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VOL. XLV. ROXBORO. NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 9. 1928. . ' NO. 1?.
Threats Of Civil War
Hover Over Rumania
PRINCE CAROL PACKS HIS
BAG TO LEAVE ENGLAND
Uncertain As to Where Former j
Crown Prince Will Go; Re
Ports Of Fighting
I
WANT NEW GOVERNMENT j
Vienna?Mty 8.?The tenseness of
<,he political situation in Rumania
engendered by the. demands of the
Peasants' Party that the government
be turned over to a cabinet of their
choosing, had hot relaxed tonight. A
strict censorship was being main
tained while government officials tel
egraphed brlet assurances that the
country was / perfectly calm."
In contrast, to these official state
ments were unconfirmed advicesjrom
a dozen points in the Balkans which i
told of several conflicts with pitched'
fighting between the peasahts and
government, troops vjho sought to
prevent their march to the capital to
enforce their demands, Minister oj?\
the Interior Duca in a telegram^fo
the A^ociated Pre'.s Bureau her^did
not amplify with any detail his
statement that "the government has
the situation under control."
Apparently the next move must j
come from the jieasants who have
been told onfce by the regency thatj
it sees no reason to ask the reslgna- 1
tlon of the government, unless the de- ]
^ elopments of the peasant manifesta
tions during the lasr two days since [
the Alda Julia Congress have been I
suiflcient to cause a change of -mind j
of those who rule for the boy Kim. |
\fichael. I
Juliu Manlu. the peasant leader, j
already ha> prepared. the* slate of (
the peasant cabinet which he appears!
serenely confident" the regency ulti
mately will be forced to accept in the _
lace of the rising lide of ^llssatlsfac-!
tlon among'the rural population.
'Miilllu lnul I'xpivjvsed- dir* -t
approval, of the attempted march by J
.said-that unless the regency Consider- :
ed favorably the demands formulated
by thf> party congress, stronger steps
would be taken. ,
Carol Packing To -Leave KngLand j
London. May 8.^-Princo Carol, fa-1
ther of Rumania's six-year-old King!
Michael, was packing his baggage to!
night and preparing to ?av good-by '
to England, where he it*.. not, wanted?-}.
Sheriff Directed Not
To Advertise Land
New Bern. May 7,?An order signed
by Judge Henr>- A Clratjy restrains ?
JSbertff R B t-mc. of Craven Coun
ty from advertising county real es
tate for sale 1 ^^xes as provided by
the 1927 couniflBvernment act. The!
action was brought by J. V. Blades1
i=nd others and ip returnable May 1?.)
when It ?111 be determined whether
or not the order will be made per
manent Similar orders are Raid to
have been Issued in Pumlico arid Car-1
teret counties
Tn com'pliancc with the State law.
however, the board of courlty com
missioners here today ordered the
advertising of delinquent tax proper
ty. The restraining order will pre- '
vent the enforcement of the order, [
Edgar Lone Mem
orial M ,E. Church
You will 'receive a warm welcome1
Rt Edgar Ionia Memorial M. E.
Church next Sunday. All services,
?ill be Interesting and helpfuL This
being Mother's nay It 1? hoped and
expected that a fine tribute will be 1
paid to our mother* by a large at- 1
tendance at all services
Sunday School 9:45. Sermon 11.00
aJid 8:00. Epworth league 7:15.
"Sometimes the remembrance of our
mother rebukes u*. sometimes It nils
us with the deepest )oy. Thai' de-1
pends upon the sort of thing we may
b" doing wheh the memory of her
flaahes aeroas our minds 'Think 'of
me', she lid though perhaps' not
'TmiiMv Vhen vim (leparfr-'l- ITMH Kf-f; '
for who knows better than ?he that
..'o long as vrju keep her in mind von
oai* not go far wrong.'' Remember^
today. Oo to church This |7"
what she would (to.
? ?--A- BfKBfl. I'natoe.?
Clara Bow in < dene Stratum Por
'#'? prent Novel) THB KEEPER
(if'TiIF B1J3ES" at Palace Th?s+rp.
'Thursday. May "10th
"1TLAW" PEDDLER
BECOMES MILLIONAIRE
I'MIU'N rV"?Kts; Winner -V4
Winner. South -Dakota?
Began With S134
W
k AS BROKE 8 YEARS AGO
Winner, s. D..?One of the most
sensational business successes in the
country is Ben Butts, who has reach
ed the position of one of the tehjl
I leading , individual taxpayers in South j
Dakota. His story reads like an Ara- i
b:an Nights romance. Por he is a i
self-styled outlaw who made his liv-1
II ins? at odd jobs eight years ago.
I' He landed ? at Winner eight years '
ago-flat Broke but ready to work. j
It was winter, and all he could find i
to do was shovel snow. He cleared I
banks eight feet deep from storefront 1
sidewalks at 50 cents a storefront, -and \
when he had money enough he I
bought a peddler's outfit.
Now. at the end of the railroad and i
Jhe gateway to the Rosebud cattle ]
country, he has made good to the!
extent that he is reckoned in Winner 1
as haying personal and commercial I
assets of about one million dollars.
He lias deyeloptxKa remarkable re- !
tail business. ?;
This is how it. happened:
Finding that he had made %134, he|
invested it in a shack and a stock of j
merchandise. Now he has five brandi
es to which he trucks supplies, his
principal- store being-ih Winder.
He makes no pretense of building i
fine'stores. His places of business'
are real shacks, simple and .sturdy
shack: at Winner Is called the
can obtain anything from a hairpin
to a tractor!
His customers are . ranchers and j*
*' in -omr k the las: Indian
reservation !.Pnjt<ory opened in the.
United States.\
His advertising methods are as
picturesque as the career that ho has i
carved out for himself. He is a firm j
believer in advertising, and . it has !
been a big factor in hi* success, help- i
ing him to turn from pauper to pluto- I
crat ?
There is an Outlaw rodeo, an Out
law baseball team, basketball team,
orchestra and bank. ? ?
Butts' success was achieved by rcil|
hard work, too. When he flsrt open
ed hta ,stnrc It did business twenty- i
fours a cfay. Now his establishments !
are on an elghteen-hoiir day .basis, |
competition having abated.
HLs rough South Dakota shacks 1
have made him a winner at Winner j
?a prosperous citizen of the town r
who. started on <;ven less than the!
proverbial shoestring I
-. &???
Mother's Day .
With tears of sorrow and regret.
Let every day be Mothers Day
Make roses grow along her way
And beauty everywhere.
Oh, never let her eyes be wet
And never cease to care! v
Come, grown up children, and rejoice
A day for her? Por you she gave
Long years of'love and'service brave.
Por you her youth was spent:
There wax no weight of hurt or rare
Too heavy for her strength to bear.
She followed where you went:
Her courage and her love sublime
You could depend on all the time.
-Edgar Guest.
We Invi te you t o join us In worship
next .Sunday at the First Baptist
Church as we endeavor to honor our
Mothers and Ood.
Bible School. R h. Wllburn, Supt.
10:00 A. M
Preaching. Subject "Mother",-.11:001
Preaching, Subject "Our Tiesettlr,^ j
Sins" 8:00 P M.
B. Y. P. Us. Prof B. B. Knight.!
UWI'ill nirrrnST-T'pP p. M, ~H
j"'V-rKen Unto the lather th%t beea1 '
Line, mu dlglilMJ UUl I(ly * illiaiiMi 1
?When she is old.T -Prov. 23 ^!2
W. P. West. ^Pastor
A Thousand Chaney Thrills In
THE BIO erfY. with Hettv Oomp
son. Palace Theatre. Monday , A1
1 Tueylar, Msev )4-4Mh' Matinee Mnn
3:00 p. m. ^ _
TRAPPED ENGINEER
BEGS TO BE KILLED
Ilazelton. Pa_ May 8.?Harry
Cunlus, 45, engineman on thj?
Wilkesboro and Hazelton Railway
was killed and 26 passengers in
jured today in a head collision
between two high-speed electric
trains at Si. Johns, nine miles
north of this city.
Cunius is said to have overrun
?i sin lull .ti uliiih puitu liiitmin
should have taken a sidetrack to
allow-a southbound train to pass.
He was pinned in his steel cabin
and was slowly burned to death
by heavy charged wires snapped
by the wreck. He begged for
some one to shoot him to end his
suffering. Both cars were de
stroyed by the fire. / ?
CHIEF OLIVER INJURED
CHASINGJOTLECGER
Suffers Had Cut On Knee, Re
quiring Nine Stitches;
Negro Escapes
OTHER LEG ALSO INJURED
Last Saturday night, while pursu
ing an unknown negro believed to
have bfeen bootlegging whiskey, Sam
Oliver. Chief of Police, stepped in
a ditch and was,.thrown heavily on a
rock pile. Hi?lcnee was cut severely,
and iijter being, brought home, it was
louncl necessary to take nine stitches
to close the wound. His left leg was
also badly bruised. Yesterday Mr.
Oliver seertied to bp suffering con
siderably. However it is not thought
that any permanent stiffness will
result.
Chief Oliver, and L. K. Walker, had
observed two negrccs back of the old
Win stead stab'.#' handling ?ome whis
key as tfltfy thought. The accident
occurred -during the. chase which fol
lowed. Deputy Walker managed to
capture his man. but the evidence, 'f
any. had somehow been disposed of.
and the* .man was released. Mr.."Wal
ker is acting chief of police in the
absence of Chief Oliver.
Notice To Juniors
Juniors of Roxboro ^"^l, No. 121.
are hereby notified that there will,
be no 'meeting May 14th, as T>ur Dis
trict Deputy was with us May 7th and
stated that the State Council would
be In Durham on May 44th with.
Edsemont Council. No. 473. and he de- I
sired as many as possibly could from i
our Council to attend.
R. A. Whitfield, Coun..
R. W. ^unsford. R. S.
o ?
t Lon Chaney with Betty Compson
in "THE BIO CITY * playing at Pal
ace Theatre Monday Tuesday,
May 14-15th. I^atinee Monday 3 p. m
WAR DECLARATION
. FEARED BETWEEN
CHM4MAN
Japanese Army Awaits Only
Authority Of "Emperor To
Invade Shantung
t JAP GARRISON TRAPPED
I London. May 8.?Japan and-China
i have come to the point where a de
l clara t i on of war seems Imminent. An
| actual state of warfare already ex
ist?. for there has been heavy flght
| lnu between the Japanese troop6 and
| the- Chinese Nationalists in Shantung
Pr-vi" ?"
A Japanese army division. ; num
bering from 15,000 to 18.000 men,
I awaits the sanction of the Emperor
I'to proceed to TSlngtao. on the Shan
tung peninsula. ttie Japanese Min
1 tstry has already approved the move
| ment of these troops,
j Neutral Zone
, The establishment of a neutral
zone embracing an area* of seven
miles on either side of the Tkinan
I Tsingtao railway was arranged by the
| Japanese general In command, ana
the Chinese troops were ordered to
. withdraw outside of this zone. The
j issaunce of a proclamation to this
effect brought. retaliatory measures by
the Nationalists, who fired on a Ja
panese regiment in a northern su
[ burg of . Tsinan:
A general enifagemeriu ensued. the
I Japanese blowing, up an ammunition
dump, setting fire to the barracks
j and carrying on ii fierce offensive,
j The Nationalists attacked' in large
numbers along the whole, line of the
railway.
Peking advices say that the battle
was raging at 11 o'clock this morning
; but details as to casualties were lack-,
! I
Young Boy Injured In
Automobile Accident
Melvin t/>ng. ,youpg son of Jini
Long of near- Bushy Fork, was injur
j ed, early Monday morning when the
automobile? lie was driving turned
Li?Yt*r on the .Bushy Fork road. He
j-siifffe'red i broken collar bone and
, other miuor cuts.. and_J>ruit?s._ Two
j-other y&ung boys, who were also in
the car.' were not injured to ajfy ex
tent. It is understood that the acci
r dent was caused by a pile 'of loose
sand and dirt Which had been scraped
up to ,the middle of the road by the
load force. The injured lx>y was
brought to. town, where he was treat
ed by Dr, Gentry.
Presbyterian Church
Sunday School at 9:45 a. m. H. L.
Crowell. Supt.
Mothers Day service.at 11 a. m.
Stmday School hvfWuehell Chapel
at 2 o'clock Preachirju ' at 3 p. in.
Services at Bushy. Pork school at 1 :tn
?p. m. EVeiry. one welcome at all ser
vices.
P. CArf* /VDAMS. Pastor.
Oene Stratton Porter's storv of n
Olrls Faith THE KEEPER OF THE
BETS" ?1th Clara Bow at Palacc
Theatre: Thursday. May 10th
Takes Life To Escape
Dread X-ray Infection,
Pioneer In X-Rav Use In Dental Science Had Submitted To 27
Operations Without Avail: Elevated To Pedestal Of Marty
dom By Fellow Members Of Profession
%
New Orleans. May 7.-'-One qi the ?
world's most renowned dentists, tor
C. Edmund Kells, killed himself in j
hi* office here today and fellow>
members of the profession elevated i
him In death to the pedestal of mar- '
tyrdom to the cause of science. j
Dr. Kells was alone In his private '
nfltce when a shot attracted two of j
his. women office attendants. They
found tiim recllnlns on a couch, n
pistol near his hand He was dead
when mu ambulance came ?for him.
Pioneer With X-Kay
The distinction of - bein? .the first
IN uw Jf-rwy in rtenCal suritery wn*
held by Dr. Kells. the demonstration i
being, given at a clinic. In AshevlIJe,
N. C'"..-in rSTHT W ('(>nl.hi!ie(i his. '
perlments with X-ray with femark-.
sble succoss. ilthounh his fallow den- i
t fats cam this would Ultimately take;
his life...... ?
Had 27 i .it...i. . i
Within We past dwnde fli fllTr
?tad *ubmtM?l to 27 operations on
hW left arm to prevent the spread
of an infection that had set In as
a result of his experiment? with X
ray. The operation being unsuccess
ful, the arm was amputated. In re
cent months, the Infection appeared i
in the right arm and also impaired1
his vlsloti. The prospect of being
armless and blind led him to take
his life, hla associate* said. They
said he had been subject to attacks of
melancholy within the past- fev.
weeks. *. i
Widely Honored
For liis work in den Us try. Dr. Kells
received the Jarvle Fellowship Medal
from the New York Dental Society.
Ciwm 'WNMatftW Mm * .genius a!
year ago through the Odontography
Society. and . jhfrrUy thereafter ?
jfulane TTiffventty sCTinm rir -wdicmi-*
conferred an honorary degree upon
him Prior to these honors Dr. Kells
luul rteUved ?. citation from King
Oeorge of Great Britten.
. Dr. KeHs a- Melr
'(Vfeana, h? WtBow who. waa Mis*
??Torence Hqt>aoa ahtl OHO daughter
survive.' ' ? 3
O. J. PETERSON
Candidate for Commissioner of Labor
and Printing.
Graduate of Wake Forest College;
Teacher for 21 YearsT Editor for 15
Years
SOUTH SHIVERS IN
ABNORMAL COLD
$iiow Flurries Reported At
Rock Hill. S. C-, Cold
Rains General
PREDICTS FAIR WEATHER
Atlanta. May 8,?Abnormally copier
weather accompanied b.v general rains
brought a precipitate break m the
mild spring weather of the last lew
days for the eastern half of the
Southern States yesterday ahd today.
Few points, reported rip precipitation,
among them Wilmington and Raleigh.
Northeast storm warnings from
Cape Hatteras to Nantucket arcoir. -
panied- the vtsaaiRr in weather, the
disturbance orisirtating; bB the. North
Florida coast.
Greenville." S. C . had 2.18 iftehes
of rain in the 24 hours ending at 8
a tri.'. addUi?, to the. discomfort of
some iiity or iixty people camped on.
the Hillsides In the vicmltv of the
' ibl"~ rock mountain rfeemif daiv.
most of them without shelter. RycK'
Hill. S" C. and several adjacent
potnts reported snow . flurries, sleet
and rain, the latter of which was
mostly general over the Carolina? ?
Temperatures in the Carolinas ranged
from 41 at Charlotte to 54 at Wil
mington.
Atlanta recorded 1.48 inches of ram
In the 24 hours ending. 8 a. m.. today
while Augusta had 208 inches, "with
ow-temperatures of 48 nijd ~i0 re
pectively. Showers and confer were
forecast for Florida this afternobn
and tonight.
Alabama and Mississippi had gen
erally fair and warm weather in com
panion to the eastern section
The forecast for Georgia, the Caro
linas and Virginia was continued cool
with additional, rain for tonight, with
a promise of rising temeprat&res and
clearing weather, tomorrow. This will
be .followed by generally fair and
warm weather over tly Southern
states for the next several days.
Oxford Sends Only
One Vet to Reunion
Oxford., May 7.?Ms3. Ned Booth
was the only Oxford veteran stromi
enough to take the trip to Little Rock.
Ark., to attend the Confederate re
union. . He left Sunday accompanied
by Dr Hardee, of Stem, and two Boy
Scouts who were appointed bv the
county to look after those veterans
going. This Is the first time ltv years
that Capt W. H. Whit?, adjutant of
the Maurice Smith camp of Gran
ville. was unable to attend on account
of sickness. There are left only 13
veterans irt Granville county now.
Several have passed since the reunion
lairt year. ?
Minor Accident
At Longhurst MH1
Mr B R. Holt., an .employ??, of the
Lrmghurst Cotton Mills, was painfully
lntured a few. day* ago when' he "got
his hand caught in one of the lan
pln? machipe? nt the Mill. Two
fingers ot his right hand were badly
cnt and mangled.
? K?
A ' Baltimore barber" was arrested
for shoving a man oa a Sunday. The
txibcemon who caught htm in tin
anowed him to finish, the shave, but.
r.rrsnftrahlv fhfetgri >ilm XfcttA.jm0
nestina extra services y>; his t\Ur
tnjper. Wasn't.' that punishment
enough Mfiiat barbwf '
? 'v.. r
JUNIORS OF ROPRO
HI SCHOOL HOSTESS
^0 SfNjOUim
An Annual Affair Which Is
Looked Forward To With
Much Enthusiasm
ABOUT NINETY PRESENT
The Junior Class. of the Roxboro
High School was hostess to the Sen
ior Class at,a lovely banquet given in
the Woman's^ Club room. on Friday
evening, May? 4! This is an annual
affair and is always looked forward,
to with 'much enthusiasm by the
young people of these two classes,
i The Ion1-: table., vvnicn ? MU-llUt'll 'al
most. the length of the cntipe build-v
ing, was a scene &f loveliness. Silver
candlesticks holding lighted yellow
tapers and large bowls of yellow and
white flowers, wre placed at intervals
along the table, ^vhile overhead deco
rations'of yellow and white effective
ly used, oompleted the 'decorations
and thus carried out a color, scheme
of yellows and white, the senior class
colors for 1928. Appropriate place
cards were used and favors in the
slTap.e of attractive yellow paper caps,
tied with' while ribbon, were found
by each plate. ' . *
A delectable four bourse- dinner was
. served to the members of the junior and
senior, class of 1923. members of the
faculty and a few friends, in all about
90 people. ? ^
The program .for the evening, was
as follows? l
1?Welcome address. Ailie Holt
2?Response. Sani B. Wihsteatf.
3?Toast to Seniors. Alice StanfleLd.
4?Response. F. O. Carver. Jr.
5^-Toast to- School. Nat Dean
6^Vocal Solo, Miss Vera Coe.
7?.Toast to Faculty; Elizabeth Whitten'
8?Re?pori?e. ~Miss Satterfield.
D?Toast .to jMt. Davidson.. Blossom.
? y! Raiff,
10?Response. Mr. Davidson .
11 ???Dance, Helen MQfrron. Janie All
crood Hazel Brooks.^ Thelrna Long,
Frances Morton. Rachel Stephens,
i sophomores,?
12?ToaSt to \ Bnde and Groom. Bill
' Moore. , ,
14?Toast. Doiian Long- . V 1
15?rIo^J?Wr'E. Conally, "Jr." T
16?Piaho Solo. Miss James.
IT?Song. Love's Old Sweet Song, and
Goodnight Ladies
This banquet was served by Gtfoup
No. 3 of the. philath,ea Class of the
First Baptust Church.
Cold Rainy Weather
Delays Crops In State
Refluent'rains during Marchaiid
April and temperature too low for
seed germination has thrown crops
from 10 days to two weeks late,
Frank Paritet. crop sitUUflcafiFv ?pr
'^Tortli Carolina of the Federal De
partment of Agriculture, said yester
f&y. Farmers, however, have their
*oil in much better condition than at
this time of year usually, he said.
Fruit prospects as a whole are bet
ter than a year ago. he observed,
because continued cold, prevented
premature budding. The peach croo
in Eastern Carolina is very heavy, he
said, but those, in the western part
of the state were killed to a large
extent. Apples over the State' he
thought w?re generally safe.
Small grains tlid not winter well,
fall oats being, generally speaking,
a failure. Spring' oets. however, are
in good Condition, and wheat is in
average condition.
Girl Scouts to Give Play
On Friday evening. May 11th. at 8
o'clock an operetta. "The Feast Of
The Red Corn", will be given the
Central Graded School Auditorium by
the Oirl ScouU of Roxboro Admis
sion will be 1$ and 23 cento, and the
public Is cordially Invited to witness
this Interesting play.
Notice!
The Woman's Auxiliary of St. Mark
church will hold ?heir annual spring
r-ale at the Carolina I.i*h? gt power
Company Building. on Saturday. May
16th. at two o'clock. There will be
children's dresses fancy article?,
cftndv and cakes foe ??!<? You ar? cor-.
Musical Recital
The pupils of Mrs. H. W. Newell
will appear In recital ?t-the Roxboro
+11?h flchbol auditorium Tuesday. May
U. 8 p. m. Bvery- one Is i nrdially In
"vlteiT ~ -
The flirt Present u>?
VXttry of y? W?- '.raa- Tad