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J. W. NOELL, EDITOR AND PUBLISHER. HOME \FIRST, ABROAD NEXT VOL. XLVI. ROXBORO. NORTH CAROI^NA. WEDNESDAY .EVENING. MARCH 20, 1929. $1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE. NO. 12. REBELS EVACUATE TORREON TO ESCAPE FEDERAL FORCES Escotjar Suddenly Withdraws Jiis Troops To Esealon, In . ? Chihuahua State FEDERALS TAKE "^ORREON The main army of the Mexican Revolutionists wa i in retreat Monday night 100 miles north of -the prin cipal rebel stronghold at Torreon and the federal cavalry advance guard was investing the city. General Esco l?ar, rebel commander-in-chief, was at Xaealon. in the State of Chlhauhau. A government bulletin from Mexico City described the rebel retreat as -panic-stricken. Evacuation of this- great natural fortress and railroad Junction, where the rebels have been strongly en-, trenched and concentrating their | troops_for ten days, is the first de- j ?clsive turn . In the campaign since j suppression of revolt in Vera Cruz # Federals Advance The federals now are In possession of nearly all the State of Durango. General Calles himself was moving ; Jiis headquarters close to Torreon from Durango (Jlty. which an Abso ?cated Press correspondent reported! already resuming its normal aspect. First news of the rebel evacuation <3^ Torreon came from federal Gen eral Almazan. commanding the forces ?which had recaptured Monterey week "before last. A scouting aviator from Ilia army reported that the rebels were ' abandoning Torreon. apparently pan ic-stricken . Airplanes, have played a big part In the campaign. Torreon was re peatedly bombarded Saturday bv fed- 1 eral planes and .the first air combat In the history of Mexican revolutions took place when a lone rebel aviator went out to attack the larger feweral planes. He was beaten off and the federals caused a panic in Torreon as they dropped their bombs on the city. One federal aviator was' report ed to. have been brought down. Rail line Cut. Rebel headquarters at Juarez, in northern Chlhauhau. admitted yester terday .that federal raiders had torn up tracks and burned bridges on the Tailway line to Torreon. The line was cut at Bermejillo, a fey miles north or Torreon. Two agents of the revolution are on their way SVf confer with Presr dent HooveiS Francisco fiahta Maria. lawyer and Serzlan Ugarte, former sec retary to President Carranza. were ex pected In Juarez from Torreon by train and then to fly to Washington irom Juarez. Brigadier-General Moseley and 'a platoon of U. S. Infantry were or- 1 dered to Columbus. N. M.. to investi gate conditions there as a precau tionary measure. Resolutions ?Whereas oar worthy and esteemed Superintendent, Mr. B. I. Satterfleld, ,i has seen fit to lay down at the end of this fiscal year the arduos work of , Superintendent of Education in Person County, and Join the legal profession, making his residence In another coun ty. Therefore, be it resolved: 1. That we. the teachers of Person County, do deeply regret his decision to leave the position he has so ably .filled, and 2. .That we assure him of our high appreciation of the "plfTMi'H service he "has rendered our schools and the fine spirit of co-operation he ? has . shown us as teacheri. and 3. That although he is leaving us our beat wishes go with him. we assure him we shall ever have high regard for his ability, his good nature and ?tot optimistic spirit, and , ft. That a copy of these resolutions lie sent to Mr. Satterfleld and a copy to The Roxboro Courier for publica tion. Done by order of teachers in con ference. met March 16. 182? O C. Davldshs>. Ofcpi.. Helen W. Graves. Mrs. J. A. Beam. * Committee. Pre- Easter Series Of Church Meetings A pre-Eaater series of nteetlngs will b-srin at Brookudalr Chtirch next Sun day at 11 o'clock a. m.. and will con tinue on through the awek. clfolng -*lth the evening Service the fifth Sunday. "V Thp public la cordially (nvl^ad to any or all of these lervldfes. ft! ^ All the surplus Mpefeza seed grown 1n Anaon County went to ?. other farmers of the county for soil Improv ing ?a jwturp puipuaes, says the county agent. i < , i David Quick Dies * David Buick. who Spent a fortune j "on ~ttis "Impossible" dream of horse- "j less carriages and reaped only poverty in return, died In Detroit aJkJrhe age Of 74. Others have "Carried on his dream and made his name a power In the motor world. NEED MORE POTASH FOR TOBACCO CROP ? ? i ? t -J It is being realized today that the majority dt tobacco tarmers in North Carolina are jiot using sufficient pot ash in their fertilizers to Insure thefti the best quality^ tobacco. The North Carolina Experiment Station' recom mends 5 to 8 per cent potash in to bacco fertilizers. The fertilizer manu facturers are now selling 8-3-5 and j 8-4-6 goods, still a large number of tobacco growers are losing money by using the old 8-2-2 and 8-3-3 fer tilizer. In twelve tobacco- fertilizer demon-, strations conducted in North Caro? Una last season. 100 lbs extra sulphate; of potash paid. an average of >51.25' per acre. The extra potash /was ap plied in addition to the growers reg ular fertilizer and the cash returns Ircm the tobacco receiving the regular fertilizer were compared to the re turns from the tobacco receiving the regular fertilizer plus the 100 lbs sul phate of* potash. Your attention is called to the ad vertisement More Cotton, and you are reminded that the same thing Is trr as to tobacco. Pill out the coupon and send it in and get some valuable information. Triangular Debater Selected At Bethel In a preliminary debate held last Friday in the school audltorum the ; following wore selected ? to ? represent the school In the state-wide triangular debate which is held on April 8th: Evelyn Crutchfleld. ? Bessie Walker. Virginia Carr and Sallle Perkins. Vlr glvina Carr and Sallle Perkins are to I be the affirmative team while Evelyn Crutlhfleld and Bessie Walker are to be on the negative side of the ques tion. Resolved. That the United States should join the World Court. The schools In the trtngle are Man gum Township, at Bahama. Hind Brag town The Bethel Hill negative team goes to Aragtown. while the affir mative debate! at home against Man gum Township. n . Revival At Concord The annual revival meeting will begin at Concord church' Easter Sun- j day morning. We begin, with all day , service^ with - dinner on the grounds. The meeting will continue through the following Sunday. The pastor will do the preaching and all are cordially in -rttetf to attend aTRT assist "IH pMmoi-T Ing'what we believe will be a success ful meeting. x Services during the week will be held at 1:30 and 7 30 p. m. All together for a good meeting W. L MANESS. P. C. i ' *? Commendable Work The high school boys, under the ' supervision of Rev. J. B. Currln. prln- ! rlpal of Hurdle Mills high school, have been engaged thta week In 'beau tifying the school grounds. Thta school Is located on a beautiful sand hill overlooking the village and when the trees, Dowers and shrubbery begins to grow and bloom It will be one of the very prettiest schools in Person Coun ter, and those responsible for It will be well paid for their time, money and labor. o ? ? Hunters Notice Each hunter who purchased a hunt era license for fhe past year will soon J "reeelve^ a rard tg nil out as to the numfcx? of game birds and animals he _bas, killed In season. It Js Im portant to ftll out thew oArds. so "please sigh and return To ftic depig ment at once1 ? _i_A . ? Alice White wfth Jack Mulhall In ?NADOWry BABY" playing Palace Theatre Monday ? Trie may. Marrti 25-26th. Matinee Monday 3:00 P U. - Thousands Homeless And Many Drowned In Flood ^ a . ? * i THREE MEMBERS OF BYRD'S PARTY LOST TN ICE FIELDS New ^ock, March 18. ? No word has been received for three days from Larry Gould, geologist, and his two companion v Bernt Bal er hen and Harold Jane, aviation pilots and members of the Byrd Anarctic expedition, who have been engaged in an aerial geological trip to the Rockefeller moun tains. according to a radio mes sage from the South Pole expedi tion. copyrighted by the New York Commander Richard E. Byrd is preparing to fly in search of his comrades as soon as favor able weather obtain*, the mes sage said. Special Week Of Prayer The women of the First BaptisV Church have been observing a special week of Prayer for^ Home ? Missions this week. The -prayer service on Sunday afternoon was well attended. ! The subject was Cuba and Panama. I Miss' Marthenla Bivens of the High School faculty, gave a very instructive ] talk on Cuba and others were made on Panama which were very Inter esting. On Monday afternoon, the regular monthly meeting of the Woman's Mis sionary Society was held In the Mis sionary room of the church, with S5 j members present. The' program for 1 the afternoon was in charge of Circle No. 3. Mrs. O. J. Cushwa. chairman. The subject was "The New Negro." De votion was led by Mrs. W. Y. Pass \ and talks on the Negro were made by ] Mrs. ?. W. Bradsher and Mrs. E. E. Standfleld. Mrs. A. ft. Warren, presi- ] dent, presided over the business meet ing. which followed. On Tuesday afternoon . Mrs. A. K. | Warren very ably presided over the meeting, the subject of which was "The . Foreigners." Interesting discussions were led by Mrs. Warren and Mrs. A. S. deVlauing. The circle meetings for Monday. \ March 25th. will be as follows: Circle No. 2 will meet with Mrs. E. E. Thomas on Court street. J Circle No. 3 will meet with Mrs. i Mollle Strum Barrett, on Morgan st. Circle No. 4 will meet with * Mrs. ' John T. Wade on Lamar street. ! Mrs. Featherston Dies ? . ? Mrs. R. I. Feiftheyston died at her I home on North Main Street Thurs- 1 day morning at 9 o'clock. Mrs. Feather- | 8 ton had been confined to her bed. i suffering from a fall about three months ago. and .'her death was not a surprise to her friends and loved ones. Mrs. Feather* ton had lived in Roxboro for' many years and was j highly esteemed and loveU for herj many beautiful and loving, ways. She 1 was a faithful and consistent mem ber of the Edgar Long Memorial Church, and her faithful services will be sorely mlseed. Surviving her are one son. Mr. Ivey Feathers ton and one i daughter. Mrs. R. W. Stephens Funeral services were conducted from the Methodist church Friday afternon, conducted by .her Pastor. Rev. T. A. Bikes, assisted by Rev. J. H. Shore. Rev. P. Cary Adams and Rev. W L. Maness. and interment was made In Burchwood oemetery. Christmas Cactus Has 404 Blooms ? j Mr Nat Jordan, who lives near Loch Lily, has a Christmas Cactus with 404 blooms on it. Mr. Jordan says this Is by actual count, and if you dout# come and see it and count the blooms. Somewhat doubting we drove out Sunday afternoon to check up, but unfortunately for us we found no one at home. 'A cactus with 404 blooms must Indeed be a beautiful sight, and we regret w? were dented the pleasure of seeing It. "Fowl Deed.*' I An Interesting clay. "Fowl Deeds." , will b* given In Jalong School audi torium Saturday evening of this week by the Bby Scouts Troop No. 3. This play la full of comedy and assures' every one of two hours of real fun Come one and all and rnufy a good clean play given by these T>oys The chorus and |pnd music -will be worth the price. Admission 30. and 30 cents. O .,n n i 1. . I !,,,? I, ,1 mrs ? oenneu inter rcu Mrs Bennett, who lived near Dur ham. jras burttd yesterday afternoon | at Antloch Church, the funeral ser ving Wnj ronrtiirrrd by Iter. J.tO. | MoOregor ? No Official Reports Received From Elba, Whtre All But Few Rescued r OTHER TOWNS INUNDATED Atlanta. March 17. ? Swollen far beyond normal by torrential rains, a dozen rivers and many creeks to night had spread over scores of square miles in three southern states, inun dating halt a dozen or more towns, isolating- a score of others, maroon ing at least 1S.OOO -persons and .para lyzing mail and highway traffic. While there were unconfirmed re ports of 150 drowning at Elba. Ala.. city of 4.000 out all yesterday by the rapidly rising waters of White Creek and Pea river, only four persons are known to have lost their lives due to the flood. Six other men were reported miss ing. three residents of Troy, Ala., seek ing to make their way to stricken Elba last night were thrown into the the flood when their boat capsized i A fourth man made, his way to safe ty. Three national guardsmen also were reported drpwned by the cap sizing of thel/ boat. While conditions were worst at . Elba, apprehension of Geneva. Ala., about 20 miles south, where flood waters 10 feet deep were reported coursing through the streets. Waters of Murder and Buoif Corn creeks had inundated Brewten. Ala., to a depth of 10 feet and at Floma ton, on Escobia river, water stood 10 feet in the streets. Castleberry, Ala., below Brewton on Murder creek, was flooded to a depth of 'nine feet. West Point, Georgia, on the Ohat tachoochee river, was inundated to day and motor boats ploughed some of the streets with the water' still rising. On the Flint river in Georgia. Al bany. Montezuma. Newton and West Bainbridze prepared for a recurrence r, f the floods of 10 days ago. the third this year, with the highest crest of the year predicted. ^ To Go Under Water ? Lower streets of Montezuma were expected to go under water by noon tomorrow, with a crest of 27 feet pre dicted at that point. Citizens of Newton, a town of 400 population, who returned to their homes only Wed nesday after taking refuge in Camilla for 10 days, tonight were again pre paring to evacuate, with a crest even ? higher than last week expected there by Monday or Tuesday. Rescue Work Is Pushed Montgomery. Ala., March 18,? Here tofore content to Inflict minor flood damage while less streams were wreck ing widespread havoc, the Alabama river today sent its waters raging over a new flood area In Central and Southwest Alabama. Alarmed by the new danger which' 'Came Just as rehabilitation of 15.000 South Alabama homeless had been ordered. Governor Bibb Graves took the air for a survey of the entire military controlled flood 'zone. The governor's decision came after Maxwell field army fliers returned here with reports that the Alabama river had forced Lowndes county res idents to the tree top* In a new flood sector adjacent to Montgomery county. The flight included the ne^ Lowndes county flood region, the southwestern area yhlch has Brewton as Its center, and the Elba-Geneza zone in the southeastern corner of the state. The night required several hours . Oovernor O raves' only statement at i the flying field was that, viewed from the air, conditions at Brewton, south of Montgomery on the Louisville St Nashville railroad, were wbrse than he expected. . He said he" h'as made no estimate of the number of deaths nor of the property damage, adding that such an estimate Is impossible on the basts of Incomplete reports at hand. ? -- ? ? America's Oldeat Minstrel With Van Arnam's Minstrels L- " It Is with (treat pleasure we pre sent this year the oldest- youngest minstrel In the world 'Qeorge' B. Ouy.. T7 year* young Mr. Ouy will offer you something you haven't seen In years, "Bone 8olos." played with the old-time bones and In the old-time way, also Tam botirln Solos." Mr. Ouy can still sing and dance, that will make sotne of the young boys sit up and take notice. Don't miss seeing the oldest min strel of ttwm all "Oeorge h Ouy." Thursday, March aiit, at Palace Theatre. ** ?ROLr^?at Valace Theatre, ft, day. March Mnd. Recent Floods Aid Prohibition In Ga. Macon, Gsu, March 18. ? Boil ers and barrels, riding the re ceding waters of South Georgia Oqods, today tofct the story of a huge prohibition clean- op in which neither Federal nor State officers participated. Literally hundreds of riverside stills which because of their inac cessibility had been comparative ly safe from internal revenue men, were swept away by the hlfh waters. "Three times as many Fed eral officers as there are on duty here couftl not have done the work so well," one officer said in commenting oar the flood's clean sweep of the illicit liquor in dustry.. BETHEL HILL BOYS PLAY FIRST FRIDAY Coach hotter and ' his boys have been largely taken up In Vworklng on grounds for the past week, "but have managed to pass around a few. The first game of the season Is to be played Friday p; m.. with the Turbevllle high school of Virginia. Little IS known about this team but they possessed a formidable team last year, and push t ed Bethel Hill before winning. The prospects for a successful sea son are g09d so far. Most of the old men are hack while several arp out for the first time. Puller IS back for catcher, while Montague and Wllborn are expected to do a "major portion of the pitching? Emmitt Wllborn. pitcher, has been in bed with mumps for the past several days, but is expected back dally. Carr. Walker and Wll born .G. are showing themselves cap able of holding down their old In field positions. Woody and Wllborn, C., may go to the outfield In order to add batting strength. In the outfield place Clayton shows his usual good fielding form to hold down center, while Jones. Brandon, Bailey and several others are working hard for the other positions. Clayton E. Youn?, Wrenn. Barnette and sev eral more may be able to get In and i will form a strong second team. ' Many stumps and trees- have been removed while the diamond has been completely given a new cover of earth. Th" first ?am* is here Friday, while the Danville high school will be- played here on the morning of Saturday. March/30th. at ten o'clock. Adml'ssloil I will be 15c for. the game Friday and a large crowd is expected to get a first glimpse of baseball for the year. Death Of Luther Dean Luther. L. Dean, well known and { highly Respected farmer died at his home Monday -morijlng following a severe attack of Pneumonia? Mr. Dean vas a good farmer and excellent clttzen and his death comes as a shock to his community and many friends. Interflkent was made In Bethany church cemetery Tuesday, conducted by Elder B. F. McKlnney. He was 35 yean old and leaves a wife and several children. , "A Rose Dream" A fairy operetta to be given by the children of the primary grades of the Central graded school at eight o'clock, Thursday n)ght. 'March 28, 1929. Admission for children. 15 cents; for adults. \ i 25 cents. ? ' ' Proceeds will be used TSf the benefit of the school! " i See 'EjtI Dance STMKBc ROBERTS * SYNER TUP DANCINO RF.II.HOM WITH VANABNAItTS MINSTRH.R nulac ?t ralurr Thratrr Thor^Uy, MarA I'M. DURHAM INSURANCE AGENT RILLED' BY UNKNOWN PERSON Robbery Is Believed To Have Been Motive Of Shooting, But' Not Accomplished BULLET PIERCES HEART / Durham. March ^19.? M E. Rollins. 48-year-old insurance "collector. *t> tr^-steriously shot and - almost In stantly killed last night- about S:l5 o'clock on Division "Street in the heart of .the Hayti section. So far a9 known there w?*p no eje witnesses to the shooting though a Negro woman found not very ttf from the place where it occurred IS being held for investigation. Officer* have clues which they are confident will lead to the apprehension of the slayer, they have Stated. Robbery is bleieved by officers to have been the motive for the shoot ing. though If this were the case the dead man's assailant fatyed to ac complish his' purpose as $63.15 in cash was found on his person." This was the usual amount collected In a day, officials of the Home Security Life Insurance company, in whose employ Mr. Rollins was at . th? time of his death, stated. Mr. Rollins had been a resident of Durhanf- for a number of years and was well known. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Cornelia Hamlett Rat line; one son. Floyd Rollins, of Due* ham. " ' Edgar Long Memorial On Easter Sunday the cooperative meeting will begin. This special sea son has been called to the attention of our people during the past several weeks, and we are hoping that the entire membership of the churches if ' the city have placed themselves In the right attitude before Ood and tbe community so that The Spirit of God may come into this place and give all of us a -new baptism and send us out as co-workers with God In bringing the unsaved to God. we make a spe cial plea for the membership of this: church to- wdedicate themselves to a more devoted service thaxl At any time in the history of the church. Think of some person and talk much wltl) Ood about that, person. Make arrangements to be present at every service unless providentially hindered. Be present at the regular, services next Sunday. Sunday School 9:46. Pre aching at 11 and 7:30. Epworth League s:?e. If it is good, soul-stirring music you like you' will be pleased with the choir and male quartette which you can hear every Sunday at this church. We welcome one and all. T. A. SIKES. Pastor. o First Baptist Church ' - Bible School 10:00 A! M. R. L. WUburn, Supt Preaching 11:00 A. M. Subject: ALONE WITH OOD. Preaching 7:30 P. M. Subject: THE CROSS OP CHRIST B. Y. P: U'S, 6:15 P. M. Miss Mabel James. Ofneral Director. Ood's formula for -a revival? "IT my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves. und pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked "Strays; then will I hear from heaven, an* will forgive their sin. and will heal their land." > 2 Chron. 7:14. A rordlal welcome Is nU-nrtrtrt tn >1. .. W F. WEST. Pastor. Resolutions 1 ' - , Whereas Ood in His Infinite lo?e r wisdom look unto himself on No*. 1938. our belovid co-worker Mr*, i J. R. Perkins, we the members of ttw Ijimbeth Memorial W. */t. S. rerfotve: First: We cherish her memory and in her death Suffer a great loss. Her unfailing attendance and lovely chris tian spirit were an inspiration to all of us. . Second : That we extend to her , ' sorrowing family our deepest sympa- a thv and commend them to our Heav enly Father, who said I will never leave thee nor forsaKe thee. Third: That a copy of these re solutions be spread on our Minute*, a copy Kent to the bereaved family St<3 copies sent to The courier and Ibllcal Recorder for publication. - Mrs E D. Morton. * Mrs K D Brewer. Miss Esther Boyd. * Eye Removed Mr. Ed Kycroft, who las beea Ms the* McPherson hospital, Where Ih> had one of hie eyes removed, turn returned home. o . | ' A Chicago man blames colds MS lpck of protein & diet. . '*