uLflin iull rnun BIG EXPLOSION r_ HOdfS ^FO 124 Overheated Storeroom Causes Explosion WhicK Results In Death To ftlany EXPECTING OTHER DEATHS y Cleveland. Ohio. May 18 ? Spon A taneous combustion In an overheated ?^tore room caused the Are and ex plosions that wrecked the Cleveland clinic building and took the lives of scores of patients, nurses and doctors. Are wardens reported today. ...J The heat came .from a lepky steam pipe in the. basement room*. Deputy Wafflone Max "Groan and P. fr. Pen if. who -made an Investigation, reported. It was the story of BofTerty Bogg. a plumber, who was sent to investigate and the decision that the heat caused the flames which liberated clouds of poisonous gases and overcame many. of ? the 300 occupants of th^ building. As reports were received regularly of additional" deaths, due to the instd .icus action of the fumes, the total mwntpfl toward the 130 mark with in dications that this, number would be" Increased before tomorrow. ... The late afternoon list contained the names of 124 dead. Boffe told the authorities he found the l\reproof door to the vault open, and the place 'where the films were kept full1 of steam, presumably from a leakv pine. Ke was unable to find the leak, however, and finally noticed a brown stick; 'substance on the ceil- j I ing from which steam s?emed to ba issuing. He used a fir? extinguisher whith no | utes later bv the gas: As he was try in? t.o crawl out of jthe room. . Baz2_ ' said an explosion lifted him through" the- door and he eventually reached thg outside: seeming to be none the | worse for the experience. The bolstered wult door; which was supposed .to close automatically when the heat reached a sufficiently high degree to melt a link of metal held the attention of tlv* investigators. Had . It been closed authorities agreed, the tragedy would havc_been averted. Fire Wardens Ferric and Gross made a minute examination of the door and decided definitely it was wide open when the explosion occurred, as Bogg related They were in doubt, how- J ever, whether there had been. sufficient heat ir. the room before the explosion to melt tho_ fusile link which should i have closed ^the door. Bogg wa.^ held ? la-Vfn'hiTif-'il uilm mrthfrr in vestigation* have- been completed. Bethel HiU Women". Club In May Meeting Mrs. Lillian Day and Mrs. R D Bailey were. joint hostesses to the Betfiel Hill Woman's Club at thair May meeting. It proved on? of the most Interesting? meeting of the year, opened with well chos'en words of wel-. come by the president. J Mrs. J A. Beam, and Mrs. W. S. Foushee of Canton. Ohio, were visitors to the club. Mrs. G. E. Woody. th2 club his torian, read the history of the ctub, n?hich was heard with interest. Mrs. Leander Leigh made a strong plea for the uniting of the club with the State Federation : the result of which was the appoint lnrr of Mrs. C. T. Hall, Mrs. Leander LMsh and Mrs R. P. B**ooks atf an investigating committee to attend the next meeting of the State Federation and report informa tion obtained. Mrs. W. W. Rogers*. ftave an excellent reading "The Place r-f Women in the Conservation otf Civilization." by Or. W. P. Few. pres ident of Duke University. Cherishing all that has been pood and fine and uplifting In tho past, and making use ! of them in the future: the unusual od, Jirt unity o" American women to do things: to dedicate our lives to finer, nobler things; were some of the fne points in the reading. Mrs W. B. Humphries, in her usual able' way. j tnld of the progress of Virginia since tbe Civil War: mention being made Of th* manv collegia, historic homes, fwndurts. and noted men who have f^ade and ntlll are making history. I Three charming musical selections ?were sung by Mrs. Leigh. "8ongs Mv Mother Taught Me," by Anto Dvorak the much loved "Ro?ary," and "I Heard A Thrush At Eve." bv Cadman. who has given utf such delightful Indian eongs. Miss Carmen Day accom panied. Del icons refreshments were nerved bv the hosteas assisted by Miss Carmen Day. Miss Jo.?te Humphries and Mas ter Joe Lee Day The next meeting will be held on June 12th with Mrs. R P. Brooks and M'9- Sallie Carver, as hostess. Mt. Tirzah Circuit Ail of the Ohurc.hes of Mt. Tlrzah Circuit will have a picnic at the Par sonage at Helena July 4th. beginning , at ten o'clock. Every member U urged to be present and bring> a basket. Prof Aidrldge and other able speak er* will be there. The Mt. Zton ladles Aid will soil Ice cream and cool drinks for the bene fit of the Aid The Aid meets Sat urday before the Jrd Sunday In June with Mrs. R. A. Pearce ft 3:S0 o'clock Every member try to be present and bring us a new member. ? P. ? : ? *" ?> Pour-H club boys of Edgecombe art learning to shear sheep as One mean* of earning money tor club work. , 1-"" ? - cfVliUUi Commencement 1/jnghunt achool will begin the com- . menoement exercises on Thursday evening . May 23rd . at- eight o'clock. 1 At~tfai? time the Community League wUl have its regular monthly meet ing After a few minuter ot bustfrea . the League vlU be favored by a lec ture In Motion Pictures by Rev. W. 7 West of Roxbc.ro. ThU program will be educational and instructive as well as interesting. We are anxious that the ccnur.'-nlt- will take advantage of this opportunity of visiting China. On Friday evening. May 3i. at eight o'clock, the Grammar grades wiM nre senfcjttre following numbers: A Cho rus, Topsv Tu'rvy. A play entitled "How The 8tory Grew." and a very Interesting two act,' Comedy. "Tlmo thv Delano's Courtship." Then on Sunday evening. May 26. at 8 tVclosk (he commencement sermon rtisrii?sse^ at the ' Fir? t. Baptist Church Sunday evening by the pastor. ? Bible School* 10:00 A. M. R. L. Wi'burr.. Supt.. -?! The Sunday School will be shorten ed sufficiently to enable the folk to set to the Auditorium in ample time for the service there. There will be no service -at the church at the morning hour. Preaching 8:00 P. M. Subject: GIV ING TO GET. B. Y. P Us 6:45 P. M. Miss Mabel James. General Director. A cordial invitation is extended to all. W. F. WEST. Pastor. Bible Program ? Th4 ? l!)i lowing interesting program was rendered at the Central Graded School Sunday afternoon. May 19th. at 3 p. m: I. "Star Spangled Banner", aud ience. 2 Address, by Ida Wlnstead. 3. First Psalm. Seventh Grade. 4. Old Testament Books. Mary E. Sanders: New Testament Books." Clyde Murphy. ' *' prove n _ . % "I Introduced him too ? tody here." said Mr. Smith last night, "and he said she was wonderful byt Just a lit tie too young for him." The mall order Romeo is about 60 year old. said his attorney. He Is supposed to be In the directory publishing business. It ~?'3y_wftlle he was here In respon* dray, again using the name "Compton" wrote at least two letters to Raleigh women. Pearlng Jealousy. perhaps, he b?gan one of them, to a .woman In business: "I am just passing thrbugh your delightful city and saw your ad. thought perhaps you had a large ac quaintance through the South and could help me. If so. I will reward ycu handsomely." He then proceeded to tell about his business, his income of $12,000 a year, the fact that he is a childless widower, that he once held a high government position, and then: "Want to meet a refined, middle aferi i?v nr - ties) Southern lad^ who comes of a good family and has about the same Income as I have Object maitrimony." FSrhaps one of Mr. Condray^ troub les is pointed out in the statement of one "refined Southern lady" who, upon hearing of the hunt, exclaimed] "what does a woman with $12,000 a ?Tear want with a 60 year old hus band?" < . U. S. Senate Passes The Debenture Bill Washington. D. C? May 20? The latest development in the bitter Sen ate struggle over tariff and farm re lief are the following: 1. By a vote of 54 to 33 the Sen ate passed thr*TSBn relief bill, which contains the export debenture plan 2 President Hoover raised tariff rates on milk and cream 50 per cent ?nd on flaxseed up to the rate- in ih- ?pfT'i'n;. hill ? IIi aui ii Under the" flexible provisions of the present tar iff law. He also raised rates' on win daw glass. 'Ihe Senate Farm BUI calls for a Federal Farm Board consistir.3 of twelve' men. appointed by the Pres ident with the S-cretary of Agricul ture as an ex-cfllcio member. One is to come from each Federal Land Bond District. It piaces upon the Farm Board the responsibility of se lecting commodity advisory ' councils nominated by co-operatives, bv gen eral farm organizations and bv in dividual producers. These advisory councils shall determine when a co operative is entitled to farm aid from 1 the general fund of $500,000.00) pro vided for in the Senate bill as in the House act. Stabilization corporations are organ- ^ Ized under the bill nrri i~ ni ? li i : 1Z"0 reaeral instrumentalities although | they are set up largely through pri vate initiative. Th- outstanding difference between the Senate and House bills is that the' Senate bill undertakes to make the protective tariff applicable to surplus crops bv the debenture plan The House bill makes no such provision, ignoring the pro6l?m of. .surplus crop The debenture plans, included' oier Hoover's opposition, permits the pro posed Federal Farm Board to order the is;u?nc? nf ffirl ? H-r uj'."-half of the import tariff on any ' 'mmcdifv of whlci -ihere Is an ex port surplus. The debentures are re o?!vable at United States Custom* Houses in payment of duties on im ports. For example, the tariff on wheat Is 12 cents u bushel. If ordered into "Tect bv the board for that commod ity- -a boun>v in the form of a de benture eijtiarto 21 cents a bushel would be paid to the exporter for each loushel of wheat sent abroad, thin makinc the American price 21 cents 1 a bushel higher than the price in the world market. This debenture could be sold to an importer, who would use . It to pay his import duties, thus tak- ' Ing the 21-cent bounty for each bushel i If put Into eStect by the board for i all commodities in which there Is an exportable surplus it would cost the Government t300.000.000 'a year, it U estimated, and the consume; many hundreds of millions more because of the consequent rise in prices on agri cultural products. ' ? Its guppuileis mineud II li mtiely a way of making the traiff effect ire on commodities -where there U an export able surplus. THIS WEEK By Arthur Brisbane COTTON COMES BACK. CAPPER BACKS FARM BILL. COOLIDGE IS EARLY. WHY FARMERS LAl'GH. Cotton growers will be glad to hear that big department stores axe special ity In rnltnn ffim.li I1 Minn irrlv? 1 is the announcement of one store, big -gest_ia New Vnrk doing ahout 890 000 .000 a year. "Dotted swiSs." "plgne" and "ging hams" are featured energetically. "Often woman changes." the French say. Real or imitation silks have been the rage; now King Cotton comes back. If Ameaicans will advertise, and em phasize. "Cotton goods grown ani made lt\ America." instead of adver tising "British cotton cloth." that will help. ? ? ? Senator Capper, of Kansas, trusted by farmers, backs President Hoover's farm bill. He opposes the debenture subsidy plan, which would pay a bo nus to exporting middlemen, cost the taxpayers heavily, and do the farmer little, If any, good. Calvin CoQlidge. as director of the New York L:fa II"""""'-' ? eni'ip-ni . , UIHM twenty minutes ahead cf time for his first director's meeting. "S?st thou a man dilgent in his business, he shall stand"before kings." Th? Former President Is interested in life insurance, not for profit,., but fat- possibilities of public service. HK day's work yesterday paid $50; not much according to present ideas. But it !s fifty times as much as Mr. Cool idge's father paid the black-bearded giant who earned In the Coolidge blacksmith shop SI a day fifty years ago. Tears and laughter afford reller. Loud laughter, violent weeping, cause the mind to t*st and bring temporary peace. There nijl be farm-relief laughter in news that railroads have consented to lowr > i ii Hum ~ from the Middle West to the Atlantic. The notion that farmers will get more for their wheat when flour mills pav lower freight bills will make the saddest fanner laugh. Relief fnr flour manufacturers is welcome Thev are having a hard time with chain stores regulating their profits. ? r | But charging them ten cents less a barrel for shipping flour will not cause them to aive farmers two cents a bushel more for wheat. Relief for farmers and for many others vrlll come from generally In creased prosperity, and especially from sharing national wealth more widely. American farmers once sold corn for less than the amount of the tariff now proposed. Prisons have changed. One ancient, hero, solitary in prison, had to en courage htm -only the example of a humble spider spinning and respinning a -.ve'o as fast a3 it was torn down. A well know oil magnate. Jailed be cause he wouldn't answer Senators' questions, has the deeper, pleasanter Inspiration of a blonde trained nurse. I In .the Medical Department of the jail, this blonde lady works for the BRING THAT OLD - SUMMER SUIT DOWN AND WE'LL MAKE IT LOOK LIKE A NEW ONE We'll Put Your Clothes In Good Shape It pays to have us take care of your clothes, for our rates are low and our work and service excellent. We'd like to see the suit that we can't make just as fresh and clean as a new one! Try us out. Roxboro Steam Laundry ' Roxboro, N, C. Kirby Bros. - Phort'e 157 i - ? * ? ??? wwmai, worth ? ?H8.000.000, "Plea* h?nd me Lhat kochne," ot "Watch how I Ox this bandage." Much can be learned In audi an at mosphere. Commencement Excrcises Thursday, On -Thursday evening at 8 o'clock the commencement exercises of the Central graded school were Jield In the school auditorium. A varied pro gram of scngs. drills, readings, etc.. were given and each of the numbers was well presented and was given a generous applause by the large aud ience present. These exercises were given by the grammar grades, the pri mary grades having had their exer cises several weeks ago. * . ? I givjjiiinnfEi Having qualified as Administrators bl the estate of D. W. Bradstier. de ceased, late of Roxboro. Person coun ty. North Carolina, this Is .to notify all persons having claims against said estate to present them to the under signed on or before May 21. 1930. or ?? tw pl>?rfert In War nf their recovery. All persons Indebted to gald estate will please make Im mediate payment. This May 21. 1929 - E. E. Bradsher. F. J. .Hester. Administrators. Spring, after all, is never a reality until you can taste onion in country i butter. ? Automobile Door and Windshield Glass PUT IN WHILE YOU WAIT TOPS RECOVERED AND REPAIRED. Harrell Auto Supply Co. South Boston, Va. Long, Bradsher & Co. "Ycrnr-D?pendable Source of Supply" Since 1899! DEPENDABLE MERCHASvlHSfi DEPENDABLE SERVICE ! DEPENDABLE PRICES The reputation of LONG, BRADSHER & CO. built up during the last thirty years of constant growth and houuiable service sianas Denind every piece of mer chandise sold. Get 'your Flues from us ? they FIT and are best grade. Long, Bradsher S Co. Roxboro, N .-G . ? FOR HER Elgin Wrist Watches Rulova Wrist' Watches Pearls Dorines Brooches Necklaces Mesh Bags Fountain Pens Pencils Desk Clocks Rings Toilet Slets Ear Rings Bracelets FOR HIM Elgin and Hamilton Pocket Watches Elgin and Bulova Wrist Watches Cuff Buttons Scarf Pins Fountain Pens ? Pencils Rings Chains Military Sets ' CitfCtette Lighters ' ? The above sujj (rent ions are just a few of the many Gifts we have to offer yon as presents for the Graduates. i The Ne wells "Jewel* from the Ne wells" Roxboro, N. C.