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I Save Money x&m The Ad fements. All Best Merchant Use Them. ESTABLISHED lML r**SON,-COLVrrS OLDEST AND BEST NEWSPAPER. UNDER 8 A MB MANAGEMENT AND OWNERSHIP FOR 46 TEARS. Best Peoplei On Good Churches Schools; Wher* *\ Optimism Rules J. V. NOELL, EDITOR AND PUBLISHER.* . VOL- XLVIII. HOME FIRST, ABROAD NEXT ROXBORO. NORTH CAROLINA. WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 25, 1931+ 11.50 PER YEAR IN ADVAI &-.1I 1 . - 1 132 Farmers Ask For Relief Person County Farmers Ask For $30,507; Average Per ' Farmer $223.00 MAY OBTAIN LOANS % TO BUY PROVISIONS One hundred, .thirty-two tanners up to Saturday night, March 21st, had applied for emergency relief funds In Person County totaling fSO.507.00, or an average per farm tut $223.00. All of the amount for is not usually allowed I there are many small chil the family. ... one are continuing to p?, and the services of Mrs. M. . _ayton in the new OCurt House that of Miss Alpha B. Green in the Long, Bradaher Hardware store may be secured in assisting to make out applications for farmers who because of their financial obli gations and because of the drought, their tobacco brought a nery low price which rendered them unable to get commercial credit this spring. A small fee of fifty-live cents is charged for making out these appli cation. and in addition a small No tary Public fee Is charged. Outside of this, there ls no .other charge. If the loans asked for are approved, the Government bears the expense of recording the liens. The applicants are' warned that the money must be used to buy feed, feed and fertilizer for their' crop*, and they qnifit not spend the money they are detaining for other things. In Edition to the above appro priation. an additional appropria tion has been passed allowing those who have applied for loans to ap j ply for other funds with which to buy provisions to make the crop, but before advantage can be taken of this agency, -the applicant must present himself to the County Agent or the Emergency Committee from whom he obtained his previous ap plication for feed, fertilizers and seed. and there make out a nA application on a new and a differ* ent set of pa(>ers and have them forwarded to Washington for their consideration. This will mean more work and additional charge will have to be made to work up the appll cations so that they will be honored at Washington. Only ten million dollars are available for this new fund over the entire drought strick en area. Where applicants have al ready obtained a loan for seed, fer tilizer and feed, and desire a loan yfor provisions, a crop mortgage will d to be given on the grow ! Mills School Wins Music Contest The Person County vocal and | music contest, sponsored by B. B. Knight, was held last Friday night at the local High School, with the following schools represented: Hur dle Mills. Bethel Hill. Helena and Allensville. ' Mt. Harmony and Ja long were unavoidably prevented from contesting at the last minute The singing was exceptionally good and each Individual Sbhool was well represented. The Judges. Mrs. Ken dall Street and Misses Mabel Janates and Janie Blalock. were in somfe difficulties in attempting to name the winner as all were good, but finally decided that Hurdle Mills should be awarded Uie cup. Bethel Hill was given second place. The cup given annually by B. B. Knirht. was presented to Mrs. J. B. Currin. teacher of music at the Hurdle Mills school, as a perma nent possession of the school. Short talks were also made by Mr. (J C. Davidson. Mr. 8. O. Wlnstead and Rev. J. B. Currin. A lane and ap preciative audie&ce. numbering sev eral 'hundred people, were present to hear this program. 4k O ? ? - I President Talk* WW* His Sen In Asheville D.-S. S. Arizona. March 22. ? This afternoon President Hoover talked for 10 minute# In a two-way radio* telephone conversation with hte son. Herbert. Jr.. and . his six-year-old granddaii(rht?r. Betty Ann at Ashe ville N. C, 1.449 miles away. "Hello granddaddy," Peggy Ann said. "It's snowing here." The President told her It waa nice aqd warm when' he was. 0 ' ? : Hi-Y Program Here - Proves Interesting Members of the Durham. Hi-Y council presented a very interesting program of talks and songs at a union service in the Methodist Church las^-Sun?ay night. Itiis was in reaponsfc to-" an Invitation by the Hi-Y Club of the Roxboro High School. R. ? D. Bum pais, president of the local club presided and pre 1 sen ted the fisiting speakers. The speeches Vere inspirational in char l actr and were rery well prepared. o ? Dr. Thaxton Honored Dr. B. A. Thaxton was ^elected president of the Person County. Med ical Society at a meeting held Tues day night in the office of Dr. Love. Other officers named at this meet ing, to serve for the coming year are Dr. Merritt. vice-president, and Dr. Beam, secretary. The members oT t^e Society bad the pleasure at this time of listening to a talk on "Trench Mouth" by Dr. J. D. Brad sher. * ? HON. JUSTIN MILLER OF DUKE UNIVERSITY WILL SPEAK HERE Dean Of Law School Consents To ' Make Commencement Address Before Graduates HON. FRANK GRAHAM REQUESTED RELEASE On account of an unavoidable conflict in dates between the time set for the local high school com mencement exercises and a business appointment in New York for Presi dent Prank Graham of the Univer sity of North Carolina, he has been released from his engagement for the high school commencement ad dress. Honorable Justin Miller, Dean of the Law School of Duke University, has accepted the invitation of the local high school authorities to de liver the commencement address before the graduating class of the I Roxboro high school. Dean Miller is one of the out i standing university d e p a rtment I heads in the United. States, and our ? to-sn ana community are indeed for tunate to have a man of Dean Mil-. ler'S caliber to address an audience of our people. County Officers Received Visitors Friday and Saturday Person Realty Co. Buys Andrews Bldg. Tlje Person Realty Company. Incorporated, a new firm Just re cently formed, has purchased the Andrews Building from the estate of the late D. W. Andrews. This is a two-story brick building, located on Depot Street Just below the Courier office, including store rooms on the first floor with hotel rooms above. Improvements will be made Shortly on the interior bv the new owners. Mr. J. E. Kirby Is presi dent of the new company : Gene Thompson secretary and H. W. New ell treasurer^ Other stockholders are' S. P. Satterfield and Teaguc Kirby. physIcIanInvolved IN ABANDONING BABY Infant Left At Wright Refuge Taken To Mother At Greensboro HAT BOX FOR CRADLE Durham! Mar. 33 ? Greensboro po- j > lice and welfare department officials intimated last night that charges j would be prefererd against a South Carolina physician who is believed by police to have abandoned a two Greeks old girl baby alive in a hat box here ? late Sunday night. The baby's mother, also' of South Carolina but now a resident of Greensboro, will be named in the charges with, the doctor, polioe said. Mrs. Blanche Cairr Sterne, Gull ford county superintendent of wel fare who came to this city yester day afternoon to take the baby In custody. Intimated that the couple would be charged with separating a child less than six months old from Its mother. ' She refused to divulge the name of the mother. The' baby was left on the steps of the Wright Refuge, children's home Just outside Durham,, shortly before 10 o'clock Sunday night. Mrs. Octavla Evans, matron at the Refuge, answered a knock at the door, found the baby and saw an automobile leaving the grounds. She notified Durham police headquar ters and Detectives Gill and . BOyle n ceirrnorl Out rofV The child wa* left wrapped. In MMtkete-and plarad in .a hat. box. bearing the name of Meyer's de partment (tore, GreensBdro. A" wo man's name was also on the Si ^ ? . Cake Sale Thp Parent-Teacher's Association will have a cake and oandy tale next Saturday morning. March 28th at 10:30 at the Carolina Light and ?ewer Co. Come and buy a good cake, or telephone your order.? Sec. ? ' . ? : ?" ^ Many Visit The Court House And Jail And All Pronounce^ It O. K. LADIES IN THE MAJORITY ? While the new court house is not entirely ready tor occupancy the officers all moved in last Thursday and were on a reception committee all day Friday and Saturday. Visi tors began coming in early Friday morning, but the rush was not on until in the afternoon, when hun dreds. mostly ladies. Visited the new building. Without , an exception they pronounced it '"Just lovely," and the farther they went on their tour of examination the more pro nounced they became. It is Indeed a beautiful building, and the. grounds are in keeping with the building. As you 'enter you will find the Clerk's office the first room to the right; the next on the- right is the Health depart ment; next on same side is the erandjury room and adjoining is the Board" of -Education. On the left ?ide the first office is the Reg ister of Deeds; the next is the "of fice of the Farm Demonstrator, with -the Shertg's office adjoining, pf course, there are other small rooms for various and sundry pur poses on this floor, but this takes care of all of the County offices. In the basement there is a large room called the Farmers room; when a meeting of say fifty or sev enty-five Is desired this room is available; here also is the furnace room, public toilets, etc. The second floor Is occupied by (Continued on last page) * LIFE INCOME You -will feel better If you. have a guaranteed life Income If you be come sick or hurt by accident. We have a health and accident policy for class A risk for per year. This policy will pay you Just as long as you are sick or hurt, even If you are disabled for life. The State Insurance Commlslsoner has approved the"" company. This policy pays tlOO per month for disability and $1,000 accidental death benefit. You are rated ac cording to your occupation. Pro tect your earning power' before it. is too late. - ' *, ? KNIGHTS AOENCX Over Fender's Store * JUSTICES OF PEACE NAMED FOR COUNTY Person Has ? Nineteen, But . Others May Be Appointed If Necessary TO SERYE SIX YEARS The Justice of the peace omnlbuX bill, designating 1.200 persons to serve as magistrates In the various counties, was introduced in the House yesterday by Representative White, of Chowan, chairman of the committee on Justices of the peace. Appointment by the Legislature is one of three ways to become a Jus tice of the Peace. The people may elect all they deem necessary, and the Goyernor has authority to name as many at he wishes. ! Other names' are expected to' be added to this list befot? it finally passes both branches. Under the bill the Justioe will serve a term of si* years beginning April 1, 1931. or when their present terms expire unless the bill speci fies a different time. The measure also provides that R. B. Dawes may practice law ex cept in connection with cases in which he had .connection /as a Jus tice of the peace. Person County's list fqllows: Allensville. Jefferson." ?- O'Briant, Stephen Moore; Bushy Pork. John H. Bradsher, E. L. Long, N. H. Hester; Cunningham, J. R. Frank I lin, N. H. Montgomery; Plat River, J. H. Garrett: Holloways, J. B. Bar rett, A. 8. Gillls; Olive Hill, T. C. Wagstaff: Mt. Tirzah, C. G, Humphries, J. R. Jones, . J. W. Oothran; Roxboro, R. B. Dawes, J. T. Newton, J. M. O'Briant; Woods dale. Nat Jordan, R. L. Hall. ? o Lost ' $6.00 reward for return of a Watchman's Clock, lost by truck driver. Return to Buck Jones, or Somerset Mills. "* - . 3-11 tf . ?-r : When people declared they "do not care a fig" no reference to the fruit is intended. "Fig" is from the Italian word "flco," meaning a snap of the fingers. highschoolSdeni LAID TO FINAL RESTj i Funeral Servires For Robert Harris Held On Thursday; Set Plants as Memorial CLASSWORK SUSPENDED Funeral services for Robert H. Harris, who died last Wednesday morning following an illness of one ! jreek with pneumonia, were held Thursday afternoon at tTro o'clock at the home of his parents, Mr. and j Mrs. George E. Harris on the Leas burg road. Hundredsi of friends were In attendance to pay their [last respects to this popular young man. Classes at the Roxboro High .School were discontinued at 12:45 I in order to give the students an op I portunity of attending the final ser \ices for thel? school-mate. The floral designs were beautiful and numerous. Services were conducted by Rev. W. L. Maness, assisted by Rev. T. A. Sikes and Rev. 8. F. Kicks. Intertnent took place in the j family cemetery, the following act | ing as pall-bearers: R. D. Bum pass, John Bullock, Alden Rogers, Hubert OUrlant, Norwood Newman and Harold' Lee Perkins. I As a memorial to their fellow student, the students of the local high school Thursday afternoon feet . out two "Rose of Sharon plants," one on either side of the front entrance to the high School building, ^mld a pall of silenoe, with the entire student body gathered around, Sup erintendent a. C. Davidson paid high tribute to the youth who was a member of the Junior class. Ministerial Asso. Opposes Pool Rooms and Dance Halls The Person Count; Ministerial Association in session last Sat urday went on record as being opposed to the granting of li cense* for the operating of pool gpotns dance hails, or for the conducting of subscription dances within the town of Rox boro or Person County. The Association has also ?*- mads a request of the town and county officials that the ordinances and laws existing governing the closing on Sun - day of Oiling stations and oUpr places be rftrtctly enforced. P'" Only three rpen are living who have been Speaker of the House of Representatives. One is "Nick" Longworth. The other two are Gen eral J. Warren Kiefer (above) now 95 years old, who lives at Spring field, Ohio. The other is Hon. Frederick H Gillett, 80, of Spring Held, Mass. - Gov. Gardner Before The General Assembly Opposes All Sales Tj Frame Building Burns Fire of undetermined origin com pletely destroyed a frame building located at the rear of the Jones Hotel building las tr Friday night at ten o'clock. The structure had been converted from a stable, and was being used mainly by the Lime Cola Bottling Company as a garage. A Chevrolet truck, fully loaded with bottled drinks Intended for distri bution 'the following morning, was also completely destroyed. 'Th.e building was owned by Mr. C. T. Hall and was of nominal value. "ftie Bottling Company estimates , their loss at between $1000 and $1200, partially covered by insurance. RILEY OAKLEY^ NOT IMPROVING SO FAST ? The condition of Riley Oakley, who received severe burns in an ! automobile Are some time ago, re i mains practically unchanged. He is 'still receiving treatment at. Watts Hospital,' whefe it will probably be necessary for him to remain several I weeks longer, Farmers To Discuss New Marketing And Acreage Control Organization n ? Do The Farmers Of Person County Want Such An Organization? .? ? WILL MEET IN ROXBORO SATURDAY, APRIL 4TH We have been asked to publish the | follawint; letter concerning the or ganisation of & new marketing and ' acreage organization for the old to- 1 bacco belt. We confess we do not know what is meant by "new market ing and acreage control." If by It Is meant that an organization is to be perfected whereby steps will be taken to get the farmers of the old belt, consisting of 22 counties, to re duce their acreage, we think the sponsors are on the right track. In any event you are cordially invited to read the article, and attend at least one of the meetings. The let ter says : j:. A series of meetings is Being plan ned at the following places to dis cus* the matter of starting a new marketing and acreage .control or ganization for the Old Tobacco Belt, comprised of 22 counties in North Carolina, and to find out whether the fanners of Person County want such an organization to be launched. Your presence at one of these meetings will indicate your inter- j est in the matter; your absence will be a silent signal that you are sat isfied with conditions Jurft as they are and your verdict will have to be our guide. It is a btlsy time, but you should meet the; committee at one of the following places to hear a discus sion of this matter now pendfing before the farmers of the Old To bacco Belt. Meetings are being scheduled as follows; Sat. Apr. 4th, Court bouse. Farmers Assembly Room, at 3:30 P. M Mon. Apr. 0th. Olive Hill 8chool, at 10:00 A. M. /' Mon. Apr. 8th. Bushy Pork School. at 3:00 P. M Tues. Apr. 7th, Hurdle Mills School, at 10:00 A. M. *? Tues. Apr. 7th, Helena School, at 3:00 P. M. Wed. Apr. 8th, Harmony School, at 10:00 A. M. Wed. Apr. 8th, Allensville School, at 3:00 P. M Thurs. Apr. #th. Bethel Hill School, at 10:00 A. M. Thurs. Apr. 0th. Indian School, at t roq r: wl 1 v ? Pri. Apr. 10th Cunningham School, at 10:00 A. M. Plan to be at one of the above meetings and bring oat your neigh bors. We are expecting represen tatives from the Federal Govern ment to be present at these meet ing* to explain the new proposed pian of organization. ? If we are to be organised this year It mtfrt be done during April *nq May.'; Bethel Hill Farmers Club Met Thursday The_BethelHill YQuoK_T?r- Heel Farmers Club held its ^ regular -monthly meeting last Thursday night in the agricultural class room at Bethel Hill High School. The fol lowing program was presented by members of the club: \ Jokes, Henpan Weljrenburg; Harp &olo, Arthur Brandon; Fine work by fW. Oregon 8tudent, Manning Bishop; The P. A. A. was once a dream, Q. Bullard. The members of the club decided to hold the annual Father and Son Banquet April 17. WINSTON-SALEMIS SCENE OF ROBBERY Five Persons Are Locked Up By Two Masked Men "Who Make $15,000 Haul _ , RELEASED IN 3 HOURS frinston-Salem, March 23. ? Po lice detectives reported tonight they were without clues in the robbery hwe Saturday night by two masked men who entered the home of A. H. Oalloway, in Reynolda Park, and escaped with $15,000 worth of Jew els. after locking Oalloway in a closet and locking four women in a bath room. -T. w. Anderson, chief of detecni tlves, who is directing investiga tion of the holdup, said the crime apparently was the work of profes sional gunmen. Mrs. Oalloway re cently returned from St. Petersburg, Fla- and Anderson expressed the beliet that the bandits trailed her from that city to Winston-Salem. The robbery occurred late Satur-. day night, but the news was not given to the press until today. Qnrntet locked Vp Mr. Oalloway had retired and the four women. Mrs. Oatyoway, Mi* James S. Dunri. "Mrs. Margaret Cav? ana ugh and Mrs. Louise McBrayer, were playing bridge to thff library room of the home when two men entered the room and held them up. One of the men, carrying a Sawed off shotgun, remained with the women while the other, holding a revolver, went to Mr. Oalloway'* roojn to search. aX .the. JemrU,.. M&. . Oalloway was awakened and the holdup man locked him in a closet. After obtaining the Jewels, the rob bers locked the four women In the bathroom and escaped. ? They drovr away to Mrs. Cavanaugh's automo bile. which had been left in front of the house, but abandoned the car -about a half mile away. * Mr. Oalloway and the four wo men were not released jmtil Mr. OCUoway's' ion returned three Inure later. ? : * I "Taxes Cannot Be ReduX Unless Cost Of Governmenfl .Jr' Reduced," "Cut HerA And Cut There, A Little Less Here And A Little Less There," Says The Governor REGARDLESS OF. RE SULTS HE TELLS WHERE HE STANDS Mr. President, Mr. Speaker, Mem bers of the General Assembly of North Carolina: We are met here today for the purpose of making our decision upon one of the most momentous issues that -JBave gripped, and di vided, and united the people of this State in your lifetime and mine. ? What that decision will be I do not myself know. No more do you. Be fore you finally make that decision, you have done me the honor of per mitting me to express to 'you my opinion and my convictions upon the question it' is your duty to re solve. . \ I May I say thatl do not ask yon to accept without critical question the conclusions that I have reached or the advice that I am about to give you. For "myself I wish the right to hold and express my opin ion on any question that concerns the welfare of my- people, and Just ' as sincerely and- just as vigorously do I wish the same right for each and everyone of you. This is not a question of personalities; it 16- not a question of friendships. The one unpardonable delinquency of you or of me would be for any one of us to take his positfrn on this question on any other ground than that of voting the right as -he sees the right, after he has honestly weighed every issue in arriving at what he belWes to be the right; ' The gravity of the main issue, and the importance of your de cision, I fully understand. ? Such re commendations as X shall make are made in full realization of the im portance of these issues, and in full acceptance of the . responsibilities that Tesf on me as the cbief execu tive of the 8tate .'I am the Gover nor of all the people. I am not the - governor of industry; I am not the governor of agriculture; I am not the governor of the merehante; I am hot the governor of the Demo cratic Party? I am the Governor of North' Carolina. And it is my earn est prayer that I may have my eyes lifted to the future, that I may see North Carolina steadily and see her whole. It is genera 11 v understSod that I did not encourage the passage of the MacLean bill, assuming on the part of the State the full responsibility for all the costs of operation of the six months constitutional term ot our public Schools. I hope it to equally as well understood, for it to true, that I did not dislourage the passage of the Mac Lean bill. I did not encourage its passage be cause. after serving two yean arf Governor and Director of the Bud get, and after such survey as I had been able to make with the assist ance of the Tax Commission, I did. riot know of any means, within the province of reason, by which this tremendous additional obligation could be finanoed without imposing other forms of taxation more griev ous and burdensome than the tax relief that would be granted by 11 - We already had the obligation, in this Ome of deoression, of providing six million dollars per year of ad ditional state (eventie to balance the reduced and economical budget of expenditures for the next two years. I did not know of any reasonable i means by which a further Additional sum of twelve million dollars per year of state revenue could be pro vided. ~ I did not discourage the passage of the MacLean bill because I en tertained a? much anxiety as any member of this General Assembly, to lighten the burden of property tax ation in the state. And l? this Geo TContiriued "on pa$e' twoV ~ Faithful OUl Hen Mr. Thomas Clayton, of Roxboa). moved out near Bushy Pork laat week carrying his ?ld setting hen. which had been setting about two weeks, in one box art the eggs in another. The hen having been sit ting on sixteen ens. Ftm day* later the hen hatched thirteen lit tle chickens. ? On. ?
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