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VOL. XL VI.
ROXBORO. NORTH CAROLINA* WEDNESDAY EVENING. MAY 15, 1929.
NO. 20
Farm Relief Measure Is
Passed In Senate With
? ? - Debenture Plan Included
Vote 54 To 33 On Plan. Which"
Is Unacceptable To Pres
ident Hoover
HOUSE MAY REFUSE BILL
Washington, May 14.? A farm relief
bill unacceptable to President Hoo
ver because it' contains the export de
"benture plan was passed today by the
Senate. 54 to 33. after- a fuH month's
labor. ?
Both branches of Congress have
acted upon agricultural relief legist
latlon but the greatest uncertainty
surrounds Us final enactment because
of the sharp difference between the
Senate and the House on the deben
ture action. The. President early in
the session strongly objected to that
method of farm relief.
Ths Senate mfasure will be mes
saged tomorrow ? t-rrthf House wh?re
administration leaders are inclined to
Tefuse the bill. They base this on
contentions that the Senate had ho
rtghl to initiate the debenture pro
posal oh the theory that It is revenue
legislation and therefore constitution
ally must originate in the House.
Strong opposition to this opinion was
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Two Beautiful Services
The services Sunday morning at
the Edgar Lone Memorial Church
were in honor of Mothers Day. The I
choir had arranged and gave the con- \
gregation one of the most beautiful ]
musical programs Imaginable, and j
this was followed by a sermon from j
ths Pastor, Rev. T. A. Sikes. in which I
lie paid a most touching and beauti- j
ful tribute to Woman. ? He called al- 1
tention to the fact that It was Women 1
?who were last at the Crucifixion, the I
first at the grave, and they .have been
4lrst tn all (rood works and helping to '
bring His Kingdom to this world !
Truly it was a sermon couched lnj
beautiful thoughts and caused every
one present to want to be more1
thoughtful of Mother.
The services at the First Baptist 1
Church in the evening consisted of a
musical program, under the auspices
of the Philathia Class, the Patsor be
ing absent. These exercises lasted
lor more ihan an hour, and heard
by a large congregation, the Metho
dist having called in their services
and worshipped with the Baptists.
The churches of^Roxboro are blessed
In that they have an abundance of
home talent, and the choirs ordinarily i
give programs which are much en
Joyed, but on this special occasion the
j*rogram was unusually good. Too ;
much praise can not be given eacli
and every one taking part, but we
must call especial attention to the
solos by Mrs. Chitwood. a visitor In
Roxboro. Mrs. T. C. Bradsher and Mr.
Jake Taylor. Even those who re- ;
mained at home and listened In on the
radio heard nothing -finer. It was
strictly a musical program, save for
the splendid address of a few min
utes delivered by Mr. R. Pr- Burns. .
Roxboro Rotary Club
At the club meeting Thursday even
ing Mr. Victor Young, of Durham,
?was the speaker. He told of the "high
spots" of the last Legislature. . of
iWfrfcfr he was a member, and paid a
high tribute to Mr. R. L. Harris, stat
in? that he' was one of the youn?
men In that session whom all
members, old and young, delighted to
honor.
The program for the next meeting
will be In charge of Mesgrst W. T.
"Pass, J. A. Long and J. W. Nqell.
The Art Exhibit
As the result of the Art Exhibit
put on recently under the auspices
of the Roxboro City Schools, not the
high school nlnnei twenty-five val
uable and desirable pictures have
been added to those already In the
schools. The value of the pictures
purchased with the proceeds of the
exhibit amounts to one hundred and
ten dollars. Every school room will
set at least one new picture ? O.OX>.
Wm. D. Merritt Home
Mr. wfillam D. Merrttt returned to
his home Monday from WattK hos
pital. where be has W?rt confined for
^several weeks. This Is very gratifying
to his family and many friends. His
recovery Is not entirely complete but
he Is ?Me to be In his office some, and
we are hoping for him a hasty re
turn to good health.
Clarence Brown's story of romance
nnd adventure "The Trail Of 98",
?with Dolores Del Rio playing Palace
"Theatre Monday A Tuesday. May 40
51st Matinee Monday 3:00 p. m.
Get- Rich-Quick
Not For Lindy
As Air Advisor
Washington, May 13.-*-Charles
A,. Lindbergh is not ratting rich
very fast from hisr position as
advisor on aeronautics to the
Department of Commerce.
Assistant Secretary MacCrac
ken said that Lindbergh has not
drawn one cent in salary since
his appointment - about five
mQnths ago.
He is allowed $25 a day when
his services are sought by tffre
Commerce Department. Other
wise he . gets nothing. Mac
Cracken explained that ny' prob
lem had arisen which
Lindbergh's advice. ?
Secretary Lamont , said Lind
bergh visited the 1 department
aboyt ten d^ys ago and talked
things over in an .informal way.
That was the first time the sec
retary and Lindbergh had met.
SEE INCREASE IN
PROSPERITY EOR
U. S. BUSINESS
The Committee On Economic
Changes Reports To Presi
dent Hoover
SURVEY PROVES NEEDS
Washington. May 14? An increas
ingly prosperous future lor the United
States, provided that the present
economic balance between production
and consumption of wealth can be
maintained, is predicted by the re
port. published today, of President
Hoover's committee on recent econp-i
mlc changes.
A maintenance cf high wages, in
the Hght of what the report cited,- as
"insatiable convnodlty. demand." in*
creasing application of sicentiflc and
managerial skill. , and an elimination
of speculation, the ^writers of the doc-'
ument . concluded, would , assure the
L'jii'.iuuuus advance cf living standards
for the majority of the nation's pop
ulation.
"We seem only to have touched the
fringe of our ' potentiaUtes," the re
port said, though it declared emphat
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HOME MISSIONS BOARD GETS VOTE OF
APPROVAL AT MEETING OF BAPTISTS
Miss Janie Burns
Heard Thursday Night
The radio fans here were particular
ly Interested Thursday night and lis
tened In on Raleigh, as Miss Janie
Burns, one of Roxboro's most popular
and talented young ladles appeared
before the ?'Mike.1* ' Miss Burns was j
assisted In this attractive1 program by j
some of the other talented musicians
of Meredith College.
CLEAN-UP WEElT
MAY 20 TO 25TH
In absence of the annual clean
up week, whi<*h has been staged by
the Woman's Club, we .set aside
May 20th to 25th to haul away
and dispose of all accumulated
trash and garbage, if possible,
please have your trash in barrels
or boxes so that it will be easily
loaded.
I. O. Abbltt. Street Sup't.
Illicit Still Seized,
One Operator Held
Sheriff M. T. Clayton made a very
successful raid over in the northern j
part of the county Ipst Sunday, re
sulting In the location of a complete
copper stlil and outfit. Upon Arriv
ing on the scene of action four young
men were seen busily engaged In the
discharge of the duties attendant up
on this particular type of work. How
ever, they did not remain very long? [
not long enough to All the capacity of
host to their visitors. Evidently by
the rapid speed In which these men
used In widening the space between
themselves and Sheriff Clayton, they
must have recognized the determined !
expression of their unexpected and
we might say, unwelcome visitor.
Sheriff Clayton. Three out of the
four made good thelr-escape and the
fourth one was arrestetd and brought
to town where he was given a hear
ing. A bond of $250 proved a little
too hard for him and he was placed
In the Orange county Jail to await the
August term of court, at which time
he will be given an opportunity to
tell the judge why he was engaged In
this common profession. Six hundred
gallons of beer was poured out and
the plant destroyed.
Dodge Sedan Burned
A Dodge sedan belonging to Jack,
Farmer was destroyed by fire early
Monday morning, near Helena oh the
Durham -Roxboro highway. The man
could give no reason for the Are other
than possibly a shorted connection
near the carburetor causing a speedy
flame that soon confpletely destroyed
the car.
Seriously- 111
Mrs. J. IT Day.' who has been in
feeble health for 9ome time. Is s*r
tously U1 at her .home, following a
stroke of paralysis a few days ago
Her condition remains unchanged.
Mrs. Cresle Cozart. aUo of Wood
land Heights, is seriously ill at her
; home.
Special Committee Had Previous
ly Recommended That^ No
Change Be Made
DEBATE FOLLOWS REPORT
Mmnhls -in ? Th* ? Snnth* ?
ern Baptist convention will hold
its 1930 meeting at New Orleans.
- beginning Wednesday. May 14.
The convention holding it* 74th i
session here unanimously approved
the recommendation of its com
mittee on place, time and preach
ers tonight.
The Southern Baptist convention
gave its home missions board a vote
of confidence today and by deciding
overwhelmingly against proposals to
abolish it and combine ' it with the
foreign missions board agreed to con
tinue the work jeopardized last year
by the defacations of Its Imprisoned
treasurer. Clinton C. Carnes.
A special committee appointed to
consider various suggestions for reor
ganizing the board notified the con
vention this afternoon that it recom
mended the adoption' of the board's
offlclal report. The report asked that
ihe board be continued, that Its expen
ditures be replaced and that no
change be made In the present me
thods of handling home missions.
Dr. Frank H. Tripp' of St. Joseph,
Moa ofTered as a Substitute his pro
posal that the home and foreign mis
sions board be combined and that the
headquarters, now maintained for the
home board in Atlanta and for the
foreign board at Richmond, be remov
ed to Memphis. He was defeated
after Sam F. Hudson, of Red Springs,
N. C.. lost a motisrt to aboltsh the
committee and have the executive
committee liquidate all assets except
those the foreign beard might assume
and manage.
Hours of debate ended a day dur
ing which the convention approved
a South wide campaign for the Bap
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Third Poultry Sale
Prove* Successful
Person County Is making some pro
gress in the line of diversification.
Last Tuesday marked the thlfa poul
try sale that has been put on here
successfully this sprltjg The first
and second sales w<re really some
thing big and worth while. The one
held here Tuesday, however, was not
quite as large. 2M t pounds was of
fered for the neat sum of tesi.so,
making In all, up to and including
this sale around $2900.00. These fig
ures should be very encouraging to
the farmers of this county In view, of
th* fact that last year's tobacco crop
did not turn but so welL
Another sale will be held here some
time near the middle of June, and If
arrangement could be made to have
our shlpmeiU direct from here by rail
instead of t^ependlnp on Iriyk*, ihe
project .vould be stUI me ti attractive
and our worthy demonstrator is work
ing with that end In view.
Birth .
Born, to Mr. ? and Mrs, Marvin
Carver, a son, Marvin Jr.. at Watt*
hospital. Friday. May 10th.
o
Enjoy a good program at the Palace
under the Ijreeies of the Arttc-Nu-AIr,
as refreshing as the sea breezes.
Pprson flnn nty's IVfost
Prominent Citizen Passes
'Judge William D'Arcy Bradsher
Died Saturday Morning
At 12:25
CLERK NEARLY 40 YEARS
Judge D'Arcy Bradsher, who had
- been critically ill for the past several
weeks, jiied at his home on Virginia
Avenue Saturday morning at 12:45
His condition was such that all of
the family were summoned to his bed
side Friday afternoon.
He was a native of the County, be
in? born at the old home place
known as Bushy Perk. His father
was William Arch Bradsher and his
mother was Eugenia -Torlan Bradsher.
hence he carpe from a noble heritage,
bath father and mother being mem
bers of the oldest aand most lnfluen
tal families In the County. He wa#
prepared for college in a community
school and entered Wake Forest at
the early age of 15, completing his
studies at age 19. After graduating
' he came batk home and engaged in
farming and teaching school In 1890
he was elected Clerk of the Superior
Cour'. and held this office until his
death.
Mr. Bradsher was thrice married?
first to Miss Mildred Satterfleld, of
Person county; six children were born
to this_unlon. of whom four survive
him. second to Miss Sue F. Merritt. of
Person county, tfeveo children were
b5rh to this union, five of whom sur
vive their father. Third, to Mrs Sal
lie Willie Graves Perry, of Caswell
county, who is left a widow by his
_ passing.
Of his large ramlly of children the
nine who survive him are: Mrs. N.
C. Newbold. of Raleigh; Mrs F. J
Hester. E. E. Bradsher, Miss Sue C.
Bradsher. Mr*. Errol D. Morton. Mrs.
R A. Bullock, ail of Roxboro: S. M.
Bradsher. of Durfiam: Lando'n C.
?Bradsher and W. O. Bradsher, of Rox
boro.
He had been a. prominent and con
sistent member of the First Baptist
Church for a number of years, and
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Grammar School
Commencement
The fourth, fifth and sixth grades
will give their Commencement pro
gram in the Central school building
Thursday evening. May -U, at eight
? o'elnok The program promts? to
, entertain a filled house, (very one Is
cordially Invited to attend. Admission
lSe and 25c.
o .<? .*
Early Vegetables
? . ? ?
M* and Mrs. W. t. King hajrf t&<
honor, so far as we have httiilnl
having the earliest garden In this
section They have been enjoying"
from thefr own garden English peas'
and Irish potatoes lor the past two
WIS. NANNIE MORTON
GOES TO HER REWARD
Life Time Resident Of County,
Helpful Friend To Church
And Community
Sunday evening just as the clock
was about to mark the Still quiet hour
of midnight the spirit of Mrs. Nannie
E. Morton winged its way back to
Ciod who gave It. Mrs. Morton had
been In declining health for a period
of something like one' year. Her sick
ness ahd confinement was borne with
a beautiful fortitude that attends only
such as she.
She was born in Person county and
most of her life was spent at her coun
try home near Bushy Fork, moving
to Roxboro about eight years ago.
Just after the death of her husband.
Mr. Quinn Morton, and made her
home with her niece. Mrs. N. S.
Thompson on South Main Street.
Rarely has it ever been our good for
tune to associate with a more beau
tiful or sacrificing christian character
than this good woman, whose passing
has cast a shadow of deep sorrow
among her close relatives and wide
circle of friend*. Her life and Its fine
influence has .contributed much to
the strength of the Methodist church
of which she had been a faithful mem
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Wreck On DepotStfeet
Almost directly Ip^front of The
Courier offlce. on'Depot Street was
the scene of a small 'wreck Tuesday
morning. Mrs. Henry Gates was
driving her car and In making the
tuijn from Main stfset into Depot
street her brakes failed to function
properly when she applied them to
avoid striking a young girl who was {
walking across the street at that time. (
The car headed directly Into the pole :
near the corner of the Corner Bar
ber Shop, catting a deep mark In the
post. The Severe Impact shattered
the windahleld. twisted the bumper
and bent the fender. Mr*. E. B.
?Yancey and Mrs. Albert Clayton were
occupants of the car and neither of i
the three were hurt, other than a i
pretty severe shake up and a slight .
scratch on Mrs. Clayton's face.
A Regular Waterloo
"Somehow ruther. or somehow el?e."
Roxboro Just can't make It when
she faces Bethel HU1 In a ball game
Last Saturday they met In mortal
combat and Roxboro met a .regular
Waterloo, the scorp being 17-3. Bethel
Hill has a good team, but Roxboro
should mSe a better shoWWS than 1
thlj. .. .. ? ~ WJ
DARCY WILLIAM BRADSHER
Memorial Day
Was Observed
In Roxboro
Only Eleven Person Comity
Confederates Now Living
In County _
FINE PROGRAM RENDERED
Memorial Day exercises were held
1 in honor of the Old Veterans here
last Friday. The U. D. C's are malc
I lng a brave effort to keep the, memory
; of these fast departing cnesr fresh in
the minds of the coming generation,
I but they are having an uphill task,
and it looks as if they would lose out
ere the last one has departed for
i that unknown land
There are 14 names on the register
: of Camp Jones, but only 11 are from
this County, the others coming from
adjoining counties!-- Those> present
yesterday were: W S. Barnwell, A.
. Bowes, John W. Strange. John P.
Harris, Wyatt Brooks, and Dr. P. O.
Pritchett. Those absent were: ? D. S.
Malone. J. I. Long. A. D. Moore,
George W. Moore, W. F. Reade, D.
C. Lunsford, R. H. Oakley and Joe P.
i Long.
Five ex-service men were presented
with crossed by Mrs S. G. Winstead.
They were: R. A. Whitfield. C. C. Gar
rett: Mrs. C. .M. Winstead. in honor
of her son who was killed in action;
Otis Blackwell. in honor of his brr>- ?
ther. Lester Blackwell. deceased, and
Mrs. Winstead will mail the fifth med
al to Robert Barden.
' The Daughters under the supervision
of the President. Mrs. S. Ben Davis,
had prepared a most interesting pro
gram. which was carried out as fol
lows: ?, s
Music.
Praver. by Rev. T. A. Sikes.
Music.
Flag Salute, by the children of the
grammar school.
- Presentation of Crosses, by S. Gar
land Winstead. ->?
Greetings from Roxboro High School
by Ben Davis. Jr.
Mustc. ,
Address, by Mr. N.' Lunsford.
I Music.
At th- r-mmol"'.lor. of. this pro
j gram the Old Soldiers, and their wives
were Invited to a most sumptuous
dinner, which the Daughters had pre
pared for them After dinner the
graves of the Old Soldiers In Burch
; wood were decorated with flowers.
Bethel Hill Defeats
Roxboro Again ? 16-4
The Bethel Hill baseball team clos
ed a Successful _season. In baseball In
a most satisfactory mann?r. It de
feated Roxboro before a large com
mencement crowd. by a one-sided score
Of 16 to 4 Every Bethel Hill player
r^jqv'fd one or more hits George
Walked led in loni hits with a two
and three base hits to his credit.
Montaaue workln? his last zame kept
the hits well scattered and struck >out
ten men.
Pour outstanding athletes In Bethel
Hill athletics for the part four year,
were plavlng their lint $ame. Ttyn
were: Montague, pit '?her; Carr-ftrst
b*\se; walker, second base, and^efeorge
Wllborn. short stop.
Off On FifJjif^g Trip
The balmy JWeezes of Spring time
and the rgp<*nt rise in the t\wnt>en*
ture vjycti little too strong In Its
to hKaenied by the following angleotj
A. M Burns. Dr. B E. Love, W.
S. Clary. Dr. J H Hughes and J. W.
.Voell. who left real early Tuesday
morning for a week's Ashing trip to
Ocracoke Island, oft the eastern coast
of Carolina We doubt if a happier
companv of m;n could be found any
where than the?e. for each of them
are expecting to make a bann*r catch,
and we hope they will, and brlQg we
fellows back home a few.
Having Many Calls
The splendid choir of the Edgar
Long Memorial Methodist Church am
havinf manjt calls for their stervloes,
and on last Runday afternoon they
visited the neighboring town of Lea?
burg, where they helped in the clon
ing exercises of Leasburg high school.
. Musical Recital
The piano pupils of Miss Mabel
James will be presented in a recital
at the high school auditorium Friday
evming. May 17. at S o'clock The
High"- School Olee Club will also ap
pear* ftn the program. The public k
cordially Invited to attend.
Dolores Del Rio with Ralph Forte*
and Karl Dane i In Clarence Brown's
"THE TRAIL OF 98" playing PaJaee
Theatre Mondav & Tuesday. Mar ?
Jlrt Matinee Mondfcy 3:00 p. m.