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VOL. XLV. ROXBORO. NORTH CAROLINA. WEDNESDAY EVENING. SEPTEMBER 19. 1928. ? NO. 38
MARKETS OPEN IN
IE MIDDLE BELT;
" STORM CUTS SALE
Initial Day Much Better Than
Had Been Expected, Ware
housemen Say
RECENT RAINS HURT CROP
Durham. Sept. 19.?At an average of
between 15. and 16 cens a pound, ap
proximately- 400JMX) }>ounds of tobacco
were sold at the seven warehouses of
thp city yesterday at the opening of
the 1928-1929 tobacco season In Dur
ham. ? The average grade of tobacco,
was inferior according to the state
ment of those who have followed sales
here mbst .closely, but Was no worse
than had been anticipated after the
heavy rains of ,'thf past season. In
dications \vero thai the farmers
offered a.; good many of their first
prVningSi and were feeling, out the
.local situation before tracing their
better gradfcs on the flobr.
In spite of the heavy rains which
lasted throughout rhe day. t,he sales,
were followed ? by large crowds of
visiting farmers and interested ob
serve 1 < g..l. tA,- tV-,? r>rnv?
pleted at the Big Pour warehouse
about 4 o'clock in. the- afternoon? The
buyers will- open this morning at
ftoycroft and Liberty, according to
results of the drawings which were
made yesterday.
while sales were not as large"OT"
oik high as last year, warehousemen,,
and farmers joined: in declaring that
the opening had been highly satls
Tactorv. and that it was-feetter in re
spect to poundage and price than had
been , anticipated.. The emphasis is be
ing placed here this year on drawing
farmers to Durham from a wider ter
ritory than ever before, the warehouse
men said. They declared that many
iiew faces among the-, planters present
yesterday was more than ?ratifying in
this respect.
Repbrts from the opening day's
sales in the other towns in the vi
Whity 9f .Durham indicate taat the
\;ame lenerai.. M t nation ^obtains
throughout, the middle belt. Reports
lrom Oxford state that aproxlmat?
te.rday. at an average price of a lit
tle (>ver. 14 cents a pound. In San
lord light Offerings were made, with
the aviamounting to n
cent' fjy> tJepbrt said.
Authorities on the subject continue
to maintain hcrp that the Compara
tively -mall amount of good tobacco
Which will b* placed on the market
this, year 'ill bring a high price.
Several- pfe of better urade? sold
yesterday; at-very much higher prices
than the. avehUfe Which was main
tained with .fairly frequent sales run
ning between t went v and thirty dol
Iv? t* iwrv'T*,? ? pvon".n "*as
r-r* -'-/r h ? * rMl^ rf scrnrf-;
. whicVv ,,r"1 hjfn *Wi '(h(J flo^r
ro.-b? o'^.r ?? tow rvs p c?nt and a
t. ?M ? ?
First Baptist Church
TS:bi* School 10:00 A. M R U
Wllburn. Supt
.Preaching. 11:00 A M Subject:
MAKING OUft KTATF, CHRISTIAN.
Preachinrr. 730 P. M. Subject:
?FREEDOM FROM CARE.
13 Y P, U..< 6:1!> P. M.
"True contentment depends not
<rpon what w# havi; a tub was large
??rtOURh lor Diouenese. but ri world
was too little tor Alexander'--C. C.
Collon.
"1 have :named In vn4hat*M!ver state
I anl therewith to be content.' ?
Phil, 4:11.
A cordial welcome Is extended to all.
W. F WERT. Pastor.
? o-???
Cotton planted after Irish potatoes
without additional fertilizer will make
an nverase of 1 1-2 hairs to the
?acre, reports R O. Tarklngton of Bath
Notice
Insurance Companies
require the agents to pay
premiums on-all policies
in 60 days.
Beginning October 1,
1928, atl polities?cmr
whichr the oremium is
not paid in 60 days will
be cancelled.
This Sept. 15. 1928.
S. P. Satterfield,'
J. S. Walker,
N7 I-un&ford.
Hurricane Kills Many
FIRST POLITICAL
GUN THIS SEASON
Hon. J. C. B. Eh ring ha us At Court
House Tuesday
Hon. J. C. B. Ehringhaus of
Elizabeth City will speak in Rox
boro on Tuesday. Sept. 25th, in
the court house at 2:30 p. m.
Mr. Ehringhaus is recognized as
one of the most popular and in
~ foresting speakers in the State,
and every one is invited, to hear
him. The ladies are specially in
vited.
This Is the .first political speech
made in RoxhorO this season and
we are *ure that every one. and
especially the ladle" who are in
terested in politics, will enjoy
hearin# it.
Remember the date, Tuesday,
Sept. 25th. in the court house at
2:30 p. m: .
iBTirir
ANNUAL MEETING
Woman's Missionary Society of
Baptist Church Celebrate
Fortieth .Anniversary
MEETINGS ENJOYED BY ALL
The Woman's Missionary Society
and the Ladles Aid Society ot the
First Baptist Chu'fcU held a joint
meeting at the home .ot Mrs. R. L.
Wllburn.on Tuesday afternoon. Sept.
18th. These meetings li*v? become an
annual custom; and ar*e always looked
forward to with great ' pleasure. At
this' meeting .the outstanding feature
was t ho celebration ci the 40lh anni
versary of the W M r. 'Auxiliary I.J
the Southern BaptJit Convention. In
viiauuus IWa tjf ' il sent to * "sirnllHf"
societies .in#the Watts street" Baotist
Church, Durham, to send representa
tives and the' churches of other de
nominations in Roxboro wpvp asked to
b1 represented, but owing to the ex
treme- weather there was no out of
town guests. Mr?;. Wilbur n presided
over thb meeting in usual graced
tul manner. Mrs. J. O. Anders had:
charge of the devotional. exercises.
Prayer was le* b*' jGCttp J. J. Winstead
After a short business session, in
teresting and helpful talks were made
bv Mrs. H. L Crowell of the local
Presbyterian? < liuroii. Mrs. M. R.
T r.^ of ho Methodist church and
>r<:* TI P Mithael.' of the Eplscopel
V-"'-! a? this tiihe delightful re
netv<- served* ?ach member
11 ? ? ? u ?. i'Mii'i '? !? vII li V ...'
iv; nd much to i.h>5 surprise and.
?"i"*'" to thn delight ' f thoee pres
ent ^r?s. Wilbutn brouoht in a huge
- food cakf with fortv burnih?
r?r''!cs eommomoratin* the Rubv
Adversary. This and delightful
wi?nch was Served the sruesfs'"bv Mrs. ;]
Wijburn. Mr?? W. F. West, our be
lov"1 pastor's wife. was to have made
- talk ou "The Rubv Anniversary. " II
but owing to sickness *ft$ unable to j|
b^ present, but .sent a delightful mes
rage. expressed iri her ? usual able
manner, whirh was read bv Mrs. T.
P Woodv and as an hM|iintloO to all,
Mr. W. F. West and Master Billy
were also invited ectiests and all pres
ent frit very-grateful to Mr.-,. wu
bum for her hospitality at this most
ftljoyable meeting.?W.
Notice!
On next Sunday at II o'clock. A. M..
Rev T. A. Plkfi nMtor r, 1 RdRar
?TjGOz Memorial Ch'irch. wffl preach I
a sermon to the Mary Hambrlck Mis
sionary Society.
This will be the battnning of their j
Ontrlen Jubilee Celebration which!
"ill ,be concluded on the following
Tuesday ftfternwm. sept 2fith. at
^.u'? Lt:jt^ wnii .1 uTFrrrrre itt .'u?
rhiifh auditorium followed By a aoH
flot wmr tn ifie btwMiiUl. : J
An Interesting nroarnm has been1
?rnnM'tlna ?>!?twimto nnrt
talks bv Mrs. A. M. Oatc*. Con Pre*
nnd Miss Mill# Duke. <lWt s?c and
OtheYs r
. Fvorv member of the auxiliary Is I
uried to be presen t ? for see.
A successful rlub boy said "Learn
In? to keep records has been one of
.the. most important lessons to me "
cf the ic-.- uL.us mmht i>pflt
inaftrk.
Reports From Stricken
Florida Area Indicate
'
400 May Have Perrished
Heavy Death List In Southern Florida Already Reported To
Red Cross Headquarters; Fear Injured Roll May Reach
1,000; Millions Of Dollars Damage Done ?
RED CROSS TACKLES LARGE RELIEF PROM-EM
Jacksonville, Fla.. Sept. 18,?The ap- j
palling extent ol hurricane disaster
: dealt''sections of the lower east coast
and south central Florida assumed an
[ ever widening scopfc late tonight as
reports from the stricken areas count
ed the known dead at more than 250
! and estimated damage. to property
high in the millions.
With many persons reported miss
\ ing. anticipations were that the total
; death list would be much greater.
Red Cross officials estimated that it
'vquKI roach 100 in Palm Ttanrh r-nn.
ty. one uf the hardest - regions. ,
al~ne:
The same source placed the dam
age at ^approximately $23.000,000,
while other estimates, reported by
Senator Joe T, Robinson, the Demo
cratic ric??-presidential nominee, in
creased this figure to between $75,
000.000 .and $100.000,000
From the Southeast. Southern nnd i
immediate territory bordering Lak'?
Okeechobee came reports of death.
rufTerin? and rtres? resulting 'rom
the "West Indian hurricane which
last Sundav came out of the Atlantic
ari hurled itself on that land
Relief expeditions penetrated the
territory tr^m Miami and . vire d back
for more aid for the hom.eles? and
heloless. made so by the fury of the
storm.* ..
One /hundred national guar^s^nen
rrerc . ordered, to the Palm Baaches
for duty nnri two. hatter:^ t -nl-?
lerymen ;dispatcht>d to LaKp u:<ee- ?
jchabee. .. ,, ?
Refugees in.need of food." clothing
and medical s u plies. wrecks of home*
and other structures faced Red Cross
and other workers who bent every aid i
to succor the woun) ?d and the netfdy.
Storms Grips Garolinas,. But I)amaee
? ?? ? - ' ? ?' h Not Grrmt
Charlotte. Sept. 18.?The Carolinas
tonight were in the grip of the hur^
ricane that turned aside after pene
trating Florida, ancl causins many
deaths, but apparently had Escaped
?n;?h1ni7 nnrsr* than n wertim* anri
some property damage.
Winds that reached a velocity of
from 40 to 50 miles an hour and
whipped up heavy seas along the coast
were accompanied by torrential rains,
rhnrio^tnn lip in Intr trwinv raU>
lall of eight inches or more: Wil
mington reported 4.54 inches of rain
in 20 hours, and points inland reported
correspondingly heavy downpours
with winds ranging fro.m 20 to 33 ?
miles an hour.
Prom Charleston to Savannah. Ga..
the coast line was cut off from com
munication with the outside wqrld.
The Western Union Telegraph Com- ?;
pany. office here was able to work in
termittently with Charleston and a {
despatch from the Associated Press
correspondent at that place said that
some damage had been done to -small
boats and piers and that trees had
been uprooted It said that reports
from points south were meager, biit
incftcvieti neavy damagebetween
Beaufort and Savannah.
FARMERS WILL VISIT
ALAMANCE COUNTY
URGENT CALL
National Red Cross has sent
out..the call fcr help ? for, the
storm areas. You tan easily
see from the papers the need
Tiyrff we ar <? tilled on Hi?meet.
We are sending some funfls
frcm our very weak balance in
?" he bank, but we shall send
more. Please send check or
cash to Mrs. A. M. Burns and
mark them for this relief.
P. Carv Adams..
County Chairman.
Edgav Long Memorial
The services at this Church next
Sunday morninq will be the beginning
of the Jubilee celebration of
the Marv Hambrlek Missionary So-J
tlety: The Pastor will preach a ser-'
mon appropriate to the occasion and
the societv will attend in a body. This
organization is the largest of its kind ?
tk ttM Durham district, and on* of
the few Dcieties of t hp 8tat'e having
reached its fiftieth birthday The pub
lic U cprdially invited to b? pre**nt
and onioy the services flundav morn
ing Th$rp will also br preachlnc
Run da v nlvht.
The Svndav School. W. R. Hambrlek.
Kupt .. will meet at &:45 The Ep- j
worth I untrue ?rvlce M 6 :45.
T. A. BIKfcs: Pastor.
Brooklyn Srhcol Opens
The Brooklvr School will open
M.mtinv Octobcr 1. I92B. ?I nine
o'clock. All puplW are resiled to i
meet nt the school house Friday,
Sept. 28.
Mr?. Jack Blalock Prln
Another Po'vcrful Dramatic Pic
ture for Richard Barfhelme?* with
Marlon Nixon In "OUT OF THE
P.tTINS f>laylnB' at Pntace Theatre.
Monday TumIim _^cjt 24-J5th
M.lHll'l' Willi!!. ?? MP M
Will Spend Thursday, Septem
ber 27th Visiline Five Or
Six Small Dairymen
Bv H. K. Sanders
All. farmer? who are interested in
better catttr for their community and
who onjoy loooklng at a few good pas
tures and barns will Spend Thursday.
Kept. -V'h visiime live or -ix -malt
dalryrtien In Alamance County.
The largest herds will not be visit
ed. but. .those who started with one
or two cows less than ten years ago
will be visited, and their story of how
they got started with pure bred cat
tle and how they, are liking the work
will be heard by those ' making the
trip.
To the average man In the country,
the small man who started with One
or two cows a few years ago Will be
of the most interest. One farmer
will be visited who started with one
good foundation row eight years ago
and he now has about 8 head of regis
tered rattle o na pasture worth going
miles to see. and what this man has
done, there are plenty of farmers In
this county that can do likewise. ,
And then there Is another man who
left the cotton mill several years ago*
and pinned hI? faith to the dairy in
dustry. This man has a large herd
of registered -cattle worth several
thousand dollars that he has built]
up from the very bottom. This man
started without money and very lit*
i tie credit, but he started, and his
story to the men who visit hi" farm
will be nn Inspiration to all interested >
-ill?I hit, u-nrlr rrnd?mill hrlnn?iiiiln?
results to those who ar? not afraid tr,I
try the old dart* as a aide line i
on the farm. His buildings will not
be the finest In i.hr 'and, but they
nrr substantial, well built; and are
? "rving their purpose well. The real:
picture here will be to see his 25 or
30 head of registered. cattle' ?l]_i'rnl.
duced on his farm, and produced bv I
a man iho had little" but a vision and
i determination to succeed After his
? story Is heard all will agree that he
has made a success of h H work Of
, course others, will be visited In > the
i : r.tfr
TRAIL OF CARNES
LEADS TO PACIFIC
Banker Thinks He Gave Carnes A
? Ride In Automobile
Mode*to. Calif?? Sept. 18^-The
search for Clinton S. ('arnes. mlss
inc treasurer of the Baptist Mis
sion board of Georgia, whose al
leged defalcations ;\re estimated
at $1,000,000. .shifted to this vicin
ity today.
The search started when'E. C.
Austin, manager of t**e Gustinc
branch of the Bank of. Italy, no
tilled the state criminal identi
fication department at Sacramento
that he had given a ride in his
automobile last Saturday ? morning
to a man whose appearance was
identical with that of Carnes.
"When I saw Cumes* picture in
the papers this morning. I im
mediately recognized him as the
man I packed up. Austin, said.
LEGGETTS DEPT.
SIOKt UPtNElT
LAST SATURDAY
Was A Decided Success, Crowd
ed From Early Morning:
Until' Night
IS UP-TO-DATE CITY STORE
For the past ten days the Leggett.s
Department Store, a link in the Belk
chain of' stores, has been preparing
tor their opening in , Roxboro. On
Saturday morning the store was.thrown
open to the public, and the way they
responded to the invitation to call
would indicate that' It has made a
decided hit.^here.
Th.e store. room had been thorotigh
gave the appearance, of a rial ctty-(
store?in Tact the ?toek is one which
would do credit to any of the cry
stores. There wtfte ample clerks to
care for the -trade, and every one '.as
made to ifeel at, home, ? the Messrs.
Leggetts meeting and greetir.: every
one who came in. regardless c.i
whether they were simply sigh! se^r
ifirr or trading.
Mr Letfgett. {lip manager of this
rhaln, stated. to us thus momin? thai
they were more thar. plea.^ed with
: the reception the people liere gave j
Them., and that the opening vent far
: bevond'their fondest hopes.
While this is a new store for Rox
i boro. it is by no means a new Ven
[ ture. for the Belk chain comprises
fifty-two stores, located in'the two
Carolina?* and Virginia, and they
' 'promt-?? I y hiUKM 'h?- '>>f *wr
- strongest links: simply ; asking vou to
keep them in mind and efcll when in
need of unvthinct carried by the larg
est department store.
Clinic For Cripnled
Children Here Sept. 27
I The Clinic tor crippled children will
bo held on Thursdsiv Hept 27th. In
, the Royal Hotel, und 1i earnestly
hoped that every crippled rhlld in
Ptr.'oti. Granville and Caswell will bo
I present 1! you know ot a crippled
child who should have treatment
kindly see that the rhlld is brought
to the clinic or notify'Dr. B. E. Love
and efforts will be made to give the
child attention. There Is no cost, the
Roxboro Rotary club has looked after
that part of the clinic
Presbyterian Church
| Sunday School at 9:45 a. m. Ser
mon at 11 a. m.. by the Pastor.
' Sunday School at Mitchell Clfitpel
at 2 p. m. At 7:30 p. m. Rev. J. H.
Oruver will start a week special sec
vice.
-i.iiihi U>||?.!???> iln.rj.-inl! u
service at Oijsiw?iiurk school house
The services will clo?e Sunday after
noon wtth a J "30 service
We are studying the Bonk ?t .lames
?t prayar service each Wednesday
night. Vou need these' studies and
we need your presence
? - Pl f!*pv *"*"*
Richard- Bartbelmess In Sir Philip
Olbb's Dramatic Romance with Ma
rlon Nixon In OUT OF TH* RUINS."
playing Palace' Theatre. Monday ft
Tuesday. Sept. if-25 th. Matinee
atCOdov 3:tW p-. M.
LITTLE MARY ELLEN
CHANDLER WINS 1ST
PRIZE IN BABY SHOW
Mrs. T, C. Brpoks, Representing
Mother Goose, Led The
Interesting Parade
OVER $200 IS REALIZED
The ibembers of the "Leader BEbte
Class" wish to thank each and every
one who helped in any way to make
the baby shove a success. We thank
the parents of the babies for tnear
help and co-operation and every one
that votd of. worked In any way.
t Tie parade on Thursday afternoon
was witnessed by a. large number of
people. It was led by Mrs. T. C
Brooks representing "Mother Goose**.
"?Text came little Billy Kirby dressed
as "Untie Sam.' Then followed
farmers farmerettes, clowns; babies
in beautiful caps and dresses and
many other unique costufnes. Mrs.
'.J M Featherstphe: brouotit up the
i ear The. Old Woman who Lived
In c. Shoe" and. of course, she "had
st many children with her she didn't
know what to. do. Really there was- ?
not-an ugiy Or unattractive baby :n
the whole parade and we wished that
there v.a? a' prize for every one.
At the close of the contest the votes
were as follows: Mary Ellen Chand
ler 3428 ?1 st prize?; Billy Kirby. 2370
? 2nd prize); Marion Elizabeth Bar
nrtt 2521; Marion ETlzabeth' Pay lor
?mV. Emma Susan Brooks?1120;?
Oeorsre Barrett, 1687; Lemuel Allen,
Tr. 110: John Harris Blanks. 395;
Bobbv Boorhe. 152; Russell Clav. 20; '
Ohark^-clav. 120; Billy Swartz Dan*
iel. 938: Daily rederick. 25; Thomas
Fuller. Jr 210; Alice Lee Franck, 25;
Perach Oentrv. 270; Ann Harris, 20;
? Marv Louise Harris. 215; Charles Har
ris. .1(50: .Tact Hugh?*?? 840; Sibyl Hill,.
855; Arlene Hall. 153; Marion James.
282; Wallace Kirby f>95: Nesbltt
Kin?. GO: Elsfe Mav Ion?. 20; Buck
J.aUa. 220: N'Tncv Mas'^n. 135; Lelia.
Dale Monk. 335; Martin Michi*. 290:
?Sara Mahaum. liO: Havdcn Wheeler
James Merritr WtnsteadV
123; Tom Woody, Jr.. 605: Bernard
Willi f;?44r?12? v WilLsop
275: . Dorothv **ae Yotincr 193. (Gloria
?-Ann- Themaih. ^h-Rnberf-Pet tigre wJ25<-__
Bethel Hill Foot
ball Team Schedule
?S> tar nineteen "men are out for
the Bethel Hill football. teant. Several
old' students are missed but a num
ber of .now ones seem fully capable
ot taking thetr places.
Mr. P. B.. Potter is the new coach
and seems very hopeful of a' good
season However a very difficult,
schedule i* planned and he says it is
very necessary that all 4>oys come
rvery -iav in order that they may be
in the bMt of i nape to begin the*7
season.
The schedule follows:
S'.'Qt fj ' Allensville Bethel Hill.
Sent. 23 Danville r. t D ami! le. '
"Oct 5. Hlllsljoro at HUlsboro.
o?t 12. Roxboro at Be'hel Hill.
Oct 19. Oxford, at Bethel Hill
Oct 28. State championship series
bestins.
Nov 9. Henderson at Henderson.
Here Comes Arabella
This is to be one of the beat musi
cal comedies ever given In Koxbort).
A lady from Atlanta. Oa.. will come
here in a few days to start on this
play. The characters will be picked
from the vast amount of local talent.
Roxboro Is fortunate in this espect.
The lady will bring the roeturoe*
with her. They will add much to
the play The play will be h I ven Oct.'
2. at the Roxboro High School. The
principal o i the school. Mr. B. B.
Knight, is sponsoring the play for
the wneflt of athletics. Mrs W11
bufn has klndlv Consented to take
care of getting (he piny up,
Watch for news about -Here Comes
Arabella."
Death Of Mr. Brooks
?**??'ohn T ?????s hail Uyefl
for many years at itrooksdata, and
one of the best and most respected
citizens of the County, died butt Wed
nesday. ?nd was burled Thursday.
Mr. Brooks leaves a wife and several
sons and daughters, besides a large
circle of friends who will miss him,
amt daeplv. sympathize with the fam
lly in their loss. He was a member
of Brooksdaie Methodist Church, and
was a faithful and consistent worker.
Hay should be mowed and stayked
lor sereml days bafore It Is baled so
that it can sweat -??