ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA. WEDNESDAY EVENING. JUNE 26, 1929.
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J. W. NOELL. EDITOR AND PUBLISHER.
VOL. XL VI.
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NO. 26.
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Disastrous Results Of
Terrific Hail Storm In
Alamance And Caswell
Over Two Hundred Families In
Dire Circumstances; Hail
Wiped Out Crops
DESOLATION IN THE WAKE
'Mebane. June 13.? The disastrous
results of the teriftc hail and rain
? ? bluiin ? m ? northern ? Alamance ? .mri
southern Caswell counties Is beginning
to be forcefully brougnt to mina. ibis
^ morning on his return from a visit
to the stricken area W. Kerr Scott,
county agent from Alamance, says
that bver two hundred families in
dire circumstances and the storm has
wiped out the entire crops of these
people. Immediately J. C. Hall, chair
man of the disaster relief section of
the local Red Cross chapter wired to I
'Washington asking for Instructions and I
available funds. The following Is a j
letter given to the local newspaper. .
appearing on Thursday. written bv <
Mr. Scott and calling for any aid
that can possibly be given. "A com
mittee composed of Rev. Cecil Jones, j
editor of the Caswell Messenger. Yan- (
ceyville, N. C., John Jeffries. \ local
agent for colored ponpip In- Alamance ;
county and W. Kerr Scott visited the
hall storm area around Bavnes store j
near Alamance and Caswell count1 I
lines. The hall storm around 9:30 I
a. m. June 15th destroyed all gardens r
tobacco, corn" and w'heat fields Par* ;
of the corn and tobacco, it Is thought i
will come out and grow again. This '
involves around 200 families who h^ve
nothing to live on until another crop j
grows.
"We talked to the heads of fami- '
lies concerned. All with one accord j
said they would deeply appreciate
some help.
"Oarden jeed. -fresh vegetables, to--)
matQ^poiato^rnhhago and other plants '
were decided as the best ways lo help. [
"For the 200 families requesting help ;
we need 6 bushels of cornfield and j
snap bean seed. 200.000 sweet potato ;
plants. 50.000 tomato plants, la pounds '
of beet seed. 15 pounds of cucumber
seed. 6 bushels cowpeas for garden j
use and 10,000 cabbage plants" Any !
garden seed left over from your plant- ?
ines. and all plants to make vege- !
tables you have to spare are badly |
needed, and glad'to'get them now. * |
"To secure what seeds and plants j
we are not able to get locally we
need *530.00 in cash to buy seed3 not '
contributed.
"This Is Indeed an opportunity to '
help a neighbor. Send plants, seed or!
cash. Act quick please."
-r .... ? Rev. Cecil Jones. YanceyvUle!
Read Conference
Quite a lengthly conference was
held in the Jones Hotel on Tuesday j
afternoon, between the Central High- ;
way commission and the district and J
locating engineers. After a very
lengthy discussion It was finally .
agreed to haVe a preliminary line run |
j by Olive Hill bridge
| Aparently this could have been !
avoided If the State locating depart
ment had only referred to their flies. 1
and consulted a resolution passed by '
the Central Highway Commission on !
May 8lh. 1928. now more than a year :
ago. which designated points and :
general course.? Con. I
N. Roxbcro B. Y. P. U.
President in charge. Chorister.
Prayer by one not on program. Bible
reader In charge. Sentence prayers.
Group C In charge. Program pre
(ented by Oroup ?. Scripture read
ing. Minnie Jordan 1st topic: Con
version and Persecution. I. T. Dicker
Son 2nd topic: A Missionary on his
way, J. O. Simpson 3rd topic: Full
Fledged Baptist Missionary. James
? Beaver.
Mrs. J. S Beaver. Cor.
Air Markers
The city authorities have placed
air markers on the Harvey-Boat -
Wright building. Just North of the
depot. The letters are 12 feet high.
9 feet broad, with 3 ft. space be
tween each letter, with an arrow
pointing (du t North. Air pilot* will
no' longer have to circle over town to
get 'their bearing, but will readily we
the marker and go on their way.
having gotten their bearings from the
marker
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Dr. Blitlnck Attended
Eye Clinic Convention
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Dr. B B Blalock. Optometrist of
South Bo* ton attended the Post
Oraduate Bye Clinic and annual con
vention of American Optical Assocla
' tlon In Philadelphia. Pa.. June 16th
to 21st He returned to hts offlce on
8aturda'y. June 22nd.
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Virginia Is Expecting
More N. C. Weddings
Danville, Va., June 2b, ? The
clerk of the corporation court in
Danville is expecting an in
creased number of marriage ap
piirattall* "hf" the new "wed*
dirtg bans'* law becomes effective
-m ? North ? r;upllna ? un Jui> ? tr
The North Carolina wedding
business has been growing with
leaps and bounds here for the
last two years and a survey just
made of wedding licenses issued
so far this year shows that of
the 529 permits issued 363 have
been issued to North Carolina
couples. ? ( . ? " " .
Special program arranged for July
1th Zjiif ? Giuyi. ramous novel
-STAIBS OF SAND", with Wallace
Berry and Chester Conklln. Matinee
and evening performances. Palace
Theatre.
POISON FARMERS ?
- ATTEND JERSEY SALE
One Cow Sells For $525. And
Three Calves Sell For
$300 Each
SEN. GLASS REAL FARMER
? Seventeen men and oalf club mem
beii iuhUd me trip to Hon. Carter
Glass' auction sale of Island bred Jer
seys last Monday where they saw a '
fine herd of cattle grazing on pas
tures worthy of the. name, and saw
forty Ave head sell under the expert
management of cattle auctioneers and
sales managers.
The highest cow sold brought $?25.
and tffree calves about four months
old sold tor $300 each. the- average
for tht?f6rty five "heid was $197 apiece.
This was not a dispersal sale, but one
to move the surplus stock from the
farm as around sixty head of mature
cattle are still left, and perhaps an- j
other sale will be held In a year or so.
The herd has an abundance of Sy- i
bit's Gamboge bloodlines, a son being
sold and several grand daughters of
this bull which sold in 1919 tor $65.
000 the highest price ever paid for a
registered Jersey bull. Sybil's Gam
boge won every prize where shown,
and three of his get have sold for an
average of $3,245. Sociable Sybil,
seventeen times grand champion, is
a daughter of this famous old bull,
and made a medal of Merit honor by
producing 1007 pounds of butter in 365
I consecutive days on official test.
| In spite of the good bloodlines re
presented, some of the bred heifers
?,vere sold cheap and several men in
tiu party regretted that they never
took advantage of the opportunity to I
bring one of these beauties back to
Person County. The entire party had
a good time, saw a good dairy farm,
well prepared pastures, splendid !
fields of good wheat, corn and other
crops, and saw that Mr. Glass was a
real farmer as well as being the Sen
ator from Virginia.
i Among those who made the trip
were Messrs., K. C. WagstafT, J. C.
WagstafT, Kenneth Wagstaft, Gilbert
WagstafT, Emory Winstead. Jno. D
Wlnstead. William C. Winstead. J. B.
Satterfleld, Dr. B A. Thaxton, E. W
Allen. Dr. O. C. Vickers, OUle Aver- 1
ett, J. Y. Humphries. W. Y. Pass. Lee 1
Chambers. W. R. WUkerson and H
K. Sanders. County Agent.
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A Circuit Church
And S. S. Picnic
The Ave ohurches of Mt. Tlrzah
Circuit meet at the Parsonage July
4th In a social capacity. This move
ment was proposed by the Mt. Zton
Ladies Aid Society when It met at
the parsonage Some time ago.
Rev. Mr. J. A. out. of Ohio, now
the pastor at Stem, N. C? is ex
pected to be present and talk to the
Aid Societies and men before dinner.
A general good time Is expected.
H. E. Lance. P. C.
Brooksdale Lawn Party
The Young Peoples Sunday School
class of Brqokadale Methodist church
will have a lawn patty on the church
lawn FrifJay, June 28th at 7:30. The
class will appreciate yotfTtoresenge and
you will enjoy the socla/ hours?
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Automobile accidents In (1928 In
1 volved a loss or $850,000,000
Walter Y. O'Briant Killed As
1 2:20 T rain Crashes Into Car
BIG REVIVAL AT
NORTH ROXBORO
Services Each Evening At 7:30
At Which Time Great
Crouds Assemble
SOI L STIRRING MESSAGES
North Hoxboro is In the midst of
the second week at a fine series of
services being heid in the Baptist
church each evening at seven-thirty:
iRev. J. C. Canipe of Siler.Clty. Is do
ing the preaching and each service
is filled vrtth the gospel that can be
delivered and preached in a soul
stirring manner only by such mes
sengers of God as Rev! J. O. Canipe,
?'tlb is ho stranger to the church peo
ple of Roxboro. Fine music ,1s jjelng
rendered at each service and' one of
the happy and important results of
these services has been the large
number of church members who have
renewed their determination to live
closer to God and have reconsecrated
themselves In His service.
The meeting >vfll continue througti
Fr'day of this week and the public is
cordially invited to Join us in these few
remaining servtcees and every" indi
cation points to a happy and profit
able conclusion of the services.
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Baseball Team A
Reality For Roxboro
There is no longer any doubt as to
the surety of a real baseball team for
Rtrrhnrrr thre gnmn The campaign
for raising necessary funds with which
to buy supplies and other thlafs ne
cessary for the definite organization of
the team got well under way last Sat
urday when the canvassers realized
more than *200 for their first day's
effort. Dr. Morris, "business msimger,
has already ordered some of the sup
piles and with the necessary improve
ment of the diamond well in hand,
there Is every reason to believe that
by the last of the week everything
Will be In tip top condition' and some
real games will be heard from. "
If any of the surrounding towns
want games Roxboro will accomodate
them, and they had best come pre-,
pared, for the boys are practicing
daily and will make It interesting for
any and all comers.
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Prompt And Satis
factory Settlement
Mr B. B. Knight.
Roxboro, N. C.
Dear Mr. Knight:
Please accept my thanks for the
prompt and satisfactory settlement of
the death claim of my late husband.
Sidney Pettiford. The papers were
tent in on Thursday and' was paid
on Saturday.
This was & great help to me as there
was need for ready- cash to pay Im
mediate expenses. I will be glad to
recommend the Pilot Life Insurance
Comjpanv to any one who is con
sidering buying life Insurance.
Yours very truly.
' ? Blanch Maude Pettiford*?
?.Fine Rains This Week
Person County has several fine
rains this freek The crops were not
stfAering for rain, but the sec
tion that was hit by last Saturday'*
hall storm seemed to need the rain
badly to help soften the land that was
so badly beaten by the hall and rain
storm The crops are looking much !
better since the weather has turned
hot and with occasional showers dur
ing the remainder of the growing
season, there Is every promise of at
least a fair crop. -
Car Stolen
Thieves entered the Farmers Ware
house some time during the night
Friday and stoU- a Ford car belong
ing to Mr. W. H. Long. So far Mr.
Long has been unable to And any
trace of the thieves or find out any
thing about hla car.
Notice
By order of the County Board of
Education Ibe public Is hereby noti
fied that the: Providence 8chool House
will be sold at public auction Satur
day. July 71. at 12 o'clock ?t the.
Court Hous# cfcor In Jfcoxboro. Terms
of ?41e t r
Bfl Satterfleld.
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An owl's flight U
MR. B. I. SATTERFIELD
. Who for the past four years-baa
so ably and wisely conducted the af
fairs of Person county public schools
as County Superintendent will retire
from office on July 1st. Mr. Satter
field. .declined to_ allow . bis . njjne pre
sented for re-election.
Death Of Mrs.
S. M. Murray
Mrs. Pollv Ann Murray, wife of
J Mr. 8. M. Murray, died at the home
of her husband on Charles Street Fri
rday nlfht at 8 o'clock. ? Mrs. Murray
1 was 35 years of age.
Mrs; Mftrrayliad been a resident of
| Roxboro for many years, and was a
woman of beautiful Christian char
acter and wa3 greatly loved by all
who knew her. , She was the daughter
of MY. J.~"*W Johnson, and leaves to
mourn their loss a husband. 4 daugh
ters. Miriam, .^fftry Lee. Jessie and
Polly Ann; one son. Otho.
Funeral services were conducted
: from the home Sunday morning at
10 o'clock and interment made in
Burchwood cemetery. Rev, W. P.
West conducted the funeral rites.
Off For Ocean City, N. J.
A party composed of the following
young men and ladles left Roxboro
Monday morning for Ocean City. N.
J., where they have accepted positions
In the Galeon Tea Room of that city:
Misses Elizabeth Thompson and Nel
lie Byrd Woods, and Mr. Jerry Dixon.
Jr.. of Roxboro; Prof. L. T. HefTner
and brother, of Maiden. N. C.; Mess.
T. B. and J. A. Thompson, of Milton,
and Mr. Fred Emerson of Wake For
est. The trip was made by private
automobile and two cart were used
In the trip. These are all fine young
people, who have many friends who
hope for them a pleasant as well as
profitable period while engaged In
work In this fashionable sdmmer re
sort. '
Cars Collide
Mr. Sam Ooldsteln and Miss Shir,
ley Goodman, who, were on their way
to Henderson last Thursday had a
narrow escape when their car collided
with another car on Oxford highway.
M.18S Goodman was on her way to
Norfolk, where she expected to Spend
some time, Mr. Goodman's car was
considerably damaged, but neither of
the occupants were seriously Injured
The name of the driver of the other
cae In the collision could not be
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Pension Checks
Checks for the Old Veterans, and
widows of Old Vet* have b*en re
ceived by the Clerk of ? the Court.
There are onlv 13 of these old sol
diers on the list now, and they re
ceive tl82.90 semi-annually. There la
one colored pensioner, Billy Majon.
and he receives 1190.00' semi-annually
We did not learn the number of
widows, though there are several of
them . . .
More Fine Peaches
We are Indebted to our good friends
, Miss Hattle Burch and Mr W T.
j Carver, for some very fine peaches
i In fact, they are of the flne?t va
riety and worthy to enter any peach
show.
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Maxwell Anderson's Prize play
SATURDAY'S CHILDREN, with Co
rinne Orlfflth, playing Palace Theatre
Monday & Tuesday. July l-2nd" Mlt
Inee Monday 3-: 00 p. m.
AUTOMOBILE COMPLETELY DEMOLISHED;
NECK BROKEN AND BODY BADLY BRUISED
DO YOUR SHOPPING
BEFORE JULY 4TH4
The Following Stores Will Be Closed
On Tile Fourth Day Of July
Aubrey Long & Co. Joe Y.. Blanks, j
Chas. Holeman & Co. Moore's Mar
ket Sergeant & Clayton. Pender j
Grocery Co. Hugh Woods. Cozart <fc j
Oven. A. S. Hassan. O. W. Ashley.
J. A. Whitt Market. Qakley Chand
I ler Co. Wllburn & Satterfleld. Green
stone Department Store. Goodman
Department Store. Leggett Depart
ment Gtore. ? Harris As Burn? Wag.
ner Sc Carney Millinery.
The weather is hot and clerks have
to stay close ' : j business and need
this recreation. We hope you will do
your shopping early and not be in
convenienced.
POISON COUNTY'S
WARFARE ON DISEASE
More Than Six Thousand Hypo
dermics Given During First
Week Of Campaign
MUCH ENTHUSIASM SHOWN
Last Satiyday completed the first
week of Person County's campaign
against Diptheria and Typhoid. This
crusade is being conducted and car
ried out by Misses Ruth McCollum
and Alihe Crews, two very efficient
nurses. During the first week of the
campaign more than six thousand
shots were given, reaching the cli
max Thursday, in the Indian reserva
tion in the northeastern section of the
county, when more than thirteen hun
dred shots were given, eight hundred
and ten of these being given by Miss
McCollum in the afternoon.
At the present rate very few peo
ple in the county will allow the cam
p:fign to close without taking the
| treatment, which according to medical
i authorities has been responsible for
these .two dangerous disease* being al
i most completely wiped out In this
I good county. Very little Inconvenience
| or unpleasant results come from the
treatment and every resident in the
county owes this duty, not only to
j himself but to his neighbor In helping
| to stamp out these dangerous diseases.
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Another Small Fire
Early Monday morning, about 2:30
o'clock, the flre alarm sounded and
fire was discovered In the rear p Mrs. ;
Kaplon's Quality Shop. Quick re
sponse by the fire department soon |
had the blaze under control. No great
amount of damage was done, other
than the burning put of one window
and some damage by water.
This makes the third fire Roxboro i
has had within the past few days.
| Cantor's store was slightly damaged
I by flre last Friday morning, and
I it will be remembered that the court
I hofase also had a visit frofn the flre
j boys last Monday morning.
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Brunswick Stew
I The ladles of Oak Orove Church
will serve Brunswick itew at Loch
! Lilly on Thursday. July 4th from 12
j to 2 o'clock, for the benefit of the
church. You are cordially Invited to
| dine with them on this ? occasion.
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i Will Do Hemstitching
| Mrs. Hattte Carver has returned
* home and announces that she Is pre
' pared to do hemstitching. Call or
I phone her at her residence.
Helena Wins In Fast
Game With Bakers Mill
Helena defeated Bakers Mill In a
fait game. 6 to 3. The game was
hotly contested and was tied until
the seventh Inning 3-3. but Helena
broke through for 3 runs and the
Baker boys were unable to come
back. Blalock pitched good ball for
Helena, while Qentry was wild and
I walked several for Bakers Mill. Each
side got 6 hits, but Selena hit when
j they counted runs ? t*>r.
Pulvorited coal to run ships, rivals
oil for fuel.
Had Approached Cross
ing From East Side
When Struck
CAR HURLED
NINETY FEET
One of the most deplorable
accidents occurred at Somerset
Railway crossing today when
the 12:20 north bound mail
train crashed into Walter
O'Briant's automobile, killing
Turn flislanlli ? and ? coTiplotoly -
demolishing the car. O'Briant
had been to Somerset Mills and
jwas returning to his store and
filling station just across from
the scene of the accident. The
'witnesses stated that O'Briant
had approached the crossing
I from the east side and upon
[realtring how dangerously near
he was to the moving train ap
parently tried to apply his
brakes in order to avoid the col
lision. when for some reason,
the car came to a standstill im
mediately in front of the train
when the crash carne, resulting
in the complete destruction of
jhe ca^ and 0'Bri.ant's almost ?
instant death.
* The car was hurled a distance
of something like ninety feet
and O'Briant's bodv was badly
bruised and mangled, his neck
being broken and he was other
wise cut and bruised.
O'Briant was a voung business
man engaged in the operation of
a grocerv store and filling sta
tion at Somerset and is the son
of Mr. and Mr-;. Tuggle O'Briant
of Hurdle Mills. H<? leaves, be
sides his wife and little daugh
ter. a number of brothers and
I sisters, other relatives and a
I large circle of friends who will
b" shocked to lenrn of his tra
jgi? and deplorable- death.
I His mangled body was brought
! in an ambulance to the funeral
| parlor of Mess. Cheek & Woody,
[and prepared for burial. Fun
neral and burial arrangements
have not been made as we gt>
to press," but will probably be
snme time Thursday.
Edgar Long Memorial
All need the assistance of the
church to help us through the hard
places In lite In the summer as well
as In the winter. It is a very easy
matter for us to make ourselves be
lieve that it Is entirely too hot to go
to church on Sunday, but we had never
given the matter a. thought that It
was too hot to be about the dally
task during the week. The cfiurcb
services last only about an hour, and
it seems as though all of us could give
that one hour to the worship of the
sanctuary. So All your place tit the
church next Sunday.
The Sunday School will meet at 9:49,
preaching at 11 and the Epworth
League will hold Its meeting at 6:45.
There wilt be no services at night.
Come and worship with us.
T. A. SIKES, Pastor.
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Brunswick Stew
On the 4th of July there will b*
two ball games at Helena one In the
morning at 10. and one In the after
noon. The morning game is with
Leasburg. and the afternoon game
with East Roxboro. Brunswick stew
will be served to all of the teams
free While there will be plenty of
stew, tlpre will also be coca cola,
loe cream and cold drinks for every
body. Come, and stay all day, you
will get a good dinner and have ?
good time The stew will be sold
cheap to help finance the ball club.
You are cordially Invited, and yoar
aid will be appreciated.
Don't forget the BABY SHOW. 66
babies to be shown. Your baby may
win the valuable prizes Palace Thea
tre, Thursday night. Jurte 27th Ad
missions le-asc.
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Iowa dairy products last- year were
valued at $160,000,000.