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VOL. XLVI. ROXBORO. NORTH CAROLINA. WEDNESDAY EVENING. AUGUST 7, 1929. NO. 32.
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TOBACCO SPECIAL
FOR PERSON COUNTY
The Courier Will Get Out Spe
cial Tobacco Edition
Now Soon
WILL BE "HOME" EDITION
We are at work getting tilings shap
ed up for a Special edition which we
are going to make worth while tor
every one interested In Person Coun
ty and Roxboro. The Courier, as
every one knows, goes Into a large
majority of the homes of the County,
but this edition we propose, ahd
guarantee, to see that a copy IS placjd
In the mail box of every _ citizen of
the County, thus making it worth
while for every merchant In Roxboro.
and the County, to use the columns
of this edition. Especially, will It bi
to the Interest of each of our ware
houses tp be represented, for everv
farmer in the County will receive It, j
. and will see who are running the va- i
rious houses, and what each one has
to oder the tobacco raiser. This will
be a strictly "home" edition and no
warehnnsp nntstrtp nf Rnxhoro will h,'
able to get lt\ that edition.
Our advertising man will call on you;
and we are hoping all will give him j
a glad welcome and take space In.th?
Issue.. Let's tell the farmers of Per
son county about our ma rift, and
ITtirn thnin fnrrtlil Invitation In sell I
on. the BEST market In this section, j
The merchants and bankers will have j
Kuiaetliinn lu jay. and tho luruc choula
be of untold advantage to the town
and County.
Mrs, Hoover And Sorts |
At Va. Fishing Lodge
Washington. Aug. fi. ?Mrs. Hoover,
and her two sons, Herbert Hoover. Jr.. j
and Alan, are enjoying a family l
party this week_at_the"Prestdent's Vir-'
glnia fishing lodge with tha time of j
their return to WusUlnniun i,llli ~ln-~1
deflnit*.
Alan is obtaining the rest necessary
to recuperation from an attack of dl- j
'gestive trouble which kept him coh-|
fined to his bed at the White House !
for a few days last.week and reports i
from the camp are that his recovery i
now is virtually complete.
The President's son. who Is 21 years
of age. has been subject for Some time
to recurring attacks from this afilic- 1
tlon. When he came to Washington
from California a few weeks ago. Mr. i
Hoover decided that an examination t
bv a specialist would be advisable and j
the President and Alan went to Bil- ?
timore 10 days ago for a consultation
with physicians at Johns Hopkins
university.
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SCHOOL NOTES
The public schools of Roxboro will
probably open one month from this
time. Definite announcement of th?
date will be made later. Attention of
parents Is called now to the Impor
tance and the necessity of having
their children vaccinated against {
small-pox. The County Board of
Health has ruled that vaccination
shall be required before a child may
be admitted to the public schools.
The County nurses are preparing to
vaccinate all who applv for thts ser
vice. Children who will Wlter schpal
. In September should be vaccinated as
roon as possible in order that their!
arms may be quite well before time
for school to open.
Another suggestion concerns the
children's eyes and teeth. Many school
children are seriously handicanped bv
defective vision and bad teeth. The
HI effects of bad teeth on the child's
physical condition can not be easily
exaggerated, A little attention non
will save suffering and money later.
- The Negro School
The building for the Negro school
Is under construction, but It will not
bs ready for use before October. The
Negro school will not open until the
new building has been completed
ljft me urge upon every Negro par
ent the Importance of prepralng t?
send the Negro boy* and glrli to
school at the very beginning of the
term In October. You will have a
gi)od. comfortable, attractive school
with every necessary facility for giv
ing your children good'Instruction ani
Igood advantages generally. 1 trust
that all the Negro children of school
age In this entire community will use
the school opportunities that may be
offered to them this year, and that
the entire Negro population wilt un
ite whole-heartedly to make the ftrst
year of their new school a most suc
cessful one.
Very respectfully.
O. C DAVIDSON.
Supt. RoxboYo Schools.
Aug. ?. 192?
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Forty calves were vaccinated In
Currituck County by the local county
*?ent recently to control an outbreak
of blackleg
Half Dozen Seeking
Job As Executioner
At State's Prison
Ralelfh. Au*. 6.?Half dozen or
roorr persons have entered appli
cations at state's prison to suc
ceed J. E. Thomas as one of the
two official ?late executioners, it
was learned today.
Deputy Sheriff John Hill I .of tin
of Duplin county ts anion* the ap
plicants for the job. It K expected
George Ross Po?, superintendent
of state's prison, will shortly an
nounce the person for the Job.
which pays $!3 for each electro
cution.
Thomaa, who had killed 13 per
sons wh^n he resigned after be
ing made a ruard at the prison,
was one of the two original exe
cutioners employed by the state
j in 1925.
MP W 1
rin. W. J.
PAINFULLY BURNED
Young Son Stepped On
The Start or i
LIRE TRICK CALLED OCT
Mr. W. J. Dennis, aged 37 and well
known electrician, residing on South
Main street, this city, was painfully
and severely burned about hLs head
and upper part of body Tuesday after
noon around .4:30 o'clock while en
gaged in doing some mechanical work
on his automobile..parked in the back
rarrl <M?Iuj miiiHru Mr?Diun!!>
was lying flat of-,lils back under the
3'itomobile and instructed his son to
step on the starter* which caused an
Instantaneous ignition of the gas.
Red hot flames began to put forth
without mercy and before Mr. Dennis
could get out fccpi under the car he
llad sustained serious and painful
burns. A physician was immediately
called and gave him medical attention.
The fire truck was called to the scene
and extinguished the flames with
chemical applications. The windshield
was shattered and the car otherwise
damaged by the flames.
Tar Heel Bov Of 15
Held For Slaying ;
Li!lln?ton. N. C., Aug. 6,?A 15-year
old farm boy today was held In Jail
here for slaying one man and wound
In" another in a fight at his father'*
tobacco barn. The youth admitted
the slaying, but with the plea that
it was in self-defense.
Bradv Avers, the bo v. said W. E.
Johnson came.to the barn where he|
was curing to'j\cco Saturday night
nnd after a time became Insulting.
They were fighting, he said, when
Clennard Dezern came uo and took
Johnson's part. Thetv he related.
Johnson drew a kr,if,' and a pistol
said he ?rabb?d the knife from
him and stabbed him and turning on
Dezern slashed him about ths neck.
Johnson lived but a short while A
coroner's * Jury ordered Ayers held
without bond.
Noted French Airman
Killed In Air Crash
Bordeaux. Prance, Aug. 6 ?Lieuten
ant Bnnnot of-the French army, se- .
leeted by the mlnlrtrv of air to pilot
the French entry in the coming
Schneider cuo races at Calshot. Eng
land. was killed this afternoon after
the airplane In which he was train
ing for the speed test was wreck-tl
In leaving the airfield here. Bonnot
was the holder of the world speed
reoord for land airplanes.
McDonaM In London
To Talk Disarming
7 i
IjoriAon. Aug. 6.?Premier Ramsay i
MacOonald came here today from !\ls
vacation In Scotland expressly to re
new his conversations wUte United ?
States Ambassador Charles O. Dawes
on naval disarmament and tonight'!
returned by train to Lossiemouth
Sor.n after his arrlvat here the prime |
minister talked with First Lord of
; Admiralty A.* V. Alexander, and also
ras In conference with Lord Thomson,
minister for air. The American am-;
bassador then went to 10 Downing
street accompanied by two attaches
if the embassy. Np statement* were j
. made after any of t hrte conversations !
I Miss Carl Prldgen of Raleigh Is
I visiting MIm Isabel deVlamlng.
POLLARD WINNER
IN ELECTION FOR
VIRGINIA OFFICE
Sweeeping Victory For Byrd |
Administration; Vote Light |
In Rural Counties
WAS AL SMITH SUPPORTER 1
Administration Candidate Leads In
Almost Every County; Short Ballot
IVas Ivrac; Mapp Announce* He
Will Support Pollard In General j
Election
Richmond. Va.. Aug. 6.?John Gar- 1
land Pollard; staunch . supporter of I
the Byrd administration In Virginia I
and a loyal Democrat In the 1928;
Presidential campaign, was today i
nominated by Virginia Democrats for |
Governor, trebling the combined vote
9f his two opponents. G. Walter Mapp
and Rosewell Page.
With 1,218 of the state's 1.681 pre-;
cincts reported. Mr. Pollard had
amassed a total of 82 507 vnte< in rt - ?
?42 lor Mr. Mapp and 3.522 for Mr. I
Page. ? Precincts unreported would Ik
unable to materially change the total.
While all three Democratic candi- i
dates for the Governorship supported
Alfred E. Smith last year Mr. Pollard
took the stump with other Democratic
leaders In a speateing tow-of-Virgu??
that took him to manv parts of the
state. He has been regarded as among
TTrr~3TTt^ RnnTCTS TTTTm TTn? I1TU!
Smlth leaders have asked their con
stituents to repudiate.
The Democratic nominee is at pres
ent dean of- the Marshall Wythe
School of Government and Citizenship
at William and Mars' College where i
he teaches constitutional law. He Is
a former attorney general of Virginia |
and represents the ninth generation !
of Pollards tn Virginia. Mr. Pollard j
was a candidate for the Democratic j
mmUhillUll lut1 rWrtfrwr In 1917 but j
was defeated by Westmoreland Davies
He was 58 years old last Sunday. i
The vote In the primary today was >
?bout as predicted tn Democratic j
camps, a general araattiv appearing
among voters in view of absence
of factional strife.
anti-Smith and Republican. nominee.
58 Are Dead And Hundreds ;
't
Wounded In Rumania Fight
ing between Rumanian coal miners of
the Lupeny district and government I
troops today resulted in the death of!
58 persons and the wounding of hun-1
dreds. There were no signs of the i
disturbance subsiding and It Is feared
today's alt day battle will extend
throughout the entire Iiupeny district.
A labor dispute Involving 4,000 coal
miners i3 the root of the trouble. Dur
ing the night strikers were reported
in control of the power station and to
have put the district in darkness as
well as stopping current to the mine3.
The reports stated miners still at work
were thus placed In danger. '
The fighting started early this j
morning while the public prosecutor
accompanied by troops arrived on the
scene and made an unsuccessful at
tempt to mediate. He then read the
riot act. There are conflicting re
ports whether the miners fired first
or whether the troops fired on the
strikers.
In the first clash a dozen miners
were killed and bloody encounters
continued.
Reports from the region state the
strike is of local origin and is not in
fluenced by communists.
S. S. C1?S8 Ha?
Enjoyable Picnic
Mr. K. L. Street and about forty
members of his Sunday School class j
spent last Friday evening at Loch j
Lilly. A fine supper was served In!
the beautiful Krove near the lake and
was thoroughly enjoyed by every one :
present. The evening was spent In I
pleasant amusement and- the whole;
class are anxious for frto'her similar
occasion.
In Gratitude
To our neighbors and friends who
shared with us our burden of sorrow
and sadness in the home-going of hus
band and brother we extend our deep
est thanks. The fragrant memory of
such helpfulness so freely and feel
ingly given will be with us through all
the years.
Mrs. Jasper T. Burch
and relatives.
Somebody Lied
Governor Bilbo, of Mississippi, re
plying to charges that reflect upon1
him "The moat inexcusable, un-;
reasonable, unthinkable, contemptible.:
diabolical, damnable and pusillanimous
falsehood ever conceived In the twist
ed. corrupted, diseased, poisoned
fiendish mind of a black-hearted vil
lain and assassin." If we get the
Owernor, he means, as the Buncom
belte said, that they air a lie out ?
Oreensboro Daily News.
Tobacco Price Takes
Jump At Lumberton
Lumberton. Aug. 5.?The Lumber
ton tobacco market took a big Jump
today in pounds, quality and average
price. ? Tobacco averaged for every
thing. including the low grade prim
ings. from 18 to 30 cents.
Farmers are delighted. The average
will go higher when better grades
are being sold. Heavy, sale* are
scheduled for. this week.
Woman's Missionary
Society Will Meet
The Woman's Missionary Society of
the First Baptist church will meet
Monday. August 12th at four o'clock
In the ?ladle? parlor. Circle No. 2 will
present the program, the subject of
which will be "The Frontier." If you
are a member ?lease be ? present.?1
President. *
Liquor Service
Oaa Pomp Connect?-* With ft Oatton?
Washington. Aug. 6 ?Not all gaso
line pumps give forth gasoline.
Police of the fifth precinct discov
ered that last night when they al
leged they found that the fluid pump
ed from a standard filling station
pump concealed In a garage in the
Tear of 921 "ElgMh street Southeast
was emanating from a source under
the ground where IB barrels of corn
whlskv were hidden Each barrel
contained 90 gallon* of alleged liquor.
Religion?Its Beneficial
. Effect Upon the Community
In the days of the circuit rider,
the man who preached in the
Tillage church, or more likely,
school house, was a strong-bodied
specimen who rode back and
forth across the land. He preach
ed religion that may be considered
a Uttte crude today?but he made
an inspiring Ira press ion upon his
hearers.
The men who All the village and
town pulpits today are of hUher
average scholarship than their pre
decessors. They are men of bet
ter education. They preach and
beiiere In the introduction of new
methods. They maintain an in
terest In community as well as
church affairs.
They are not tacking In man
hood either, for these latter day
preachers are physically/'no whit
behind those who. when the
country was growing up. spent
half their time in the saddlr.
The plain white meeting hotne
my to ?p?
s true tares from
the force which not
only makes Democracy effective in
the community, hat the force
which works for the betterment of
civic government and community
advancement. The Golden Rale
spells P-R-O-G-R-E-S-S!
It reaches oat to life up wher
ever and however it may.
The good accomplished by the
church can not be estimated In
dollars and cents. It dmerves
your wholehearted support, and an
a community center, the chnrch
and the part it plays upon the
minds of young and old alike, can
not be replaced by any other
agency, for it forms our greatest
force for good.}
The church is working for YOU
and for ROXRORO. Are you giv
ing it the support it deserves?
New Price Records
Fcr Tobacco Made
On Georgia Marts
Atlanta. Ga.. Aug. 5.?Fijnm
ompiled by t)v? state department
, of arriculture and re 1 rased today
?show, the 22 bright leaf tobacco
markets of south Georgia last
week established new records for
?totsl sale'i and amnunt?of mnnrv
paid to growers.
A total of S6.009.933.69 was paid ?
to the growers during the week
for 17.903.103 pounds at an aver
age of S?1.S4 per hundred pounds,
which brings the season's aggre- ]
irate for the first two week's sale
to S9.313.010.40 for 44.645.771
pounds. The season's average to
date Ls S20.77 per hundred pounds
nearly S8 per hundred above that
paid in M5H. }
Rio hard Barthelmes< with Betty f
Compson in "WEARY RIVER , j>lay
ing Palace Theatre Monday & Tues
day. August 12-13th. Matinee" Mori
day 3:00 p. m.
Mr. Johnnie Sharp Pettigrew suffer
a very painful cut on his arm i
TueSda^with a piece of slass.
Tobacco Field -
Meeting Tues.
Annual Field Meeting Will Be
Hold On Jeff D, I.ons'sJEami .
Aust. 13th. 10 A.'.M.
TO COMPARE FERTILIZERS
The ar.nual field meeting on the
farm of Mr. Jell D. Long near Cle
ments Bajtist church on road 144 will
be held Tuesday. Aug. 13th at 10 a. ?
m.. for the purpose of Inspecting the
five-acre field of tobacco fertilized
with 1.000 pounds per acre of 10-4-6
compared to five rows through the
center of the field fertilized with 8-3-3.
?tTwiifh^ trailed mat M v?ai the
higher grade fertilizer made net $65.37
per acre more than the 8-3-3.
. Mr. Long Is running the teat again
to note the difference in money value
per acre this year. Mr. Long Is not
running a race with any one but Is
co-operating with the College of Ag
riculture. Raleigh. N. C.. and the^i
Chilean Nitrate Agency to determine
from an educational standpoint which
fertilizer is the most profitable "for i
Person County farmers. The same
test U expected to be run next year,
All are invited to attend this field
meeting to inspect the tobacco grow
ing In the field as it stands. Plenty
"f lemonade will be available for all.
This te3t should prove Interesting, so
come out at 10 a. m. Tuesday to
inspect the field. Sales results will
be available later when the crop Is
sold.
Meredith College Will
Acquire More Acreage
Raleigh. Aug. S.?Meredith college.
Baptist institution for girls on the
outskirts of Raleigh, today completed
negotiations to acquire 30 additional
acres of land to add to Its present
campus. The land. Dr. Charle* E.
Brewer, president, said, will be ac
quired to care for future expansion
of the institution. Including a new
building which it is hoped to build
within the next two or three years. |
The land is a plot with 50? foot
frontage on highway No. io and is
about ha'f a mile in depth, adjoining
the present property on the west. It j
was bought from the state prison, i
The price was not announced, though
Dr. Brewer said It was at a higher
figure than was patd for the present
land.
Memorable Dates
AUOU8T
2nd 1923?President Harding died. |
13th 1808?M a n 11 a surrendered to
Americans.
IStti 1B14?Panama Canal formally
opened ,
Legal Holidar*
1st?COLORADO DAT: In Colorado.
18th?BENNINOTON BATTLE DAY:
In Vermont. Battle August 18,
1777). ' 1
fWUratiMM Of War
Austria against Belgium. Aug 28. 1814.
Austria against Japan, AUf. 27, 11114.
Austria sikinst, Russl#, Aug. 8, 1814.
Austria against Serbia. July 28. 1814
Brazil against Oermany, Oct. 28. 1917.
France against Austria. Aug. 13, 1814.1
France against Bulgaria. Oct. 18. 1818. |
France against Oermany. Aug. 3. 1814.
Mrs. E. C. Talmage and children and
Mrs. Z. A. Vaughan. of PeterWttrg,
Va. are vlsltlni In the home of Mr.
and Mrs. O. A Duncan.
Mr. J. W. Pattern, of Elon College.
N. O., la spending the v(tek here In1
the interest of the Masonic Lodge.
MR.). T. BURCH
FATALLY INJURED
IN AUTO ACCIDENT
Was Returning From Lake City
To Hartsville, S. C., When
Car Skidded Into Ditch
DIED WITHIN FEW HOURS
Mr. Jasper T. Burch was fatally in
jured In an automobile accident which
occurred last Wednesday evening ait
Lake City. S. C He was returning,, *
from Lake City. S. C.. to H&rtsvtlle, -
S.~ C.. when the accident happened,
and was in his car alone, so that the
reports are meager as to how or why
{he accident. It is reported that he
was driving' between the two places
when some one in meeting him hog
ged the road and to prevent an ac
cident Mr. Burch got off of the con
crete road and the shoulder^ being
wet. his car skidded off of the road,
going into a ditch. He was carried
to the hospital and glVeri medical at
tention almost immediately, "and the
injured, and this was t}?e first news
received fiere early Wednesday morn
ing. However, in a few houra news
came stating that he was dead.
For manv years he had been en
gaged In the tobacco business here
and was recognized as one of the
UtM Judges~of~"tlie wtft'U uii t hp mar-?
ket He numbered his friends by his
acquaintance, and to knaw h:m was
lik-' him' He ma* a member of
the First Baptift church, a Mason
and an Odd Fellow. Ho was honest
to a degree and was the friend of any
one In distress. Truly, he was a dia
mond in the rough, and his going will
be regretted by all.
The funeral services were conducted
on Friday afternoon at_4:30 from the
First Baptist church, the large audi
torium being filled with friends who
hf?rt i-n.yg |V, Ih.lr I-..I rwwte
his Pastor. Rev. W. F. West, b?lng In
charge of the services, assisted by Rev.
T. A. Slkes. Pastor of the Edgar Long
Merorlal Methodist church and Rev.
P. Cary. Adams. Pa3tor of the Presby
terian church. At the church the
Masons took charge of the bodv and
the'exercises at the cemetery. "Bhrch
wood." named in honor of his sWter,
Miss Hattte Burch, were conducted by
th??Masons A large irowd attended
these services, and the- nrrave was
beautifully decked ~wl{h floral offer
ings.
Surviving are: His widow: thee?
brothers. FrarJc Burch. Joe Burch and
Arthur Bureh. all of Roxboro; and
three Sisters. Miss Ida F. Burch. of
TertaS. Mis? Hattie E. Burch, of Rox
boro and Mrs. W. T. Murry. of Dor
ham.
Active pallbearers were: I. O. Ab
bltt. E E. Brodiher. S. B. Davis, W.
A. Sergeant. W A. Edwards and
Charles Holeman. Honorary pall
bearers were: R. B. Dawes. L. M. Carl
ton. Wallace Harris. Nath Luasford.
B. E. Live. R. P. Michle. J. W. Mon
tague. R. W. Minor. C. P. Garrett, J.
W. Noeil and J. Ft. Jones
Those actinsr as floral bearers were:
J. S. Harvey, J. W. Featherston, E. T.
Dav. L. C. Cl3rk. Arch Woods. R. H.
Gates. E. E. Stanfleid. J. B Harris,
T. P. Featherston. Landon Bradsher,
H. S. Morton. Ton-?lie Thomas. A. M.
Burns. W. W. Woods O. J. Cushwa,
t.. C. Brndsher. Dr. G. W. Oentry, T.
B Woodv. J A Day. B. G. Clayton
and J. 3. Harvey. Jr.
J. L. Ccat* Of Coats
Killed In Accident
Raleigh. Aug. 4.?J. L. Coats of
Coats, was killed late last night in an
automobile accident near Angler.
First reports from the scene of the
accident lnentlfled the dead man a*
L. C. Coat* of Dunn, an employe of
the Carolina Power and Light com
pany. but J. L, Coats, the man killed,
was an employe of the company at
P-oxboro. He had been transferred
to Spring Hope effective tomotroir
morning and was enroute to hi* home
a t Coats to visit his family when the
accident happened last night.
Person Superior Court
Person County Superior Co*ir> is In
session- this week. Nothing of great
Importance Is on the docket, there
being sixty or more cases all told.
Ttjdfr H CrSnraST Is pfSItdtnr.
with Solicitor William B. Umstead
prosecuting. Solicitor Umstead la a
vigorous prosecutor, and when con
viction is madr Judge Cranmer seems
to be giving them an that Is coming
to them Will .give full proceedings
in our next issue
dne of the year's best Picturaa
WEARY RIVER" with Richard. Bar
thelmeas and Betty-Compeoft. play
ing Palace Theatre Monday ft Tues
day Aug ia-Uth. Matinee Monday
3:00 p. m. j f ;ij_.j