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Welcome New Comers Good Town To live In. ? ? YEAR IN ADVANCB. NO. 2J. VOL. XL VI. HOME FIRST, ABROAD NEXT ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA. WEDNBSDAY EVENING. MAY 22, 1929. J. W. NOELL, EDITOR AND PUBLISHER. THE SENIOR CLASS WILL PRESENT PLAY WEDNESDAY, MAY 29 A Rollicking. Farce Comedy, "A College Town", Full Of Pep And Thrills AT SCHOOL AUDITORIUM On Wednesday, May 29th. the Sen ior Class of Roxboro High School will present a 'rollicking farce-comedy. "A ? College Town." in the High School Auditorium. The play was written by "Walter Ben Hare, the author of "The Little Clodhopper", and more than a ? hundred other plays. The scene is laid in a Tittle college town in New England. Here before the opennig of the play Jimmie Caven dish. a typical college boy. has gotten into trouble with the faculty. He tells them that lie was out with his aunt. ?*ijney tell mm Lu inmJiifn thn mint. He does this and the fun begins! . ? The leads are played by Sue Hes ter. as Jim Channing. "the girl from Dixie"; and Claud Slkes. as Jimmy ~~Caverullsli. a rah rah bay. ? Sng Walk ^r will be worth the price of admis sion. as Tad Cheseldine. the college Cut-up Nat Dean will be up to his -usual black-face form, as Leviticus, the Ace of Spades. Katharine Win stead 1**111 be unusually good as "Ma" Baggsby. the popular landlady; and *o will Hubert O'Briant as the pep pery Major Kilpepper; while Mrs. Cleopatra popp and her meek little liusband. Sennacherit. as played by Betty Andrews and Allie Holt, will be a scream! But all the characters -will be good and youll miss a treat If you don't see this play. The other characters are: Scotch MacAlllster, __tbc_Jootball capTain; Henry Walker; Shorty Long, a Kresnmani Bill Muuie. "Billy Van Dorn. on the Glee Cliib. Dolian Long; Mollie Stiles, a honey-' mooner. Bernice Raiff; Marjorie Hav jland, the college widow, "with whom all the boys fall in love Just as reg ularly as they have their hair cut." Mary Woody; Dr. Gilchrist. Pres of the college. Carl Winstead; Mrs. Gil christ. Josephine Holeman; Dr. Twiggs. Huel Gentry; Mrs. Twiggy. Essie Glenn: Miss Twiggs Man' Oakley; Prof. Schlauber. Thos. Bowles; Mrs. Sch lauber, Luctte Gentry: Miss Schlauber. Marie Brooks; Prof. 8ch waltz. Hilman fttanflelri : Prof. Dorchester. Barks dale Smith; Lieut. Small. L. M. Carl tnn: Miss Jane Cavendish. Alvce Stan field. Then there will be other fac ulty members and college boys. Miss Orphia Allgood. Mrs. B G. <Tlayton and Miss Marthena Bivins have charge of the play. Jane Carver ?will furnish the music and Jim A1I good is stage manager. Come and see "A College Town" next Wednesdav night so you won't be soTry later that you didn't! Edgar Long Memorial Because of the annual sermon b?ln? preached before the graduating class of the high' school. Sunday morning theTe will be no services in this church. The regular evening services will be held^ at 8:00. to which all are invited. The"ifubject for discussion by the pas tor will be the "Friendship of Jesus." A cordial welcome is always extended to visitors to the city. The Sunday nchofel will1 be held at the usual hour. 1>:45, and the Epwortli League at 7:15. T. A. 8IKES, Pastor. In Justice's Court The following cases were heard be fore Moe Ooodman. Monday evening: Marvin Eanes. for drawing gun on Sam L. Evan*. Eanes was bound over to court In the sum of $150.00. Frank Mooney and Marvtne Eanes. wreck led* driving, continued _ -until next Thursday, May 23rd. 'Two cases agalnut Prank Moopfy. cursing and Assault on female also continued un til Thursday, May 23rd. Oeorge Bird and 'Vincent Slaughter, using profane language In presence of ladles. Bird fined $5.00 and coat, Slaughter fined (25.00 and cost. o i ? An Appreciation Although I was not appointed to nil the unexpired term of my faVier. 1 atn very grateful to my many friends for their Interest and support in this matter. I assure them I ap preciate it. SUE C. BRADSKER ; "v I O Birth Mr. and Mrs. William W. Morrelt of Jalong. announce the birth of a daugh ter. Mona Lea. on May 20tb, at Watt'i ?Hospital, Durham. N. C. Oeorge TCtimaurlce's Production "THE BARKER with, Milton 8111s and T>oTothy MacKalll. ? playing Palace Theatre Monday and Tuesday. M^y 27-2Sth. Matlneo Monday 3.00 p. irr Elope John Gilbert, screen .idoi. vand Ina Claire. actress, elcped from Hollywood to Lag Veggft.- Nevada." wore wed. They are said to have met less than a month before the elopment and even close friends did not know of the romance which took a sudden matrimonial slant. Hurdle Mills Resident Dies Of Heart Attack Mr. Bethel Wilson, well known and respected farmer of Hurdle Mills sec tion died suddenly Tuesday morning at eleven o'clock. Mr. Wilson and his son and a colored man went to his tobacco plant bed early in the morn ing and had drawn a fine lot of plants W Uaiiipliiit ? in hio fluid * sufJlcient supply-had been drawn they started to the field, his son and the colored man leading the way and Mr. Wilson in the rear, when upon reach ing the house, which Is located a few hundred yards from the plaqt bed. they discovered that Mr. Wilson was not with them. After calling him several times with no response they went back over the path just traveled and found Mr. Wilson dead, evidently from the result of a severe heart attack. He was a hard working 'man and a good neighbor and his sudden call is a shock, not only to his Immediate family, but to the entire neighbor hood He Is survived by" his wlftf and one son. * Funeral services will be conducted from the home today at two o'clock and intermefit will be in the family cemetery near his home. Elder B F McKinney to have charge of services. Bethel Hill Fair Officers Selected On last Friday ..night the Bethel HU1. Farmers Club selected the following of ficers for the 1929 Community fair at Bethel Hill: Directors: Mrs. W. B. Humphries. Mrs. Leslie Hall. Messrs. F L Wel-.renberg, J. H. Shotwell. T. ?J. Montague and O. W, Joyner. President. R D. Bailey, -y. Pres.. W. W, Rogers; Sec. and TreSs.. Geo. W. Smith. ; The club was delightfully enter tained at Ihe home of Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Wehrenberg. Prof. Oriffln spoke to the clu|> on federal farm relief, and Geo. W. Smith explained the production, cer tification and distribution of better ?seed as planned by the N. C. Crop Improvement Association. ? ?? t> Rcxboro Team Defeat* Henderson A vary Interesting game was played on the Henderson diamond Tuesday, between the Roxboro boys and Hen derson and as a result the Roxboro boys gave them something to think about The score was a little better than two to one In favor of the Rox boro team, being seven and three. We are not surs but somehow we have felt all the time like the trick would turn In favor of our boys sooner or lafr. j. ' ' : ? - ? Revival Meeting At Woodsdale Our revival meeting will begin at Woodsdale next Sunday afternoon at three o'clock. There will fee no ser vice Sunday night. Servjees will be held each night during the wvsk at eight o'clock. Rev: T. A. Slkes will preach for us at Oak Grove Sundav morning and at Woodsdale Sunday afternoon:~"Thls Is an engagement ihe pastor has *9 preach the Commencement Sermon at Eastover high school. Fayettevllle-, N. ?- ftundav morning. We *rt for tunate m being able io secure Mr. Slkes for these services. ? '??i W. L. Mahess. ROXBORO GIRL WINS HIGH HONORS AT ? DUKE UNIVERSITY Miss Vertie Moore Was Tapped Into The Order Of White Duchy, A Secret Order HIGHEST HONOR AT DI KE In the past few years many prom ising young people have gone out from our High School to institutions cf higher learning. Quite a number ol these have won honors and have m&de us very proud of them. The majority of the honors have come to the boys; however, last week Miss Vertie Moore received the greatest distinction that can come to a wo man at Dtike. University. She was tapped into the Order of White Duchy, which is a secret honorary organiza ticn that frach year takes as Its mem bers the seven most butstandlng frills 1 mm ih? rising Senior class. The tannine of White Duchy ? r? ? a very impressive ceremony. The new members are tapped at dinner: the old members wearing white dresses and White carnations sit at a table in the center q? the dining hall, a va cant chair being left by each one for a new member. After much suspense and speculation as to who will be tap ped. the Pressldent goes over the dln !ng-room and pins a white carnation on the chosen members pnd they go to the table marked as Duke Anni verslty's. The .seven girls being thus distin guished were: Miss Vertie Moore. Rox boro: Miss Elizabeth Montgomery and Miss Evelyn Hancock. Wilmington; Miss Alma Wyche. Weldon; Miss Eliz abeth McPayden. Concord; Miss Paul ine Tiltey and Miss Maude McCraken Durham. ? Minn Vcrtia- Moore has many friends here and has made many at college because of her striking r(?rsonall?y and unusual ability. Miss Moore Is House President of Southgate Hall, which brings her honor because of the responsiWlttT cf the office. She is also a member of the _Y . W. C. A. cab inet. We are sure al!.Jjer friends ex tend to her hearty congratulations for the honor she has brought to herself and her High School. ? Cor. MR. A. C. GENTRY APPOINTED GLERK Took Charge Of Office "Monday Morninjj; Appoints Miss Sue Bradsher Deputy Clerk Last Saturday Judge .W. A. Devin appointed Mr. A. C. Gentry Cleric or Court, fllllng out the unexpired terr of Judge D W. Bradsher. This term will expire Dec. 1st, 1930 Mr. Gentry' was sworn in and took charge of the nflRce on Monday morning. His first act was to appoint Miss Sue Bradsher as Ills' assistant, or deputy clerk. Miss Bradsher had been aSistant for Sev eral years and will be a great help to Mr. Oentry while he Is familiariz ing himself with the affairs of the office. Mr. Oentry Is well known In the County, having served as Chairman of ' the Board of Commissioners , for the past three years or more, and be fore that wa.s engaged in the In surance business with the Satterfleld Insurance Agency. He is a 'graduate of Wake Forest College, and Is pS"-"' cullarly ntted for the position. A Correction May 19. 1929. Mr Noelt: In my piece last week in your paper I made a mistake, and had I think this: "Money is applied to their own benefit." It should have been: "I. think they do not need this money j for expenses." Will you correct this in your paper this week? ? A Patron. | Notice ? Tax Listing ClUxrm Of The Town Of Roxboro> I LUt your tax during the month of May Mr. R W Lunsford is located in the Register of Deeds office to list all taxable* for persons living In the Town of Roxboro. Save time and trouble for every one by listing your tax now. ' Recital The pupils of Mrs H. W. Newell will appear In recital May 24th. Fri day evening at t o'clock. High School ^atidltorlirm. They will be assisted by J the vooal talent of-th* town. Gypsies constitute 80 per cent oi the musicians in Hungary. McADOO MADE HEAD OF AIR UNE WHICH COMES ACROSS THE SOUTH 16-Hour Train- Air Service Will Be Operated Between New York And Pacific Coast Through South- To Avoid Storms; ? ? ? Planes Will Pass Over North Carolina Washington, May 21.? William Gibbs McAdoo. former secretary of the treas ury, will be chairman of the board of directors; of a new aeronautical company, incorporated under the laws of Delaware, which will operate a southern transcontinental and At lantic ccastal air-rail passenger, mail and express service and engage in the manufacture of airplanes, it was an nounced today. The corporation will* be known as the Southern Skylines, Incorporated. The transcontinental alr-rall service iB expected to be operated on a 46 hour schedule from New York to Los Angele^ by wav of Philadelphia. Wash ington. Danville. Va.: Atlanta. Bir mingham. Jackson. Miss.; Shreveport, Dallas. Fort Worth. Midland and El | Paso. Texas: Phoenix. Ariz., and San Liege. Calif. I There is also being considered a line j from St. Louis tb ^Jew York by way of Indianapolis. CTiiiUmati. Dayton. Columbus and Pittsburg to Washing ton. The coastal line planned will be jperated-frohi, New York to Washing ion as a"part of the trans-continental route ajid it Is planned to extend it from Washington to Miami by way of Richmond. Va.: Raleigh. N. C.; Colum bia. Augusta. Savannah and Jackson ' vM?. ' . ? . " ' ". I TUNNEY IS NAME&s DAMAGE ACTION Proceedings Leading To $500. 000 Breach Of Promise Suit Are Instituted SL ED BY PLUMBER'S WIFE Stamford. Conn.. May 21? Proceed ings designed to lead Co a half mil lion' dollar breach of promise suit asalrist Oene Tunney was Instituted here today. May Katherine Kin? Fogarty. a milliner of Fort Worth. Texas, and later the wile of a Fort Worth plumb er. began the action with the service of attachment upon Tunney's country place near here. There was appended to the writ of attachment a copy of a complaint 'Vil'ili illMl'il llini cm iTimn 1, m?n n week after Mrs. Fogarty divorced her sjcond husbancT" Tunney had made proposals of marriage to her. Deputy Sheriff Michael Ryan, to whcm the papers had been entrusted said_ tonight that he was forwarding for "formal filing a copy of the com plaint to the cleric of the Fairfield Oountv. Conn.. court and that it should b? received by the court at Bridge part. Cinn .? tomorrow morning. The complaint is very brief. It de clares that Tunnev and Mrs. Fogarty me{ In Forth Worth in 1924 and that they Kept company for a time. When he divorced ''Fogarty a week later, the complaint maintains. Tunney pro posed and she accepted. Seek 5500,000. Desnlte the willingness of Mrs. Fog : rty, however, the marriage never took place, the complaint says, and last vear Tunnev married "a certain other person." The present Mrs. Tunney. who was' Polly Lauder, Is not men tioned by name. Because of the dis appointment and the suffering she says she endured. Mrs. Fogarty asks -5500.000 damages. Another New Industy Another new industry for Roxboro Is just about ready to announce read iness for business. The manager of the Railway Handle Plant Factory of Richmond. Va . was here the first of the week and closed a deal for a plant, where will be located a brartch of the above concern. The new con cern will manufacture handles of all kinds and will be in the market for a vast quantity of . hickory timber. They will buy the timber and manu facture It hcxa.lH-Boxboro. hence will position to pay the- highest prices for hickory. o The Patched Egg Dear Friends: I wms looking under toy setting hen one day, as I usually do every day. I found that one of the eggs was broken, with just a small hole In It. about the size of a bean. I decided that if I patched It, pos sibly It would hatch, so I carried It to the house and cut a one inch square piece of thick whit* cloth and made a little raw flour paste and out It on and pasted it on the egg ?nd dried It by the fire and put it back under the hen. Just one week more and a pretty little White Rock chick was hatched If any of you poultry raisers have a broken egg. Just please try my plan. ?Mrs. Marvin Oliver. ? ! 0 ?? ? Announcement Mr. And Mrs. Thomas Elbert Crier announce the marriage of their daugh ter Janet, to Mr. John Daniel Win stead. Jr.. on Friday. May the tenth. Nineteen hundred twenty-nlnt, Wash ington. D. C. At home after the first of June, Roxboro. N C. Strangler Lewis W one of the few wrestlers to adopt a nam". His right mrhf 1s Robert T. Frederick. Tarttf Bill 'Author " William C. Hawley, who has intro duced the new tariff bill that creates the first real crisis in the Hoover ad ministration. Announcement To The Insuring Public i I have been very pleasantly associa ! ted with the Satterfleld Insurance Agency of Roxboro. N. C.. for four | years. Mr, S. P. Satterfleld. Owner and Manager of the Agency very gracious ly consented to my resignation of the , position with the agency to enable me 1 to aocept an appointment by Jud^e i Devin to the office of Clerk- of the ; Superior Court of Person County. I wish to thank the many patrons of this old and popular agency for their lpyalty and continuous patron j age through the four years of my ser I vice as solicitor and collector. I want j to urge toy friends and the public to ' stand by this "Old and Tried Agency" of 29 years in the business, assuring them that no more efficient or prompt service can be had in any insurance office in North Carolina or elsewhere. Again thanking you. I am. Very truly yours. A. C. Oentry. I 0 Sermon By Rev. Fellman The services last Sunday morning at the First Baptist Church were con ducted by Rev. Mr. Fellman. a con verted Jew. who 1? now glvlig his time and talent In laboring fdr the conversion of his. race to Christianity. He has charge of the work In five Southern States, with headquarters In Charlotte. He Is aa educated, pol ished speaker and his sermon was very much enjoyed by a large con gregation. ? o j New Principal Of High School Accepts Prof. O. C. Davidson received a telegram yesterday afternoon from Mr. I. C. Palt. of Rowland. N. C., accept | lng the prtnctpalshtp of Roxboro High School . Mr B. B. Knight ha? filled I this po?ltlon for the past two years. I but was not an a pq} leant for re-elec 1 tlon. as he la going to five his time { to the Insurance business. Campers Leave Monday | The following parties left "Monday morning for Cherry Point. I*. C.. i where they will spend the week fish ing: Mess. R. C. Hall. C. H Hunter. Earle Chandler. Dr. O. O. DavlS, M 1 U Daniel. 8 A. OUver and W. W I Frederick. Tents and a general camp ing outfit were Included* In the out , on their return, because In this part 1 i are some real fishermen, I ?. _v 1 * i: ROXBORO SCHOOL CLOSING EXERCISES WILL START SUNDAY Rev. Ben R. Lacy, D. D.. WiB Preach The Annual Sermon Sunday Morning SENIOR PLAY WEDNESDAY Sunday morning. 11:00 o'clock. May 26. the annual sermon will be preach ed In the high school auditorium by . the Rev. Ben. R, Lacy. D. D., Presl- . dent ol Onion Theological Seminary. Richmond. Virginia. Music for this occasion will be furnished by the united choirs of the churches In Roxboro. ' The public is cordially invited to at tend thte service. On Monday night. May 27. the i seventh grade pupils will give a pro gram of declamations, readings.- and music, at the conclusion of which cer tificates of promotion to the high school will be awarded to the seventh i grade students. Wednesday evening. 8:15 o'clock, " * T "" '? tVln *?"?> fnr the senior cla^s play, which promises to be unusually | good, ? ' On Thursday evening the declama tion and reading contest for high school students will be held. The com . petition is strong this year among the" \ boys and girls, and a good program will be rendered. The graduation exercises will take place on Friday evening. May 31, at 8:15 o'clock. The address will be de livered by Dr. Elbert Russell, Dean of the School of Religion, Duke Univer ] sity. Durham. N. C. ?' On Tuesday afternoon. May 28, from four to six o'clock, there will be ' on exhibit in each school room in all , the school buildings a display of var I ious kinds of school room work. The parents and friends of the schools are j earnestly requested to take the time necessary to visit the School robms and '"til" 'if li i nil ilniii hy thr pupils during the term. Tuesdav. May 28. will mark the clcse of this school year. Respectfully, ? ' a. c. d. Good Fcr The Irishman The latest story of Winsfin-Salem's ?e!f consciousness, or maybe Its self CSlwiT!.- is being told by Dr. Charles OH- Laughinzhouse. State Health Of ^flce'r. The doctor was having lunch iWith several Winston-Salem women when he took from his pocket a pack of cigarettes which were not Camels. ' What do you mean smoking those cigarettes in Winston." stormed one of the women who took them from hlft hand and threw them across the hotel dining room. "Waiter, bring a pack age of cigarettes." she ordered and the waiter, well trained, brought Camels. With great dignity Dr. Laugtilng house rose and removed his coat, his. vest, his collar and and. .tie. He was unbuttoning his shirt when. on? of the women gasped. "What in the name of heaven are you doing?" 'VI'm sorry to #<!mit It but X have on a suit of B. V. D.'s made In Char lotte." he apologized. "Would you mind sending the waiter after Some Hanes underwear?"? News and Ob server. Dr. Marshal Suddenlv Dies While On Call A message was received here yester day morning by Mrs. W O. Miller an nouncing the sudden death of her father. Dr. Marshal, at his home In Big Island, Va Mr. and Mrs. Miller and children left Immediately for Big Island. The community and friend* sympathize deeply with Mrs. Miller in her sorrow, for it was a heavy blow, as Dr. Marshal was In apparently per fect health, the summons coming while he was on a professional call. An Inquiry Mr. Editor: Please allow me space In your paper to refresh In the minds of the officers of Person County Fair Association. I think It was Supposed to have been settled In May of 1M>. but nothing yet. I think we ought to have a meeting and let the stock holders know where we stand. Sincerely. A Stockholder. o ? ? Roxboro Man Died In Philadelphia Mr. Jo"hn 'Broogs. T1 native of Rox boro. and son of Mrs- Henry Orava* Clayton, died at hi* tWme In Phila delphia Monday. Sheriff N. V. Brook* left for Philadelphia Monday morning to attend the fuenral. Milton Sills with Dorothy Mac Kali] in "THK BARKER" playing Palace Theatre Monday 4c Tuesday, lAay 17 2tth. Matinee Monday 3;d0 p. m.
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