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? Kg . . ' ' ' - . .v Will Save Money V By Reading The Ad vertisements. All Best . / , Merchant Use Tbem. (? i. ESTABLISHED 1HL PEBSQN COUNTY'S OLDEST AND NEWSPAPEB. UNDER SAME MANAGEMENT AND OWNEBflHIP FOB M TEAKS. Best People On Good Churches Schools ; Where j Optimism Rule I W. NOELL, EDITOR AND PUBLISHER. HOME FIRST, ABROAD NEXT *> 1 * $1.50 PER YEAR IN ADYANf I VOL. XL VIII. ' ' ^ ROXBORO. NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 18, 1931. ^ ^ NO; 9. Visitors .Will Be Welcomed By Person County Officials whftmay snout I for t Opportunity Given To Inspect New Jail; . Commisisoners Ask Co-operation in Care Of Building --?> Official installation of eounty of" rJen In the new court home will, take' pl*oe on Friday of this week, aoth. it was announced today P. Bums, County attorney. 1 Saturday have been de opening days and clti and county, as well as ay be interested, ?*ed to inspect ^ j K these days. It .8 expected that practically all the various county officials will have moved to their new quarters by Fri day, and will be glad to 'receive any and all* visitors. It is hoped that the general public will avail them selves of this opportunity on one of these two day*, in order that the various departments of County work can resume their regular routine the following Monday. An opportunity will be afforded the public of visiting every part of the magnificent new building. In ad dition to the offices and court-room, permission has been granted to use the elevator to the top floor where the new jail with its modern equip ment may be inspected at leisure. The installation of this Jail equip ment will doubtless prove a revela tion to many. The basement will also prove interesting, with its many conveniently arranged departments. Everything has been practically completed in the construction and furnishing of the building, with the exception of the seats in the court ronf and these aje now being in stalled. The County Commisisoners take great pride in the final completion of this long-needed stoicture, and ask that everyone co-operate . with them in 1? proper care and pre servation. They especially request that people not walk on the lawn or terraces and nftt molest the shrubbery, which has been recently set out. Cement walkways are provided for all entrances and these should be used at all times. Plans for the format, official dedication ^will be formulated later, probably time in April. 9 - ? arkelj For Poultry fAnd Eggs Established On? of the excuses gtveji ? by iultry raisers has been "Mfcere Is market" lor them, and this was true, but we are glad to know this excuse \wlll not hold any longer as the Loogllurst Mercantile Company .-has formed a connection with one of the largest national dealers and will pay you cash for all of your poultry and eggs. The Lonehurst Mercantile Com pany. at Jalong. will buy your poul , try and eggs arid pay cash for them. Thirf is a permanent proposition and) you can rest assured the market will'' not be glutted by your offerings. They will receive poultry and eggs only on Wednesday, beginning next week on. the 25th. For further par ticulars read the advertisement . In another column. Two Old Friends Call We rarely enjoyed a visit more than j .that of our two on friends. Messrs J. R. Welph an* 'C. P. Adcock of the Morlah neighborhood, on last Saturday. Incidentally th?y both dropped In to renew their subscrip tions to The Courier. It Is a real ' - pleasure to chat with our citizens and we wish more of them would come In and tell us of the neighbor Rood doings, and especially Is It a pleasure when they are renewing the best paper we know how American Legion Hears Judge Patton The American Legion - had the |itoMi*~r Saturday night of healing rrry interesting talks by Judge Pat ton and Mr. Warren of Durham Ibe meeting was their regular My business meeting . held In the Woman '? Club build (fit A cam paign for new members is to be mMlertaksn soon. It was announced. Dr. fc> O. Davis Is the commander of the local port. j > ? ? r*? Union Services In Charge of Hi-Y Club The churches of Roxboro will unite for their services next Sun-, day ijlght when the Hi-Y Club of Durham will appear at the Meth odist Church. This is by Invitation of the Hl-T Club of the Rdzboro High School and Is sponsored by them. Bill Farthing will be the principal speaker and there will also be other lnter&ing features. A cordial Invitation Is extended to everyone tft- attend this service. 1 -o Over 3t0 4-H club boys In Cald well county are starting work on corn, potato, tobacco and cotton production. * ? ? FUNERAL SERVICES OF MRS. HOWARD Death Occurs A t Varina After Illness Of Sev eral Weeks Mrs. W. FT Howard, mother I' of Frank W. Howard of Roxboro. qied Friday at Varina, N. C? after .an illness of .several weeks. Mrs. How ard was 67 years old and had made her fcvne in the Varina ogpmunity for -i.iit 28 years, Dumg this time she was a faithful and active member of the Fuquay Baptist Church. Funeral services were held from the .church at Fuquay Saturday afternoon, conducted by Rev. R. H. Hall, pastor of the church, assisted by Rev. J. S. Farmer. She is sur vived by v her husband and the fol lowing children: 6. fi. Howard, . W. A. Howard. W. P. Howard. Jr., W. M. Howard, Bruce O. Howard, all of Fuquay Springs and Varina; Mrs. B. A. Harry of drover; Mrs. Hunter Morgan of Raleigh and 'Frank W. Howard of this city. Surviving also are two brothers and one sister: Geo. E. Woody and Walter R. Woody, and Mrs. J. E. Harris, of Roxboro. PRICES FOR FARM PRODUCTS LOWER [New Level Is Reached During February ? 21-Year Record Is Broken _ ' - . ? ... 7 ? Washington, March 15.? Prices for farm products, at the farm, reached a new low level for 21 years February 15, the United States department of agriculture has found. Dropping to 90 per cent of the pre-war level, as compare^ with 04 op January 15 .this year and 131 on Peburay 15, 1930, the depart ment said the level was the lowest recorded during the period 1910 1S31 as covered by. the price <rde*? Prom January li to February 15 moderate advances in the farm ; price of cotton, cottonseed, apples, sheep, lambs and horses were more ! than offset by lower prices of I grains, flaxseed, hay, potatoes, hogs, cattle, calves, chickens, dairy and poultry products. Farm prices of eggs February 15 were -less than half what they | were a year ago and at the lowest prioe of any month on record s!nd\ 1409. TlV price February 15 was 14.1 cents per dosen, only about 44 per cent of the price a year earlier. PeEruary ir~pH<** UrWOTir M compared to a year ago showed the following declines: Poultry and poul try products. 75 points; fruits and vegetables, 59 points; cotton and cottonseed. 46 points; meat ani mals, 44 points; grains. '40 paints, and dairy products, 28 points. i . Lost $5.00 reward for return of a Watchman's Clock, lost Ay truck driver. Return to Buck Jones, or Somerset WOK 44S * VETERANS' LOANS - I IN HUGE VOLUME Demand So Great That pil lion Dollars Will Be Needed By The Treasury LOANS AVERAGE $367.78 Washington, March 17.? Demand of World war veterans for govern ment loans under the new 50 per cent loan law has been so great that <1000,000,000 will be needed, and additional financing must be undertaken soon to meet the de mand. Veterans Administrator Frank T. Hines reported the rapid calls for money to Secretary of Treasury Andrew W. Mellon today, and Mel lon estimated the treasury woukh have to turn *500.000,000 over to the veterans bureau by April 11. ? - As the treasury department is sued securities yesterday for only $300,000,000 lor the loans, it is ap parent* that another issue of obliga tions must be soon to meet the demand. The first issue was in short-term securities . Checks sent out' by the veterans bureau under the new . loan law average $367.78- each, and total $104.035^66u24, Hines reported in a letter to Mellon. Loans so far total 282,874, but more than 1.000.000 ap plications are' still pending. In the first 15 days of the law ? up to March 14 ? applications totalled 1372.006. The total number of vet erans holding World war adjusted compensation certificates ? which "fcre security for these loans ? is 3,?0.000. Hines said he believed his origi nal estimate of one billion dollars as( the probtable total cost, based on expected application by 75 per cent of the veterans, would come close to the actual experience. H made this estimate before the President vetoed the bill, but It was repassed by large majorities in both houses ^f GongreSs. . - " . '**1 estimate," said Hines in his letter, "that the administration will require from your department ap proximately 190.000.000 during the week ended March 21, and $100,000, 900 during efcch of. the ensuing three weeks. v "The amount which will >be re quired following this period. is> prob lematical 93 it is manifestly quite impossible to make an estimate of any degree of accuracy as to the number of applications which will be received in the future." /Then he went on .to make the bil lion-dollar estimate Work Will Start On The Berea Road Work on the semi-hard surface road leading from Roxboro to Ox ford, by way of Berea, will begin soon, says the Oxford Public Ledger. "The state highway force has started to work on the Berea road. Thl< road was , graded several months ago and straightened at several places. It was also brought into town at a different point on the Clarksvllle road near the Ma sonic Orphanage. The highway force Is preparing to apply the tar and gravel coafing and are" at pres ent unloading material in the Sea board freight yard. When the road Is comoleted it will connect Oxford with Roxboro and Person county with a hard surface artery. The road will be known as a semi hard surface highway and will be covered with the Ante - material that the road from . Berea to Rox boro is covered with. A large force is on the Job and the work will be rushed to completion. ^ . The force carrying on the work have their trucks parked on the old Taylor-Can nady buggy factory lot adjacent to the Seaboard rail way tracks. New Filling Station A new filling station Is being erected by Messrs. Arch and Charles Woods on the comer of Reams Ave nue .and Latnarr streets, and When rompletedjjwtll be one of the most complete filling station* here. These young men will handle Shell gaa and oils, and b'ing experienced ti. the business will give the best pos sible service They hops to have their plant ready for business in a short while. ? < '? ? Bach seal eats eight pounds of Jtah daily In Bronx zoo. Nicaragua!* Award For Carolina Man I'??" ? More laurels as a flier will be re ceived by Lieut- ' Hayne D Boyden, a U. S. Mftrlne from Statesville, N. C , who is to receive a ribbon and star bestowed by former President Adolfo Diaz, of "Nicaragua, Jot the aviator's participation in action a ?ainSt. bandits. "While the ribbon was bestowed in 1927 it has been ready for issue only recently. Lieut. Boy den already hair received the Dis tinguished Plying Cross for extra ordinary heroism as a flier in Nica ragua, and in addition holds four letters of commendation from high officials of the Marine Corps and Navy for his servioeS as an aviator elsewhere. Lieut. Boyden was born in Statesville in January, 1897, and is now stationed at Quantico, Va. HISS DEVLAMING WEDS IN NEW YORK Marries Lawrence Fliiin, Of Pittsburg; Will Make Home In IChapel Hill " In a surprise wedding which tp6k place in New York City Monday March lStlw Miss Maj-ion deVlaming was married to Mr. Lawrence Plinn. of Pittsburg. Pa., news of which was contained in a telegram to Mrs. A.. S. deVlaming yesterday. Miss deVlaming is the altractive"daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. A. S. deVlam- 1 in? and a very popular member of the social set of Roxboro. She was educated at Meredith College and is also a graduate of Maryland In stitute, Baltimore, where she spe cialized in art. The groom is the son of Mrs. G. H. Flifin of Pitts burg, Pa., and is at present pur suing a special course In History and Research work at the University of North Carolina. Miss deVlaming had been on a short visit to Mrs. Plinn, whp re cently has been making her home at the St. Regis Hotel in New York. Mr. Plinn landed in New York Thursday following a stay of some time abroad; The young couple , jrtll return to North Carolina shortly [and expect to make their home . at Chapel Hill. , Jeter Daniel Enters Business Field Here Jeter Dalpel graduated from the Perry Business School last weeki He will stay In the office of Knight's Agency and will appreciate any business his friends will give him. The agenpy sells Life, Health, and Acoldent, automobile, fire, bonds, and ticket Insurance. Hell be clad to fix you up on any kind of pro tection you need. Start a saving for J|our*elf to taking out the latest form of policy. Popular Holstery * i Judging by the number of guests Mr. John Wade is now caring for It would seem that his holstery i* very popular. The new Jail was accepted by the Commlslsoners only a short time since, and- Mr. Wade wai made keeper of same, and to day be is caring for nine prisoner*.] The kangaroo In the park llvts cHlefty. on crushed gTaln. HIGH SCHOOL CLASS TO PRESENT PLAY ,1Who Wouldn't Be Crazy?" To Be Presented By Junior Class Of High School - FRIDAY NIGHT, MAR. 27 > ' " On Friday night. March 37th, at 8 o'clock, the Junior Class or Rox boro High School will present, by special arrangement with The Dra matic Publishing Company, of Chi cago, a rollicking farce-comedy, "Who Wouldn't Be Craiy?" ? The Junior Class is one of unu sual talent and ability, as has been demonstrated by the number of outside things they have done since their freshman year. This, however, is their first attempt at a play and it promises to be one of the best ever seen on the local high School stage. "r* ; '*? The play was, written by Kath arine Kavanaugh, and is, to say the least, unusual. The scenes are laid in the Oood Samaritan Sana torium, a home for mild mental cases. Into, this sanatorium is precipitated "Speedy" Mar Shall young ' son of Zachariah Marshall, president of the Board of Directors. His father decides it will be thing for Jack to tpke "a resglCre" for six months. Jack sees tnWbeau tiful Lois Meredith whom, be has followed. without success, over Eu rope the summer before. Then the fun begins! . "Speedy" Marshall will be1 played by Howard Duncan, with his usual, grace on the stage. Rose Woods will take the part of Lois Meredith. Other love interest is furnished by the touching love affair of Evelyn Winslow (Suzanne Winstead) and Edward Gordon (Thomas Hatchfett.) The comedy parts will be played -by Prances Clayton as Perdie, Miss Meredith's colored maid, and Riley Satterfleld as the black boy Fluri buS; by Frances Wood and Merrill Frederick as the inmates of 'the san atorium; and by R. D. Bumpass, as McCofferty, a hard-boiled traffic cop. / Olhers taking part will be: Ann Bfadsher, as Miss Lore lie, head /nurse at the sanatorium; Lee Varner as Mr. Higgins, the superintend ent; Reggie Harris, as . Reggie Mor timer. an admirer of Lois; Oveida Long, Alice Smith and Shirley Goodman as Beatrice. Marjorie and Janet, friends of Lois, and Mr. Marshall. Edgar Long. Altogether, it is one of the clev erest plays ever given here, and as the admission is poly 25 and 35c the Juniors ought to haye a big crowd at their debut on the stage. Williarta J. Harm Died In Raleigh Mr. William J. Harris. age 44, son of Mr. W. H. Harris, died In Raleigh lafrt, Wednesday morning. His body was brought here and funeral services were held at the home of Mr. Harris and interment made in Burchwood cemetery Thursday afternoon. Rev. T. 'A Slkos conducted the funeral services. The active pallbearers consisted Dt his brothers and brothers-iii law as follows: R. L. Harrtt, O. Harris. W. H. Harris, Jr., O. W. Armstrong, O. P. Bowen and C. M. Mlchie. The floral bearers were, 8. B. Davis, J. A. Long, A. W. Clap ton, O. H. Hunter and Rufus Harris. o ^Fiddlers Convention An old time PJddlers' Convention will be held at J along school build ing on Saturday night, March 31st, at 7:30 P. M. There will be in teresting music of all kinds, and if you are looking fori real music and a good time, be sure to be there. Ptrst and second Rrtees will be of fered for the bert music and sing ing and there will be a contest be quartette. Admission will be IS and 3S oents. Harold Clayton Injured Harold Clayton. 18-year -old son 1 of Mir. and. Mrs. o. T. Clayton. iuf- j fered a bad gash on his hand Tues day morning while playing Indian with Mane of the other boys, it was found necessary to take four stitches to close the wound. Although pain ful, It is not thought the injury will prove dangerous. PERSON SUPERIOR COURTS ML MEET MONDAY. API IP t _ ? ? ? v Thomas & Parrish's Modern Barber Shop Extensive remodeling and renova tion ha t Just been completed by Messrs. Thomas and Parrish In ' their barber shop on Main Street! New fixtures have been placed, tfie . interior re-decorated, and six new : chairs have been Installed, making this one of the cleatiest, beet-equip ped shops to be found in this sec tion.' The Services of another ex pert barber have been secured, and /*jith six barbers always at the ser vice of the public, th&e should- be ? no tedious waiting. Hie proprietors extend a cordial invitation to pay them a visit,- ? ? - - ? ? robeFhSTis PNEUMONIA .VICTIM Died This Morning At Home Following An Illness Of One Week ??. Robert Harris, son" ol Mr. and Mrs. Geo. E. Harris of Route 4, died at eight o'clock Wednesday morning following an illness of one week with pneumonia. He was about 18 years, old and was a student at the local High School, where he was y member of the basketball team. He was held In tjteh esteem by his fellow-students, with whom he was very popular. Funeral arrange ments had not been completed this morning, but it is expected they will be held Thursday afternoon. Besides his parents, Mr. Harris is survived by two brothers: Kit chen and Hambrick Harris; and the following sisters: Mrs. B. B. Bul lock of Zebulon; Mrs. Bob James, of Parmel^;, Mrs. W. R. Crumpton, Mrs. Prank Wlnstead, Mrs. Will Wade, Misses Corinne and Katy Harris, all of Roxboro. ~ NINE BANKERS FACE FRAUD INDICTMENT Grand Jury Takes Action, In dicting Six Asheville And Three Tennessee Men - Asheville. March 16. ? Six Ashe ville and three Tennessee*men were indicted by a Bumcombe county ^rand Jury late today on charge* growing out of the failure of several banks here lastTstt: All are charged with violations of the state bank ing laws. "piose indicted were: Wallace B. DftVLs. former president, Ruasel C. Da^is. former vice-president, and Dr.\ J. A. Sinclair, C. N. Brown. Hubbard and Clarence Ran kin. officials of the Central- Bank and Trust company; and Luke Lea. (.St. Luke Lea, Jr., and E. P. Char let of Tennessee. BoncM for release on charges brought In bill* returned tod^y were fixed by Solicitor Zeb V. NeHlea as follows: W B. Davis, 110,000; Luke Lea. *10,000; Luke Lea, Jr., 19 Russell O. Davis, $8,000; SI ?7.500; Brown. *7,900; *5.000. and Hubbard. *9,000. W. B. Davis already was under) *10,000 for release on charges brought at the February term of court, while Russell Davis and Dr. Sinclair were under *9,000 bond each. Capiaaes will be issued by Deputy Clerk K. Olenh Young tomorrow for wrest rrf thoee who-ha*? -tailed to make bond on the new charges'. ? ' 'oint Meeting of P. T. A. and Woman'* Club The Parent-Teacher Afs<x-iat!on-|-< and the Woman's Club Attend an Invitation to the tieaehprs o t the High School. Oradrtl School, and members of the two organizations tft meet with them Tuesday night, March J4th, at ? o'clock tir QlTfl Woman's Club building. Fudge Shaw Of Greensboro . Wfli Have The Honor Of Holding First Court. JURORS FOR TWO TERMS The first term of court In the . new court house yill be held on Monday, April lSth, and will be presided oVer by Judge Shaw, of Greensboro. This is a two weeks term and lt .is presumed that Judge ? Dertn of Oxford, will hold thesee ond term on the Monday following, though this is not positive. The new court house is a- thing of beauty, with all modern con veniences, and those who have been accustomed to doing" duty" in the old court room will hardly know where they are at The following have been drawn as Jurors for the term beginning on the 13th: G. W. Clayton, Sid T. Wrenn, J. H. Foushee, J. Q. Yarbero, H. W. Newell. Q. L. Allen, C. R. Holeman, B. U. Long, w-. W. Harris, E. J. Roberson, W. A. Daniel, T. A. Long, P. W. Rogers, O. T. Klrby, W. H. jpijon, E. G. Crews, L. C. Bradshe?rR. H. Bowlding. J. T. Horton, Sam Evans, Jaa. S. Wrerin, J. E.Haater, Ralph Bowes, Ira C. Tingen. r Jurors for the second week are: ' A. L. Bass, A. A. Burch, Earl Chand ler, J. Nash Frederick, W. E. Clay, R. K. Young, A. H. Wagstaff, H. E. Denny, Z. H. Clayton, T. E. Berry, R V. Dickerson. E. H. Long, C. E. Hjester, L. D. Allen, O. M. Pox. Sr., R. C. Hall, W. C. Lawson, H. N. Poushee. C. S. Ashley, J. T. Mc Broom, L. M. Burton, J. T. Woody, R. C. Long, W. D. White, R. P. Smith, J. L. Terry, E. R. Thomp-r son, J. T. Blackard, J. T. Hamlin, ' I. -Or. Allen, W. E. Ashley, R. L. Harris, A. W. Horton, W. H. Mfc Cullock, W. E. Hester, T. A. Pearce, C. A. Harris, Isaac Owen. L. W. Horton, C. P. Garrett, Sam Fulcher, A. H. Pox. CciHity Music Contest Friday, March 20th The county music contest will be held Friday, March 20th, at 7:30 o'clock at the Roxboro High School. Several county schools will enter the contest. If you want to hear some good music free be sure to 1 go. The judges are competent musi cians of this city. They will be: Miss Janie Blalock, who was a stu- ' dent at the Feabod.v Conservatory of ' Music for four years under PaS qualle TalShice; Mrs. Street, who graduated at Peace Institute, Ra leigh, and Mias Mable James, a ... graduate of Meredith College, na leigh. ? i o Mrs. Moore Dies In Watts Hospital Mrs. J. D. Moore, of Timber lake, died in Watts hospital yesterday afternoon at 5:30, age 34 Mrs.- T Moore had only been sick for a few days and was taken to the hospital Monday. The body was brought. to Timberlake where "burial, services will be held at Surl Church Thursday afternon. Mrs. >Ioore Is survived by her husband, and two sisters, Mrs. Tom Blalock and Mrs W. W. Noell. Mr. Walker Improving v Mr. Qeo. W. Walker, who was seriously ill for some time, is still oonflned to his room However, his Mends will be glad to know that be is Improving and hopes an en tertained that he Wll soon be able to be about WiTusoal" duties. PJay At Allensville School March 28th "The Price Of Love" a irama, will be presented at Aliens riUe High School on the evening of March 28th. at 7:30 o'clock proceeds from thl? play ised for school athletics. lupport the school and at the : the Mt pi 16 and 25c.