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".Welcome New Comers. J. W. NOELL, EDITOR AND PUBLISHER, y HOME FIRST, ABROAD NEXT VOL. XL VI. ROXBORO. NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY EVENING. APRIL 10. 1929. lqwil To Live In. $1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCfc NO. IS. DISTRICT MEETING OF DAUGHTERS OF THE CONFEDERACY Annual Meeting Of Eighth District Held Here Last Wednesday HEW DIRECTOR ELECTED : ? ? " a - I I ? Attended by delegates from all pacts of the district, the United daughters ?of the Confederacy of the eighth dis trlct met here lad Wednesday. A busy and interesting program was carried out Including addresses, music and entertainment. Mrs. M. R. Long, di rector of the district, presided over the sessions. Mrs. Victor Johnson., of Pittsboro, was elected head of the <llgtrlct for next year. The meeting began at J1 o'clock with the reading of the ritual by Mrs. Ma mie Merrltt. t|ie district chaplain. The address of welcome was delivered by "Mrs. Ben Davis, president of the Per rmmty "V*n pt?r anH the rysnon.se ?was made by Mrs.- W. 8. Bernard,! state historian, of Chapel Hill.. An Interesting feature was the presenta- ^ tion of greetings from chapters in 1 Plttsboro. Durham. Chapel HH1 and (Continued on page eight) ! Farmers Facing Crisis Says Schaub Charlotte. throughout the civilised world are facing a crista. Dean L O*. Schaub. of North Carotin* stale college, head of the date farm' aarvioo told the Char lotte Rotary club today. Dean Schaub said farm pop ulation in North Carolina has decreased since Ull while Br- - ban population has more than Ambled. Increase in the cost of farm ing equipment without any in crease in the price of products was held responsible for the ag ricultural depression. Dean. Schaub said greater efficiency on the part of the farmers was their only Miration. RECEIVE HONOR IN FRENCH CONTEST In the University's fourth annual French contest lor North Carolina high schools Miss Hazel Beard of Le noir high school was announced the ?winner Rnthnrn high yhnol again comes in for honorable mention. Miss Sue Hester and. and Miss Katherine Wlnstead being among those who re ceived honorable mention. All dewdrops are perfectly round. UNITED SUPREME COURT DECREES THAT HARRY F. SINCLAIR MUST SERVE 90-DAY SENTENCE IN JAIL Three Months In Jail Facing Oil Magnate For Refusal to Ans wer Senate's Questions FACES ANOTHER TERM Wonhlngton. April ?? Just exactly seven years and a day from signing of the Teapot pome lease, the Su preme Court today decreed the first Jail sentence growing from the now ?famous Senate oil investigations It decided today that Harry F. Sinclair, multi-millionaire oil magnate, must serye three months In the District of Columbia Jail for refusing to answer questions of the Senate public lands cnmmlttee which Investigated the case. Sinclair was acquitted bv a Jurv Tiere Some time ago on the major charges of conspiracy growing from the Senate Investgiation of the lease Binned by former Seerftarv of Inter ior Pall on April 7. 1922, though the Supreme Court ltsfclf. In deciding the civil suit against Sinclair and return ing the naval reserve in Wyoming to the government, had declared that the -whole transaction was tainted with fraud. Must Go To Jail: It Is a conviction on a minor re lated case, refusal to answer the Sen ate committee's question* on March ? "71. 1S24. which will place the oil man -behind the bars of a jail here. Sin clair will be required to begin serv ing his sentence within a month. Under ordinary procedure, the court's mandate will be sent to federal au thorities In 25 days, at which tlmi Sinclair will be called upon to sur render. George P. Hoover. Sinclair's local attorney, declined to comment on the decision untU he has examined It. The decision will be studied for pos sible ground* for appeal for rehear In*. he said, but It appears there Is no likelihood that the oil man can get out of going to jail. ?ven If a petition for re-heaiinr ?were nied. the mandate for taking, Sinclair into custody and carylns o-tt the sentence would be followed, unless the court stopped tt by a special or der. which Is very unlikely. It Is al so very unlikely the court would grant a re-hearlng. Very few have been (ranted In the court's history. According to the usual procedure, (Continued on pace eight) ??? ? . o ? Summer Boarders A play, fifth, sixth and seventh V fades. Aliens vllle high school, Friday evening, April 12th. at 7:30. Admls tlo nfree. Novelty entertainment In three acta, twenty-eight characters and a number of young people tor chorus - erf. A great diversity of country types and jslty characters. Including Irish, riarhey. society woman and her daugh ters,' actresses, etc. Uncle Kphrlam has become financially Involved and his daughters save the old Homestead bv taking summer boarders The last acts give a number of specialties. Public cordiallv Invited. Aliens vllle String Band will be OQ hand. World -wider music. 'ly ? The Screen's Perfect Lovers John Gilbert and Oreta Oabro In "A Wo man Of AflalA". playing Palace Theatre. Monday A Tuesday, April U-ieth Matinee Monday 3 p. m. ROXBORO HI NINE WINS TWO GAMES Will Play The Bethel Hill High School Team Here Tuesday' April 16th j On Friday of last week Roxboro de ; feated South Boston 6 ? 5. The game was featured by the pitching of Per ? kins who struck out 15 batters In seven innings. Long hits were gottten by ! Edmunds of S. B.. when he hit to ! deep center field for four bases and ; Allgood of Roxboro soon followed suit I with a ciieuit drive. | Monday afternoon Roxboro defeated | Hillsboro lor the second time this season by a count of 13 ? 3. Every I Roxboro player In uniform was given ; a chance to play in this game and all ! made a good showing. Today the locals will Invade foreign territory when they go to Danville . Friday afternoon Oxford will play here. This Is expected to be a good game.' On next Tuesday. April 16, Bethel Hill comes to Roxboro. Come to these i games and support your team. j Wreck On Road No. 57 When two automobile* come to gether at exactly the same jpot, each going In opposite directions, and es pecially If they happen to be "Tin Lizzie." excited spectators usually have a thrilling scene to satWfy their hun ger for excitement. An opportunity | tor a scene of this kind was given, to those who cared to go, on Road No. I 57 near Clayton's Store early Sundav evening, when two Ford touring cars came together, one driven by a Mr. Allen and the other by a Mr. Regan. These cars came together with a ter rific smash, resulting In ? badly la cerated face and head for Mr. Allen i while Mr. Regan escaped with only I minor scratches about the head and ' face. The two cars were badly twisted and bent. Satisfactory arrangement wa* made between the parties Involved ! as to blame, repairs.' etc. Notice! i An ordinance pasrfed by the Board ! of Commissioners of Roxboro require* ' all Town ,Tax foj- the year 1?3? to be paid befort May 1st, 1W9. '? It alao demands that the tax collector adver I tlM and sell all property on which i he tax has not been paid by May 1st. ! To avoid extra cost, trouble and em , barrassment pay your town tax before , May 1st. ' B. B. Mangum. Tax Collector. o Peat as dug from the bog contains ?8 per pent of water. Sun drying evaporates only 1ft per hent of this : water, yet peat to dried bums with i a fierce heat. Ireland has 4700 square miles of peat bogs. I It Is >m4 to have money -and the thing* that money ean bay bat. It's good, too. te cheek ap once In a while and make ?ai* you haven't laat the things that money eant My. ? Lorimer. Roxboro's Revival Meeting Swings Into Second Week! ? 1 ? ? 1 Soul Stirring Messages "At All The Churches; Throngs Attend Daily UNION SERVICE 8:00 A. M. , _ The people of Roxboro and com munity are probably In the midst of the moct notable religious campaign In Jhr history of the city and we feel safe In saying that the gospel Is be ing propounded and proclaimed In the ablest manner that we have lis tened to In a long time, if not ever. The union service that Is held-each morning at eight o'clock Is arousing the people to a truer sense of their ! splrltuat responsibility and when the ! old church bells peal itath In sounds cf eloquent beauty~-?ach evening ?.the hour of service, the crowds begin to wend their ways to the place of wor i shlpv they like best and there in the , presence of God's spirit and hpst, of friends, the singers and musicians undertake to present the gospel In song and melody, which Is causing ? much fmu.aUlu |ira!^ Hfid comment : At the hour of eight these strong men j of God. Dr. Haymore at the Baptist church, and Dr. Smith at the Metho dist. bring to the eager listeners mes sages that have In them something out of the ordinary. . If you have not at tended yet. come out this week. We believe by so doing you will be spirit ually uplifted. "And I was glad when they said, i let us go up Into the house of God." Rev. Chester Alexander, who so | ably conducted the services for the Presbyterian congregation during the j first week of the Evangelistic campaign, returned to his home at Smithfield, j after preaching the concluding Ser mon at the Presbyterian church Sun day night. His many hearers and admirers regret that he could not continue through this week as the nfhpr tnfn r-hnr-V-nr nrn rini.. tng to Presbytery which is in session at Kenlv this week . It was necessary to Close their campaign as above stated. Carried To Hospital Mr. J. H. Hester, who has been very ill for the past two weeks', was carried to the hospital In Durham one day last week. We regret to know that his condition shows little im provement. ? ?' Guards President W. H. Moran. head of the United ' States Secret Service, has the respon j sibillty Of guarding the person ol the j President and the White House proper. I fill Baiters Come To Life I On Friday, last, the heavy hitters of j the htgh school showed their first real i signs of hitting ability. This was their i fourth victory of the year but the | others have not been directly due to , hitting the ball. In this game th#y | reared enough runs against Turbevllle to win a game which finally ended In ! a 17 ? 5 score. Wllborn, G. Walker and Wllborn C. led In this depart - I ment. Both Wllborn E.. and Monta | eue worked in the box for Bethel Hill, j Both turned In creditable perform 1 ances. I Allensvtlle will be played at home on Friday, while Roxbaro will be met on next Tuesday. ? ft? Elder W, R. Monk To Philadelphia Hospital Elder W. R. Monk left a few days ago for Philadelphia. Pa., where he j will enter a hospital for treatment and crotrab'.v an operation. Elder Monk ha? suffered -for a number of years j with a stomach trouble and it is lioped by hl3 many friends that his j treatment under the specialist. In this ' rioted hospital will result in his com plete recovery. Hoover Selects Dawes As American Envoy to London .Former Vice-President To Suc ceed Houghton At Court Of St. James Washington. April 9 ? Former Vice President Charles O. Dawes has been selected by President Hoover as am j bkssador to . Oreat Brttlan and formal announcement awaits only word from London that he Is acceptable to the British government. While White Rouse officials declined to discuss the matter In any way. It became known today that Oeneral Dawe?' name has been presented to the British foreign offlce through the . American embassy, as is the usual cus tom before a diplomatic appointment is made. Friends of both the administration and of the Oeneral have no doubt ' that th? appointment will be accept able to the British, and formal an nouncement that the former Vice President will succeed Alsason B. Hdtighton of New York. Is expected wttthln a few days: la Santo Doming*. Oeneral DawM "now Is in Banto Domingo as head of a mission reor ganizing the finances of that Weat Indian republic, and he will complete that work before proceeding to Eng land This Is expected to take about Ave weeks more. - Negotiations looking to the sending of the Oeneral to the London post be-, van while Mr. Dawes (till was Vice President and Herbert Hoover was President-elect. Before that. Iftarevef. the Oeneral had agreed to head the mission to Santo Domingo, and he made It a con j dltlon of his acceptance of the diplo matic appointment that he should be oennlttted to finish up the job In Santo Qpcnlngo. Ambassador Houghton plans now to sail from London for the United State* on April 27 iM after his departure, the embassy will be in charge of the I Charge d'AfftUri, Mr. Houghton resign ed ak ambasMtdor to Oreat Brit Ian to make the race for Senator from New York last year. HoughUm Retained. President CooIVdge acknowledged r? ] celpt of the letter of resignation with- 1 | out accepUng the resignation and af- 1 Helena High Nine De feats Alien* ville High The Helena High boys won their first home game from Aliens vllle High nine by a narrow margin of 8 ? S| The game rocked along tor two extra In nings for neither team was able to cross the plate for the wtnnlg tally. The pitching of D. Slaughter' was outstanding for the visitors The lo- j caW collected only three hits whll- the visitors garnered four from Brlggs. Helena pitcher. The Bushy Pork High School nine will be on the Helena diamond Fri day. April 10. at 2:30 o'clock. Notice! This Is the last month In which to pay your tax. Unless paid before the 1st day of May all taxes will have to' be advertised. Save both of us trou ble by paying your taxes at once. H. V BROOKS. Tax Collector for Person Co. , o ? Exhibit Fine Art Prints An exhibit.1 of Pine Art Print* will be held In Roxboro on May lat to 3rd. ! This collection reproduction* of the! world's Oreat Master ^Painter* ? has been loaned us for the purpose of rats- ; Ling a fund with flrhlch to purchase Jjlcture* for our senools. Plggly? I hear they're joint to Im port sparrows to kill worms. Don't you think sparrows are worse than -vorms? Wlggly ? I don't know: I never had sparrows. ter Mr Houghton was defeated, he was asked to return to the London P9HL.Xa?. the remainder of the Cool idge administration. This he did with reluctance, as he long had planned a trip to South America > rOR RENT? Nli* dwrllin* All oonmnleneM. But Location Meuoiutblr Rent. PRESTON SATTF.RFTEI.n Extra Session Tenn General Assembly Nashville, Teniu April 8.? An ?xtra session of the Tennessee general assembly was believed unavoidable' today by many lend er* following announcement by Governor Henry Hot-ton that be would veto any general revenue bin which contained a land tax. One of the governor's campaign pledges wm abolition of the state land tax and he said today "if It taxes an extra session to abol ish the land tax I will call one." Even the most optimistic be lieved It would be Impossible to pass a general revenue bill with out a land tax before Sunday, when the session will end. WAKE FOREST GLEE CLUB COMING SOON The Glee Club from Wake Forest *111 entertain In the auditorium of Jioxboro high school; Tuesday evening. ] April 16th. beginning it 8fl5. Ad | nueston will tie 50 and 75 cents. You ] are assured an evening of high class : entertainment. Don't forget the date. There is a pagan Indian tribe liv ing in the Great Lakes region. . NEGRO CONGRESSMAN IS PROVING PROBLEM IN POLITICAL CIRCLES Seme Think Assigning Haws To North Carolinian Very Untactfut G. O. P. LEADERS UNEASY Washington. April 8.? With ttae thermometer standing well above nine ty In the shade, a race row continued to develop today over the effort a t the house offlce building management to "place" George Prltchard. the lOtb district member. Mr. Prltchard, un happily, was given an office on the first floor? an offlce adjoining that of Oscar De Priest, the sole negro mem ber ol the house. As matters stood today, and with respect to offlce space, the North Carolina Republican mem i ber Is on the sidewalk, or will be, as i soon as he arrives ,ln a day or so. Those representing Mr. Prltchard I have poured water on the fire, closed the door and turned the key to room { 132 over to the superintendent of the house offlce building. M. K. Kerrigan, who Is more or less distressed over the incident* no doubt since it may (Continued on page eight) ATTORNEY GENERAL SAYS SCHOOL BILL DOES NOT LIMIT TEACHERS OR PAY IN SPECIAL DISTRICTS SECOND POULTRY SALE BIG SUCCESS More Than Six Thousand Lbs. Sold For $1-172.20 During Second 'Sale . Tuesday. April 9th. was appointed for. the second sale of puoltry for the farmers of Person County. Early in the forenoon wagons, traucks, auto mobiles a i> d other transportation means began to arrive at the place of sale on the court house square and | Mr. H K. Sanders, cdunty demonstra I tors, was kept pretty busy weighing birds and writing checks. 6,078 pounds | were sold for the net sum of $1473.20, j placing in the hands of the farmers j of the county quite a helpful little sura. There is no reason why this new method of stimulating "the Idea of tetouring from the one route Way of farming shouldn't prove profitable and helpful and we hope the good peo ple of this county will continue to raise poultry. feel safe In saying that very little "anger of an over production need be feared because there are thousands and even millions of people who like to have chicken on their table*, who have never raised one an<t do not even know anything about the art. Another sale will be maile in a few weeks, which will be announced later, and Mr. Sanders Is expecting to Improve the method by having a car placed here In order that delivery may be expedited. Fire At Hurdle Mills Early Monday morning as the busy little village of Hurdle Mills was about to enter upon the duties of the day. fire was discovered In the garage be longing Co Mess. Foushee Sc Williams. The mechanics had not arrived to enter upon the' duties of the day and willing spectators who gathered rapid ly on the scene were powerless to do anything. The building was of wood structure and being very dry the en tire building and contents, including two or more automobiles, was com pletely destroyed. This was probably the best equipped garage In Per/on county outside of Roxboro. and the lees comes pretty heavy, as very little, U any Insurance was carried. Small Blaze Thursday The fir* alarm wax turned In about 3:30 Thursday afternoon and the city firemen hastened with almost light ning speed to the resident* of llr. and Mrs W. A. Mills at the Inten tion of Main and Academy street*, the fire originated from no deter mined cause In the attic and at one time It looked from the amount of smoke that It would be almost Im possible to save the building. Had It not been for the quick, splandld work ' of the firemen the building would not have been saved and very likely Mr. K. O. Long's residence and probably the Baptist church would also have burned. The loss from the fire Is not so heavy, most of the damage coming from the large amount of water ne cessary to cheek the Are. Dennis Brummitt Rules On Hazy Sections Of The School Law I FIRST PUBLIC STATEMENT Raleigh. April 0. In the firot opto ? ; ion of an official nature on the 132a ! .school act, passed by the recent legis lature Attorney General Dennis Brum | mitt held that th? act did hot place I a limitation on teacher's salaries or additional teachers in special tax dis tricts or extended term schools as It did In the sijc months school term. His Interpretation of sections of the bill was given in a letter sent today to Dr. A. T. Allen in which he ans ! wered specific questions asked him by 1 the state superintendent of public in j structlon to aid county superintend I ents in the preparation of the May budgets. Attorney General Brummitt discus sed the act in executive session with* the state equalization board but to day's statement was his first extended public one. The school act was de precated by the state teachers asso ciation at Its session here last month and has been widely discussed. Dr. Allen told the state association that he was unable to understand the ap plication of certain sections. The attorney general said that "It may be thought" that the construc tion of the bill would limit the nnw < ber of teachers in the special tar ' district as provided in the county bud ! get for the six months school ton but "I have reached the conclusion that this construction of the act ww> not Intended by the general assembly.'* ? o - I Edgar Long Memorial | Dr. Smith will continue the series of services at the Methodist church through Friday night. He Is. beyond a doubt one of the outstanding minis ter* of the state, and the meiissgi n that he Is bringing to the splendid congregations that are attending each night are real spiritual blessings to all. His morning addresses on Paul's hymn of love are soul-Inspiring TtMMe who have been unable to attend dor ; ing the past ten days will do them selves a real service by attending dur ing the next two days. Ths Sunday, services will be as us ual. Sunday School ?:?8. and preach ing at 11 and 7:30. Epworth League e:45. -"a- wishing to connect them selves with the church will be given the opportunity to do so at the ser vices next Sunday. There Is always a welcome at this church for visitors and Strangers. T A. HIKES, Pastor. Notice! Owners of stock In the Person Union Tobacco Company will please notify the undersigned immediately stating the number of shares they awn and the serial number of tip certifi cate held. TMs April V 1929 Nathan I.unsford. .Secretary. Tom Mix with' Tony, the WMsr Horse In KINO COWBOY (A How- ? Ing Western Thriller) playing Palaee Theatre Matinee and Night. Saturta* April 13th. .