PER ?EAR IN ADVANCE VOL. XLV. ... ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA, Wednesday Evening. May 2, 19ZW. ? No. 18. ROXBORO DEBATERS MAKE WONDERFUL -SHOWM4N4 Affirmative And Negative Both Won in First Preliminaries. Failed In Second DEBATERS COMPLIMENTED Roxboro Ls proud of the debaters who took ^ part In the debate at Cha pel Hill* last week They reflected "honor upon themselves, upon the High School and upon- the: fcpwn. . There were 52 schools represented and the teams from Roxboro won i "V - ' ' I I Flit -'fl tive through the. first preliminary, thus proving to be one of the best teams in the 13 highest. Both teams eptered Ahe second preliminary, and . while they dirt npt win. they received . honorable mention In both sections, switt from the numerous people who heard them debate received favorable comment. Prom the reports from the committee both Roxboro teams mUfet have been ranked among the best The affirmative debaters were Miss Neva Lumtford and "Eugene Cona41v, Negative. Miss Rachel Bradsher and F,. O. Carver. Jr. Just A Word In Passing I feel like I cannot afford to. let the opportunity pass without Spying something in regard to Mr. J. W. Noell as Senator. In all sincerity I do not know a man belter suited and qualified to re present us at the next meeting of the Oeneral Assembly of North Carolina than is the above named man. Sary Mr. Merchant, how does it strike; you to Ixavfc J. W. Noell to re present yen lis Senator? Messerrf. Business and Professional men how doefc it strike yo>U? Had it^occurcd t:> you that we have no "man better qualified'than he is? Let us turn oyer leaf and s re what Mr, Parmer has tCL-^jiy ab'iuL il. Tho ;aM,_xi?Uliion?d ifi by fa/* the largest of all the other ize Brother. Farmer, that you havp not a better friend anv where. Time after time he has proved himself through the (.olumni .of his paper to be the farmers' real friend; Hp has eooght to advise them alon? the ^afefet channels: Thus it ijecomes a d,ut'y of all of i.\ nf.tkiuetUs to rally to his suu. pori because if he tit nominated he will not be the Senator for tjie busi ness man alone, nor for the commer cial. nor for the fanner, but he win be the Senator for the people. ? As a man he is best described in' _ ihf lolloping lines. J. A man whom ^he lust of office can not kill. A '.an whom, the spoils of office cannot buy, \ man who posseses opinions'" and a will. A man who has honor, a man who will not lie! O. T. GLENN Ed^ar Lone; Memorial Services next; Sunday will be as follows: Sunday School 8;^. Sermon unci commnnlon at 11:00 by Rev. J. C. Wooten, Presiding Elder. Epwnrth League 6-45 Preaching by Pastor, flroo Please note change In time of evening service from T.30 to 8-00 The Church needs men. yes. but men need the Church 1 It's Founder believed everybody worth while arid planned the Church for the help of eyerybody! Why not participate In It? helpfulness? T. A. STKES. Paator. Olive Hill School Closes _ Olive HtU High School will close Frldav. May 4th On Thursday even ing. May 3rd. at. eight o'clock there ??Ul be a Concert by the children of t he primary department. On Fri day evening. May 4th. the pupil* of the upper grades will give a declaim. . :llaa aofl reading contest The pub-' 1ft) 1? cordially invited to attend these rloelng exercises Services At St. Mark's There will he services at St. Mark's Kptwopal Church next Sunday morn -w ?t 11 o'clock bv Rev. H. Manvck "Thla win -prohabtr ? tw^fr Mastrck1* tut lervtc* at ?L.M&FI H1. M 1U Ttarr r-deepted a call to Kentucky. .. it -?>? ? Otannlng Pollock's siage MaJiteR ; rtoe* "THE ENEMY with ' Ulllan Ml?h at Wtace" Theatre Monday it an-.- May i >>a, Alattnii-jJ ' 3:00 P.' St.' HERBERT HOOVER Herbert Hoover was-bora in Iowa in 1874. the son.o? a blacksmith. His mother was a reader hi a Quaker meeting house. He was orphaned at 9 r.nd brought up by relatives in Oregon; he worked his way through Lelaud Stanford University: he worked with a pick in the mines, and later was assistant in the office of a San Francisco engineer. Slump Believed Due To Re-Ad justment Of Plants in Prepa ration For Increase LESS THAN '* APRIL 1927 Ralelgh. Ma> 1.?A slump In manu facture of clsnrettes by. R. J. Rey nolds, American Tobacco companvB and Liggett & Myers was revealed to [ night. In the April report of SUlTam Orlssom, collector of Internal reve nue for North Carolina. April collecttoiui of Internal reve nue- in North Carolina amounted to i $15.603,689. or $671.768 less than was: collected In April 1927. It was the first time in years that collections h?d fallen below the month for the ; preceding year. Mr.' Grissom said. This decrease, he said, was due to j icduced sale of cigarette stamps. "The natural question arises is this t eduction to continue?" said Collector Orissom "We don't think so. Cor-J talnly it is not due to any sudden de crease of the number of cigarettes biting smoked find I do not believe it Is due to any overproduction in the past. Wp have the bellef'that this i eduction U due to a re-adjustment of plants and machines In preparation for Immediate Increased1 production. I fn fact, the sale of cigarette stamps 1> already back to normal though a week ago we were feeling it." ?! Mr flrissom said the reduction In thr sale of cigarette stamps before i the announcement of the reduction in wholesale price? Indicated the manufacturers were preparing for in* creased production before the an nouncement was made Mayor's Court Monday 'morning R. P. Whissnanti wan brought before Mayor R. P. burns on a charge of illegal posses sion of whiskey. He was bound over to the next term of Superior court nnd bond was set at $100. A. T. W?ddell. on a charge of be ing drunk and disorderly, was flnST *0.30, including costs. Bushy Fork S. Comment-omen t May 10. 8:00 p. m. Ntusk- Recital. Mayy Addr?** by I Van Hewing at Uuk* University. May 1.1. 8:00 p. m. Grammar grad?* program. An exchange says that three pounds ol tea will bny-slx ?lives in India Ann all fit khrm flfl beautiful as I tie fame^ Model T? ? Slump In Manufacture Of ? -Cigarettes During Month Thompson Leads Heel Wrestlers Chapel Hill, April ,18.?Eugene G. Thompson, of Roxboro, N. C.. was elected today to captain the Untver- I sity of North Carolina wrestlejrs through their 1929 Season. Thomp son's electioti came at a meeting of the wrestlers called for that purpose., I The newly elected Tar Heel cap tain has served two full seasons oil I the mats, and has a record of 12 wins out of 14- bouts- Both of his defeats were by decisions, while'ttlost 6f his victories were on falls. '? k ' I Thompson Is a member of the jun ior class in the university and will lead a veteran team Into the 1929 campaign. In addition to the letter- I men of this year's varsity. Coach Chuck Quinlan will have several promising youngsters from the fresh ^nen to make up the 1929 aggregation. Zone Missionary Meeting' At Leaiburfe On Saturday. May 5th. a Zone Mis sionary meeting will be hold in Leas burg. This will be a Joint meeting of Person and Caswell counties arid a I full attendance from both counties la ' lequexted. An interesting program has been arranged and several Con ference officers are expected to be. with iu>. Come and help mak* this meeting ir success' Mrs. K. L. Street. Chm. Person County. Vitas Mildred Conally, Cbm. Caswell County. Confederate Reunion The annurfT reunion of Confederate veterans will be held Thursday, May 10th. at 11 o'clock in the graded school auditorium. ' An Internat in? program has been arranged, pinner . uOU be wtrvad la Uia -wtarana?anrt their wives by the Daughters of the Confederacy. Rainfall For April. i---*??' T.O'AbW wtw. nei-i*. iTgsriT l ot the rftlnr?!! IWS. tells us that for April it was 7.30 inches. This Is un . usually heavy, and we hop*- it will be stored -?p foe- the itry months' due In the summer . , . It .has Wn- discovered ?hat man? much-feared vartetiea of shirks are ouito liarmlcs.'H-eitcnpt'. for, .pre- thc v i I - i? r- . - ? *? - ^ ' . . ? ? .? # GOV. SMITH LEADS IN CALIFORNIA PRIMARY Heavy RaUoting In Southern California and Light Vote In I Northern Fart Reported LEADS WALSH AND REPI) <_San Francisco. Ma,v O^-Retuijns from 4.050 of California's 9,753 pre cinctH-gave: Hoover. 2T5.490. Smith. 67.910. Re*d. 27,765. Walsh, 20.504. \ ? San Frahcisjco, May 1.-?Rolling up more votes than those of his .two D6 ::c opponents combined. Gov rnor All red r Smith . ? tonight held a commanding lead in the California Presidential primary for the State's 26 delegate. votes for the. Houston convention. Returns frcm 3.291 of the State's 8.753 precincts .showed Governor Smith had won 53,.668 votes, Senator James A. Reed of Missouri 23.898. and Sena tor Thomas J. Walsh of Montana. 16,361. ? fl^erbert Hoover, the only Republi can candidate. - had polled 222.802 votes ' in the same number of pre cincts for his party's'29 delegate votes 'At.the Kansas City convention. . Daniel A. Poling, of New York., pro hibition candidate, was unopposed for his party's delegate votes. Gov. Smith led both his . opponents as high as five to one in many coun ties. ? i San Francisco voted heavily for the New York man, giving him. 16.125 ..votes to 2,740 for Reed in 500 of the ?06 pcecfncts. Senator "Reed ran second in nearly even.* county throughout the State, trailing Smith by aVwide margin. hp.ld. .cast a big majority .for Smith in 1.525 precincts dUt of 2.557. The vote jrvas Smith 222.76; Reed 14.665 and /Weilsh 10,287 San Diego county gave Smith more votes than both his opponents com bined. . The 'thlrtv delegate? ?;'l have 26 ?.votes'.at - Houston,. eight >b4iig -ctelf izzr* nt J:rr?e wirh-hstl?? -a_ vote rach.. . * ? ? . The delegates will be pledged by 5. reference- . Each DomocraUc. candidate was ex pected to carry his individual ticket, but there was the bare possibility of a split ticket. ? y_. Should the balloting result in a split ticket, it- would lie possible, but highly improbable, that the 2? dele gate votes would be divided amorig thfc thrcn candidates. One candidate pessibly could obtain 12 delegate votes, another 8, and the .third 6. Possibility of a sfpllt ticket was held to be remote, by political follow ers. ' . . ? With Herbert Hoover unopposed for the 29 delegates to the Republican National Convention from his home State, interest centered in the Alfred E. Smith. New York: Sentaor James A. Reed. Missiouri; Senator Thomas ?J. Walsh. Montana, for^thr votes .of 465,000 registered Democrats, approxi mately a fourth t>f the State's regis tration. The outcome of the contest for con trol of the 26 California votes that will be cast at the Houston convent t!ojj. State political leaders predicted, might be the determining factor in the selection of the Democratic Presi dential nominee. Los Angeles County, admitted stronghold of the William CP. Mc Adoo forces supporting Walsh, re ported heavy balloting, with a pre diction of one of the largest votes re corded for several years*. New Director Elected At ft meeting of the board of di r<-cton of the Peoples Bank held last Wednesday Mr R L Harris wai elected a director to take the place of Mr. Newman, who had sold hI? stock and became Ineligible The di rector* showed great wWdom In their selection, for Mr Harris to recognized as one of the leading young financiers of this section. ., j:*6iZ?J ? ? o- : Woman's Club Ull'l HI' ? HIWWW Wcman'S club In their ?tc Forester J. S. Holmes, and expects to [ lemaln in the county for several flays. The Study is an effort on the part ot the State to dcter-mlne the value -of merchantable timber In the state, Its present form*, total forest areas ! and principle uses of the timber pro duced. While this county Is not one of the outstanding timber producing coun ties (n the State, it does contain some valuable timber, for the most* part pine with some oak. ash. implar and 1 gum. The survey proposes to determine the total area of improved land of nny dejcrijitlon. waste areas, percent of merchantable timber, arid percent of growing forest with thelfr respective values .. ^ Mr. Brown lp making his survey will seek the cooperation of lumbermen and land owners and he declared this morning that any assistance rCTf dcred him will be greatly appreciated thr- Department he represents A Fine Address The program for the last meeting of the Rotary club was tinder the di rection of Dr! B. E. Love and he had nn agreeable surprise for the club, i He had Invited Dr Shore, of Raleigh. 1 t.?Oscar De Priest, Negro, fanner Chicago Alderman, to day was selected to replace the de ceased Martin B.. Madden as the Re publican nom'ipee tor Representative '^rj Congress from the' First Illinois District If elected which' pollticahS say .seeais certain.' he would. be the ? ~ T ' to: The first district, represented by the late "Watchdog oi the treasury" twfelve consecutive terms, is predoml v- Ki-er'ar in populationvond Mr.. Madden won his 13th uomtnatiou three 'veeks ago only after his friends fought strerrtreusly against the selec tion of a Negro.'- ; Selection-' of De Pries: was made by tile Republican ward committee man whose wards Ue within the boon-, dar:' s cf the First Consre-??iolia! Dis trict oh Chicago's South Side. It n'cs. unanimous. [Regional B. Y. P. U. ' I Convention Met Here I The Regional B? Y. P. U. Conven t ion met with the First Baptist ' Dhurch last Friday. Saturday and ' Sunday, and was a decided .success. Notwithstanding the weather, there | ?ras a very g&od representation, and the young people entered heartily in- ] to their work.. They were welcomed. I by .Miss Rachel Bradsher in a. most piea?ing address, which was respond- 1 "Tci A'o by Tlectley .>s oi ureensboro. I whjle the . meetings were , all very | interesting, the two outstanding ad-| dresres were delivered "toy Rev. E. I Norftret Oardner. pastor pf r lie Bap- I ti:-: Church cf Th omas v ille. ;md Miss' Winnie. Rickett of R.il^igh. While ' those wprfcj'he mountain np addrp?s-i < I rti of theToun^yc^l-l^cnnhe pro-BI ji.-juii Ailed rhPir ;:^rt. well 7anff"THe people of. RoxBsro"(-'lighted at H the opporruftlty of entertaining these" cpAs^crated young folks. I PROGRAM ?Grammar Grades Central High School Friday, May 1th. 8 p. m. 1. Song?If we were you and you, viere us. Margaret Perkins, Dorothy Warren I 2. Opening songs-^Volcejf of the ] Woods Some Folks. Loves Old Sweet [song. Grades 4. 5 and G. 3. Operetta^Midsunimer.Eve, Scene 1. Margaret lt*"--eritc hec- Dorothy. WUl-o*the-wisps: Isadore Long. He len Thompson. Mae Hobgood. Fran ces Jones. Reulsh Bradley, ? Louise Hassen. Sue M. Richmond. Ivonard Broadwell. Dot Riley. Anne WatkinS, Annie L. Bradsher. Emily Bradsher. 4. Song?"Ain't It The Limit". Lucy Wtnstead, When You Ask About Omr Irivins." A P. James. Song?"Quit Dat Ticklln' M?.1' Vlr Iglnla Whitten. I Scene II. R. E. Hamlin. HeaVd: Anna K. Moore. Arbutus: Anna L. Love. Innocence; Rose Ellen Wood?, Queen Mat Pages. Donald Bradsher and Donald Carver. Flowers: Vir ginia Whttten. Ocle Oakley. Ernes tine Wllkeraon. Margie stanfleld. Ida WltwteaA Margaret Briooka. I.izWtte Allgood. Otadvs Solomon. Elves: Jcihn _ Bradsher, Mason Barrett. I?f*n Jack son. William Fox, Loug Davis. Basil Oarrett, Ouy Oardner. D'Arcy Brad sher. Mack Long Jlmmle Dixon. Vlr glnl* Ashley. Spirit of Dawn ??o? ? First Baptist Church Bible School tO ij., m.. R. V Wll burn. Supt. 1 .? Preaching 11 a. in. Suhjeet: "fleet ing the Best". 7:30 p. m. Subject: "Stumbling Blocks.' B. Y. P. U'l 6:30 p. m Prof B. B. Knight. Oaneral Director "The preaehfog of the rroas la to ? trrrn that r?rWh foolishness: ' bat unto us wisdom aruLtlBhteousness, and ?anctlflcation. and redemption." 1 Cor. l;30. A cordlftLwelcome is extended to nil. * . .W, F WEST, Pastor. "The C)rder Of The Boiled OwU" The minstrel, The Order Of The Boiled Owls will be given ?? .(along, ' in the srhrml auditorium, on c'at?rd?y night. May 5. This is n l.mghaMr and enjoyable entertainment and the people of .Taking are. sun? of an even