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VOL. XLV.
ROXBORO. NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY EVENING. DECEMBER 12. 1928.
NO. 5C
Flu Raging Again
NATION MENACED
AS FLU SPREADS
fR8M THE WEST
And Colleges Beinjr
J As Disease Sweeps
^ Eastward
IS IN MILDER FORM HERE
Raleigh. Dec. 12.? The influenza epi
\iemic which started in .California and
rwept eastward across the continent
appears to have reached Nor^h Caro
hinft. The fact, however, that it is a
very mild type of the disease being
?.-manifested ir> this section h^s kept :
state health authorities from being
' specially alarmed about it . as they
> eem to be m other sections qf the
touhtry:.
The disease is in pandemic or less
Than epidemic stace in this state.
>aid-Dr H. A. Taylor .epidemiploui>t
nt the State Board of Health "In
fluenza is not a reportable disease in
North Carolina so we have . ho know
?ng of the, extent -'of its spread.. The ?
type, of the disease now prevalent is
??ery mild and a great many of the
raids' never- set the attention : of ? a
' injiLiun. ? Our only method nl 'irV,- .
ng the disease is to Rive publicity to
spread It is best fought by a void -
ng contact with those who have it
r*nd s faying away from crowds in:
tfoors." The prevalence of influenza
makes it advisable to call a physician
though the perfcop infected seems to .
5i aye nothing but. a cold.
Though in various localities of the
State the pandemic & giving consid
erable concern, m Ralegih it has at
vacted little attention. Cleveland
i rninty seems to bejsuffering the most,
iktcordlnc to Or Taylor
? ? ? ' * ' o * *
13 Months Calendar
Urged By Porter
Washington, p Q.? Representative ?
"r5tephen <?. ? Porter of Pennsylvania 4
has announced that he will propose -
that President Coolidge call an Inter
national conference for the simplift- \
ration of the calendar earlv in the
fbort session. The resolution would
.h&ve Mr. Criolidve authorize the con- ?,
'iTence to discuss the adoption of the;
* -amplified calendar of thirteen months
f four weeks each.
Mr. Porter said the movement had
been sponsored by leading figures of
file country "The. new calendar would
rnake every month equal In the num
i>ttr of workdays, eliminate traction?
? i weeks at the end of the months
(o-ordinatu periods, of earning and
f pendihg. and would have many other
advantage*. It would- simplify holi
.lays by providing that all, be cele
!Vat<'ri mi the same weekday. Monday
3 i: Would . create a faster turnover pi
money and simplify the budget* ? of
Box Prrty And Oviat
mas Prcsrram at Helena
Then- ?<M1 ;i box party and
drtstmas vntvrnm ?t Hrfcnn H%h
y*Uod! or. Wednesday night. Dec. I9.
f??lnnliv- M "00 o'clock The little
.ilk* will (rive ? pronhlm that will
interest the eay and the ad the
ulrt .and the young. There will be a
hn*tnia> Cantata .which Will Include
in Hj cost all children In the lir'.t
three ?<:r*d*3 of the *chool,
Then there will be nil nld time
i*>x party which cannot fail to In
iflrrat bin and little, old and youns.
?tarried ;.nd single The little folks
?Jil have boxes In which thev them
iielves will be interested Then there
will be yonn? ladtes' bixes. Bnd also
:M?I es* boxes
Last but far from least, will be
tM beauty c-nntem
Dome and bring your friends The
i-rxtrani will be free tor everybody
R. C Oarrtson
CKiter'int? Supper
Page O. J. Griffin
. - i r
Sir. ?nd Mrs Clarence Owen rave a'
Wg chltterllh* s-iDp?r on Monday
njabt. a number of their friends be
i rig present. After supper all w*re
nvltert Into the I1rtng room, which
?rms beautifully decorated with potterl
pint! and cut flowers. Tables ware
|*MIA tt brtdge and a good tlm.
?-aa bad by ail/? p.
~o? ? _ ? ?
Boh Steele (The Ace of Western
Stars) jn TRAIL or OOURAOK" at
Palace Theatre Matinee and night
Saturday December 19th.
Roxboro Market Will Close
Wednesday, December 19th
' Will Open Tues., Jan. 8th, And
Will I /ook After Remainder
Of The Crop
WAS A VERY GOOD SEASON
The Roxboro Tobacco Market will
close an next Wednesday for the
Christmas Holidays and will open on i
Tuesday. January 8th, 1929. for the i
remainder of the season. This was j
decided by the Tobacco Board of Trade '
at a meeting held Monday.
This has been a peculiar season,
far. notwithstanding the most {jnde-J
?irabTe crop for many years, price* j
have b?en very satisfactory and less j
than the usual amount- of ruckinT!
tags" on, this market. The farmers :
knew1 they had a poor crop; and. cont.f
fpquenUy could not expect fancy'
prices, but the man who was fortunate j
enough to. have some . pood tobacco. :
and there were quite a number who r
did have ijood-^ft^cco received verv
atisfactory rfrices. in fa6t. we .be
.lievo ih ? prices were better for these;
grades than ayear 'ago.
As- stated last week, we know it *s
cinn?erous to advise anv one when to |
sell, or buy yet. we honestly ; believe j
you will foe wise, rf vou have anv to
t>acco on hand arid can possibly do i
so, to get it in good condition and i
sell before the market closes for the!
Holidays. It ls yell todav. j
but *no one knows "what it will do
when the market opens after Christ- ?
mas. ? ?
While the bales have not. reached!
the number of pounds sold up to this i
time last year, the farmers of Person
County have been very -.loyal to their;
home market, and the fall-off has;
been because of the shortage of the I
crop, and not because of it being sold i
elsewhere.
We have never known the buyers to '
co-operate more whole-heartedly with j
the warehousemen in their efforts to 1
see that_ the maitotW&g ' kept on a j
"leVe! with other 'markets i than They j,
have this year. and 'Ac are nrond _of_
the buyers on this market. The
farmers showed .very plainly that they
appreciated their efforts.' and there
>Vi the best of feeling between the
farmers and the town, and the ware- ?
housemen and the buyers, and we j
look for the best season next year i
the market has experienced in many j
years.
Haywood. Burch Dies
Mr. Haywood Burch. age 2f?, died at j
his home here on South Main Street
wednesdav nitrht at 9:40. He had
suffered" -.for a long tune with tuber
culosis, and his de&th was not a
1 urprise. Haywood was a most popu
lar vouhg man. having been connected
nth the Roxbnro Service Station for
tiipe D-fom his health ^avr
v.av Surviving him are his widow
and two sisters.
ftotn^ral .-erVlces wore conducted .
from the home Pridav afternoon at 2j
o'cldek. Rev. .x. v Nicks jn charge of}
thr ceremony. .Interment, was mad ;
i'l rhe Xlurchwood cemetery.
Called To Beclsid:
Mrt- H, E. Lance, a teacher of the j
? ialori'4 traded School, was called to; I
the bedside of her lather. Rev. D. L |
Rarhhardt. who fo; about forty years i
has b**n a member o? the N. G. Con-i
ference. but about ten years ago re
tired is a supei animate. and has
h'-rn ? via i? near Durham
Two weeks ago Mr. Earnhardt was !
stricken with paralysis. No hope is
entertained forf his recovery. Many;
of the people of Mt. Timh Circuit
rf member Brother Earnhardt as their {
oastor about 1893-4 He has twelve
living children. 1
Death Of Mr. Coleman
? Mr. J T. Coleman. one of the prom J i
ment cltlcens of I-onghumt, died at
the hospital In Durham yesterday
morning. whore h? wm carried about ?
j 10 days ago. Mr. Coleman leaves a wile ,
and several umall children He was
\ a splendid citizen, and will be great
ly minded In hi* community
frarm ivsy* or Oranvill* connty or
ganized a 4-H tobacco club with ten
member* this yoar. The young men
grew then, tobacco under tn?_ direc
tion of the county agent and sold It
1 at a profit this fait
r- - u , . , -
' For thoee who prefer to do their
'hopping at night our store will be
] open until nine o'clock until Chrtet
| ma*. Harris A Bums.
Benefactor
Photo shows M.iUorj 8. Hershey,
chocolate manufacturer, who has pre
sented the town of Hershey. Pa., with
a two million dollar community cen
ter. This is' the latest gift of Hershey
to the town with which he is closely
identified.
Hershey. was born at perry Town
ship, Pa., in 1857. and began manufac
turing chocolate in 1893 at Lancaster.
He is now chairman of the Board of
the Hershey Chocolate Company and
owner of practically all the slock. Hi*.
home is at Hershey. Pa.
LOUISBURG COLLEGE ~
GUTIFD BY B!C FIRE
Aid Hushed From Raleigh, Hen
derson. Rocky Mount And
Franklinton
Fire destroyed the west wing and
two top stories of the old Central
| Building of the Louisburg College,- -in
which around 150 girls were sleeping
Wednesday mnrnin? nt one oclftfik in
Louisburg. '
The loss, estimated to be from $150.
000 to $200,000. is partially covered by |
insurance.
No lives were lost, and most of the
belongings of the young women hous
ed in the building were saved! How
ever, the girts and teachers quartered
jn the building were forced to flee in
scanty attire
Fire departments from Raleigh.
Rocky Mount, Henderson and Frank- i
linton were called to. lend their assist
ance in extinguishing the fire, and
responded immediately.
The fire is . believed to have started
from the heating system. It was first I
discovered in the chapel, whjch is on
the fourth floor, by two sisters named
Knox, whose home is at Liberty. N.
C. Their room was on the floor with
the chapel. Aroused shortly before 1
o'clock tHey s?w the flames. Hurry
inn: to the flrst floor they rang the
school ball giving the alarm. By do
ing so they lost all of their personal
savins the lives of many of the 65
students and 10 teachers jn the |
structure.
Morris Clifton. Louisburg banker.
Was slightly hurt when a chair, hurl
ed from the building, struck him on
j the head. Marvin I)avks. Henderson
fireman, was struck by a fallin:
brick A Raleifeh fireman was slightly
injured.
The girls were all sent to their
homes throughout the State Wednes
day morning, to remain until after
Christ mas holidays, when it is ex
pected to have everything arranged in
<^rder that studies may be resumed In
temporary quarters, at IcAst. without
losing too much time.
With Troop No. 1
The Scoutmaster called the meet
ing to order iind we got down to
business at once. Several business
matter* of Importance were discussed
among which was the business of
finding a suitable troop room, so that
meeting* In \l^ church ^ After" tft*
we had a review of the Scout Oath
nnd Law*. Our scout* showed up par
ticularly well In this review and the
?e<mtm?*ter was well pleased with
them. We closed the meeting by
singing the Oreat Scoutmaster's Bene
diction.
Hitman n. Ktanfleld.
Acting Scribe
Corlnne (VrtfBth (The Orchid of;
the Screen) with Edmund Lowe In
. "OUTCAST" playing at I*alace Tliea
j trc. Monday Tuesday. Dec. IT-aStb
1 yiatlnee Monday 3 00 P. M.
BASKETBALL TEAM WILL!
TRAVEL 350 MILES TO
PLAY ROXBORO QUINTET
South Carolina High School Will i
Play Their Former Coach
Two Games 19-20th
. ? : I
AT PIONEER WAREHOUSE
Roxboro plays two big games next I
Wednesday and Thursday. alien Tiav- ?
elers Rest High Schools drtve 350
miles to play their coach. Coach,
Knight led them to a State Cham
pionship the year he was there, in
1927: It is unusual that a good
team travels that far to play a game.
We are fortunate and happy to have
them. The Coach's. Sunday School
Mass- ? plans to entertain them on? {
night and the Roxboro players will
take care of them in their homes.
Please come out and show t hem that
we are behind our school ftnd town,
tt win take a good guarantee to get
them hers for two games. They will
play Middieburg too. on 20th in. Hen
derson. Travelers Rest will make a
.=trong bid for the South Carolina
Championship this year.
Roxboro split with Stem Friday
night. The local boys lost by oiv
point because they were play ire: a
"nod team and Gentrv was tick and
could no: b- in the full same. The
"White Plash" girls won by a score
of 40-10.
Roxboro quintet journeyed to Wood
land to play ball Saturday and then
went sight . K.-eins ? ro. HuifulK. V,-t,
through a big snow. Mr. and Mrs.
B B. Knight. Messrs. Walker. E.
Walker. IJ. Long. R. Hajri-; and Gen
try made the trip. Woodland won
Class "C" Championship 1927. and
h^s a good team. They defeated Rox
boro 24-18. Oentry was put -out of
the game: therefore. : the White
Flash nlayed the last part with four
men. "Sug" Walker played star ball.
The whole team played Well. Mrs.
Knight taught there two years The
people certainly treated us royally.
Rpxboro plays Middieburg Tues
day night the llth. in Henderson.
Middlrbun; defeated Durham and Ra
leigh in the State Race last year. We
expect a hard cams. We can not win
them "all. but"" expect tor-play a
good brand of ball. We thank you
Roxboro boys and girls will play
Virijillna boys and girls here Thurs
day night in the Pioneer Warehouse
at 7:30.
Mr, J. E. Whitfield
Reports Good Prices
Our gpoct friend. Mr. .J. E. Whit
field tit Roxboro. Route 1. easily one
rf the best fanners in the County,
favored us with a call Monday ? and
ctated that his crop of tobacco had
turned out exceedingly well,-, brincins:
more money than he rxpeeted. With
the exception of two b*rns. his crop
wfeftf very s?ood. His little boy had a
rrop of his own which broucrht him
more than 8200.
Mr Whitfield is one of the farmers
who l^nq: since discovered that it paid
to raise homo supplies, and re
p*t*iless of how tobacco sells hard
times never cOrr.?- hjs wnv
Helena vs. Bushy Fork
Hclrn.i defeated Bn?hv Fork five on
th" Helena oourt Friday nleht bv a
'core of 13-0. The earne was very
fast Doth team* showed ?ood pass
wrk throughout the entire ?ame.
The spl?ndld defense accounted for
the small score
The Helena bov* and tirb will
meet AHemvtlle teAms on 'he Helena
court nt 7:15 P M., Wednesday.
Dec 12th.
Oome out end ?'import the Blue and
Oold team*.
R. C. Oarvinon
? ? ? o ?
. Christina* Vacation
The Roxbir city School* will close
on Friday afternoon, December II*'..
for the Christmas vacation, and will
r~vien on Wednesday. January 2nd.
193ft
Very respectfully.
Q. O Davidson.
Supt Roxboro Schools.
D*<S IB. 1838.
Carried To Hospital
Mr. John Tillman, one of Roxboro's
most popular young men. wm taken
to Wat to hosnltal last Saturday He
had been conflned to his 'bed for sev
eral week*, and hi* condition itrow
!ne worse It ?a* decided to wend him
to th* hoapital for treatment.
Our store will be open ?ach nUrht
until nine o'clock from now until
Christrhaa. Harrl* as Bum*
Mr. H. K. Sanders Signally
Honored, Given First Place
BAPTIST LADIES WILL !
HOLD ANNUAL BAZAAR
SATURDAY, DEC. 15TH
(io?d Eats Will Be . Served ; i
Collection Of Christmas
(iifts On Display
DOORS OPEN AT 11 A. M. (
The Ladies Aid Society of the Pirn
Baptist Church Will hold their annual
bazaar next Saturday. Dec. 15th. in
the building next door to The Coul
ter office They will serve dinner con
sisting. of a chicken salad, coufsi.
fried oysters, .fivstcr stew, coffee, cream
and . cake," and "they invite every
farmer in town, as well as every man
in RnvMrn In falrA Hinnpr xiirh rtiPrr]
The doors open at II o'clock, a. n;
and they* /will. serve you promptly.
In addition to the. dinner they will
have on display and for sale! a lartte .
assortment of tilings suitable for
Christmas presents, which' may be ??{
interest to both men and women Who
are . worrying about their Christmas ;
problems.
BETHEL HILL
SCHOOL NEWS
Attendance For Third Month
The attendance lor the Uurd month
was 92^ of the enrollment; HoweverTT
the enrollment for this month was
slightly less and the average dally
attendance Was one less than the
previous month. The first grade de
serves special mention in thLs for its
average attendance increased by five
to forty-eight out of an enrollment of '
fifty-four.
The heating system has beeri put
into first class condition in both the
high school and elementary buildings
and no trouble is looked for alont*
this liiic during the coldest weather.
..There have beerr-qmtr~a~-rmmb*r--f>t
cases of deep colds, with temperature.
hut n 11 ruoh casts a,u? being sent- home
at once and in a separate car. With
most of the corn shucked and hogs i
killed, it is hoped that a good at
tendance will continue.
Basketball season
The basketball season got off to a
very good start on Tuesday night,
when the girls and boys from Allens
ville were played. The next (tame i
played Friday night with the Green -
hope team of Wake County. This
school has one of the best girls" team
in the State and also a very strong j
boy's team. The games start prompt
ly at seven oclock.
Christmas Holidays
School .will close on Thursday after- j
noon. Dec. 20th. and open again on
Wednesdav. Jan 2. 192D This will
cive ample titne for all to come to
scjhool every day and then tot ready '
for Christmas. *
Another House Invaded
A few day., ago the parsonaRf at.
Helenn was entered bv three persons
"h'i can be identified the parson
thinks.
I To the. pastor's study the youngest
rhtld came running and reported
irtat "there was somebody peeping in
1 he closet, and about." But to the
d?ll?ht of all the Inmates of this par
?onage home, this same three returned
in a week Vnth many nice, and mueh
needed furnishing* for the parsonage
I7ils committee composed of Mtsp
Mildred Sattejrflcld: Mrs. Taylor and
Miss Bessie Laws, rppr'rvntlns the
various ihurches of Mt. Tlraah Cir
cuit. proved to be angels of mercy
ind not burglars.
We should like to express our deep
appreciation, through the Courier, to j
all who were interested hi so needy A j
cause.
The Whole Family I
Per? on Boy I* Honored
Mr. Charles Long, son of Mr. and .
Mrs J D. Long of Hurdle Mill*, was i
elected President of ths Protropt&n i
" Society "of Piedmont College. Demor
est. Oeorgia, TJil* Is quite an honor
be?tow*d up6n Charles Charles Is
ar^ Senior ? at Piedmont and has made
frlenda by his winning personality
^ ? ? |
Livestock growers Interested in
learning more about the Job will en
joy the meeting' of the Southern Live
stock Association to be held at state
College In Raleigh. Deo. 18. 18 and 20
1 Life's Outcast reclaimed by Love j
See Corinng Orffllth In OUTCAST,
with Edmund Lowe, playing Palor"
n-ldth MUttnee Monday 3 00 P M
Winners Of Soil Improvenaeat
Committee Awards TV
County Agents Named
(JET TRIP TO HOUSTON. TEX.
Six Southern county agricultural
agents who have put into effect a ad
are continuing an outstanding soil im
provement program and who will be
rewarded? in February -with liw
Crip to the annual meeting of the As
sociation of Southern Agricultural
Workers in Houston. Texas, have been
named These agents cpme from
North Carolina. Alabama. Mississippi.
Oklahoma, and Arkansas, and are be
ing awarded the trips by the South
ern Division. Soil Improvement Cbop
mltte. The National fertilizer Aa?
ciatlon.
First -Place was awarded to H. K. ~
Sanders. Roxbdro Person county, .
Ncrth Carolina The other five, places
are listed alphabetically, as no rank
ings were made, or, these five:* W*. L.
kansas: H C. Heath; Lafayette,
Chambers county, Alabama; C. L.
McNeil. Carlton, Madison county, Mis
sissippi;" pari W. Sjvith, Muskogee,
Muskogee county. Oklahoma* and W.
O. Yeager. Salisbury. Rowan coutoty.
N C ? '
These awards .were made to stimuv
late 'interest, in soil improvement prt>
grams as recommended arid approved
by the various state experiment sta
tions and agricultural tension aer
vices. uiAJiiliny 10 J. C. Pr idmore. di
rector of the Soil Improvement Com
mittee, The six outstanding reports
were . selected by a ommittee of ag
ricultural college workers in coopera
tion with the extension service offi
cials who hav?e charge of county agent
work in the various states Winners
were selected on the basis of a uni
form score scard which .look into con
sideration 'accomplished, result* in soil
improvement in the county, method*
of patting the programs into effect,
and plans for future soil improvement
efforts based on an analysis of the
situation as it- exists in the County."
The winning county agents will be
given an opportunity of attending
the Southern' Agricultural Workers^
? tttpp t rrnr -?nd? aiso- Che" mee ting~ oT ag
riculiural extension workers who will
hold a jubilee ruiH'^huon commemor
ating the establishment of 'the first
agricultural extension office in the
country at Houston 25 years ago. A
banquet will be given in honor of
the agents and arrangements are be
ing made for the broadcasting of
talks based on . their programs and
accomplishments. Oold medal fobs
will be awarded by the Soli Improve
ment Committee as permanent tropb
ies of accomplishment, along with
certificates' that may become the
property of the county represented by
the winning agent.
White Flash And
Middleburg Tie
Roxboro Whitr Pla*h tram tied
Mlrtdleburir girls ill Henderson Tuesday
night Middleburg defeated our bo*s
27-20 The score Mood aj-20 until
the last four minutes The Roxboro
c;arh was very much pleased o?er
the showing made because Middle -
burp defeated Raleigh and Durham In
the championship race last year.
It is only fair to our girls to vw
that Middleburg had a tall center
jnst home from Louis bufK college on
the team, because they had- three
regulars out with flu
Bazaar Was A Success
The bazaar conduted by the ladie*
of the Edgai Long Memorial Metho
dist Church was a decided success.
Owing to the fact tliat many wanted
to attend the football game In Dur
ham they began serving dinner
early, and thus accommodated aH
llesides the dinner, the ladle* sold
fancy article* Jot Christmas and this
helped to swell I7i? neat sum A (JBHT.
which >w made by the ladle*, was
sold at auction, which was purehaned
by Rev P. Cary Adams.
, MA3 was the result of the bazaar.,
and the ladles cordially thank each
one who helped the mmake It such
a decided success
Edgar Long: Memorial
Ws bid you welcome to participate
In and enjoy the services ot the Saw
tuary with us next Sunday. Yon will
find a comfortable place to womMp.
the music noal-etlrrtng. and we will
have a good hour together
Regular serviced: Sunday School
B:4& ' Sermon 11 and 7:30. KponrUk
league <1:46. ?
"Oome thou with ils and- we vttl
do thee good?'
T. A. Brian. Fartm