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Save Money Jhe Ad vertisements. All I$est , Merchants Use Them. ESTABLISHED MSL PERSON COUNTY'S OLDEST AND BEST NEWSPAPER. UNDER SAME MANAGEMENT AND OWNERSHIP TOR 4* TEARS. Best People On Gpod Churches And' Schools; Where Optimism Rules J. W. NOELL, EDITOR AND PUBLISHER. HOME FIRST, ABROAD NEXT $1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE. VOL. XLVIII. . , > * / ROXBORO. NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 1, 1931 NO. 1L = Sen/ice At First Baptist Church Begins Next Sunday Morning, Rev. J. C. Canipe And Mr. E. Powell Lee in Charge MR. CANIPE'S FIRST SERMON MON. NIGHT On next Sunday morning the series of Evangelistic services will bejrui at tbe First Baptist Church and continue for ten days at two weeks. Rev. J. C. Canipe, of Slier City, vttil do the preaching, and ?Cf. E.jpoweQ Lee, of Raleigh, will Bave cparge of the music. Mr. baas* is well known in this city flHrkmnty, having made his home hep^or several years, and is recog nized as one of the strong preachers of his denomination; Mr. E. Powell Lee has had charge of the music In the First Baptist Church of Ral eigh for some time, and is one of the best known song leaders In the State. Mr. Canipe will preach his first sermon on Monday night, services beginning, at 8 o'clock; Mr. Lee will be here and conduct song services on Sunday morning and evening. He hopes to have a large choir and cordially Invites all singers of all denominations to come and join tbe choir during this meeting. . Services will be held twice dally, the hours not having been an nounced as to, the morning service. The public, not only in town, but from the entire countryside. Is in vited to attend these services. Again With Central Service , Station I wish to announce to my 'friends and public generally that I am again connected with the Central Ser vice Station. Main street, opposite post office, and. will be glad to have you call. When this station was first opened we adopted .as our motto. "Service with a smile," and still do Just that. See us for that new set of tires. J. M. Feathers ton. Mrs. W instead'* Father Succumbs Mr. Cyrus A. Wharton, father of Mrs. Harry W.' Winstead of Rox boro. died Monday night at hi* home a few miles east of Greens- i boro % was 72 years of age. Pun era! sen-ices were held today from the home place, the following from tt|?re attending the final rites: Mr. ?dcL-Mrs. H. W. Winstead, Mrs. J. ^5. Winstead, Mrs. Bob Stephens and Mrs. B. A. Thaxton. Garden Club Formed "The Roxboro Garden Club was or ganized Monday afternoon. The following officers were elected: Pres. Mrs. W. T. Pan; Vlce-Pret, Mrs. M. R Long; Treas., Mrs. W. R. Woody; Sec.. Mrs. G. A. Duncan. Hie object of this club is to ex change plants and shrubs among the members, beautifying the town by planting flowers, trees and shrubs In the bare and ugly spot*, and pro mating interest In the home gardens. All the ladies of the town, com munity and county are invited to join, and it' Is hoped a large num ber will take advantage of the op portunity. The next meeting will be Mon day, April 30th, In the Woman1! Club rooms. Believe It Or Not We all know that Charlie Wil liams knows iobacco, but we are not so sure that he knows the habits of turkeys. Charlie .says he visited a turkey nest late one evening and took all of the eggs from the nest. * fine? the ntat'egg. wen, the nest evening he went back and found four eggs In the nest, and there was positively no other tur key to lay those three eggs, save one faithful old turkey hen. Be lieve it or not, Charlie says it it to. Important Notice - Bom# one has harrowed one book of Roster of N. C. Troops, Moore's, volume No. 3. Please look in your book cases and other places and see If you can find same, and, return to Ctor< Superior- Court office. - C. L. Brooks. y~ Dr. Anders Gives Illustrated Lecture Dr. J. Clareiioe Anders, who has Just returned from the foreign field, gate* a very interesting lecture on missionary work in Africa at the Baptist Church last night. His talk was illustrated by motion pictures of actual scenes taken by Dr. An ders. Dr. Anders has been in Og bomosho, Nigeria, West Africa, for the. past three years, where he has been laboring -as a Medical mission ary. He is visiting his mother and sisters here, but will Spend the re mainder of his furlough in further study in New York and London. His account of conditions -on the mission field was most Interesting and an unusually ' >ge crowd heard him, in spite ' ih. the inclement weather. 0 DisablecUf or 2 Months If you were sick or disabled by any kind of an accident for Several weeks yould $50 per month help you? It, will cost you (11.40 a year. For a small amount we can take care of you when yoil need help for doctor's bilj, food, clothing, or any other need. I could sell you- for $10 an A x> mobile policy which covers you for $5,000, I100-S200 per month, and increases to $7,500, and pays $150 $300 per month. That does not cover sickness nor all kinds of accidents like the health and accident policy. B. B. KNIGhr. 1 KILLED, SEVERAL HURT IN SOUTHERN WIND, HAIL STORMS 7 3 Alabama Girl Loses Life When Home Is Destroyed By Wind SOLDIER HURT WHEN HORSES STAMPEDE A child was killed, a man was in jured and several others were less seriously hint In a series of torna dic. -hail and rain storms that struck in widely scattered sections of the south today. Considerable damage was done by hail in the Georgia peach belt The 5-year-old daughter at Hor ace Huller was killed when a torna do demolished her home at Elba. Ala. Mrs. Huller was seriously in jured. Debris from the house was scattered over a wide area. One member of a field artillery unit moving from Port Bragg, N. C., ! to Fort Bennlng, Ga, was seriously hurt near Talbotton, Ga., when a sudden hailstorm caused the horses to sCampede, The man was thrown from a gun carriage and the wheels of tiie truck passed ovft- his head, o Preachers, Teachers To Enjoy Banquet On Thursday evening. April 2nd. the teachers and preachers of the County will meet at their annual banquet, to be held in the Woman's Club Building. This event has prov ed most enjoyable In tile past and this year it is expected that si! the preachers and their wives, and all the teachers, with their hus bands. wives or sweethearts, will be present. Dr. Bryan, of Wake For est College, has been secured to de liver the principal address and there will also be other Interesting fea tures. Mr. J. A. bong will act as toastmaster, and the banquet will tw by the MMm of tiie Hox boro Baptist Church. STORES CLOSED EASTER MONDAY - The following stores will be closed all day Easter Monday, April 6th. Please do yoifr shopping with this in mlbd. Leggetts Dept. Store. Rose's 10-29C Store W. E. Ashley. Wllbum & Ratterfleld. O. & G. Corp.. Inc. Greenstone's .Dept. Store. Hairta ft Bums. Rev. J. C. Canipe. of Siler City, who will do the preaching at the revival services at the First Baptist Church beginning Sunday, April 5th. He is well known here and was a former resident of this city. Important Meeting To Be Held In Roxboro Every Farmer, Banker And Business Man . Urged To Attend Meeting Thursday Night, April 2nd, At 7 O'dock, In Court House Realizing the ntoadtj for action* the Tobacco Board of Trade of Bozbo o, the mer ' chants, the bankers, the business - men and the farmers are urged to meet in the court house on next Thursday night, April 2nd, at 7:M p. m? and discuss the question of acreage reduction in tobacco. It is an undisputed fact that . unless there is a large reduction in the tobacoo crop this year the price is going to be ruin ously low, possibly not make than six,, or eight cents per pound. "%ith this fact before us we urge every one interested in the welfare -of Person County to come together and see U something can not be done to ?are, not only the farmer, but every one Interested in this rood County. Mr. Farmer, if you. live with in reasonable distance wont yon attend this meeting? Ton will not be asked to make any pledge or sign anything, sim ply want you to get the Mai facts as they exist today. Such meetings are being held in the four tobacco growing states, Virginia, North and South Caro lina and Georgia, and an effort is being made to have a general agreement to reduce the crop. COME, tomorrow night, Thursday, April 2nd, 7: JO p. m. Wrigley Announces Big Fund rFor Buying Southern Cotton ( Investment Fund Of $12,000, 000 Set Aside For Pur chase Of Cotton /Chicago, March 31.? The Wil liam Wrigley, Jr.. company has Its bid In for 100,000,000 pounds of the j southern states' cotton crop? at a price not to exceed 12 cents a pound. William Wrigley, Jr., today an nounced formation of the cotton investment fund ? through which all money collected from cotton states' Sales of the company'* chewing gum products between April 1 and December 1, 1931, wfll be used to purchase cotton on the American market 'Should cotton go above 12 cents. 1 the Wrlgey company will get out of j the market. lug At Chicago. Cotton was 11.62 on the Chicago market today, for December deliv ery. , in New York, it was 11.4#, up four cents. " The plan is "in no sense an ad- i ve^tislng stunt or gamble" Wrigley rand. N . The Mary Hambrick Missionary Society | The Mary Hambrick Missionary irwpt Monday. March Alrd in-, the Sunday School auditorium with ?Mrs. W. T. Pass presiding. The Bible lesosn was led by Mrs, Q. A Duncan and Mis. Mamie Merritt led in prayer. Mrs. Marvfn Carver j .and Mrs. B..K. Love gave a leaflet"' The Latest Venture in the Home FWd. Mrs. If. 8. Thompson gave an In teresting- jeport of the vanishing teas the ladies at the Society are having. The meeting closed with song and prayer. ? Supt. Pub. | ! WOT* at the TWnfc of the pharaoh Tutankhamen is <n be completed I this season. / J I I 1 Splendid Co-operation I want to thank the merchants and business men for their fin* co operation In our plan for removing trash from the back alleys. - 1 want to keep all alleys clean and with the help of the merchants and busi ness men will have little trouble In so doing. See the card left you and have all trash erady for the driver on day* named. X. O. Abbltt. A Peculiar Fern Mrs. C. P. Tuck, who lives on Depot Street, has a full-grown, healthy fern which Is growing in nothing but some oak leaves. Any one wishing to see this rather pe culiar sight Is welcome to call and Inspect it. - BUZZARD VICTIMS MAKING PROGRESS F i f teen Children . Rescued From Marooned School .Bus Able To Wlggl* Fingers NO AMPUTATIONS WILL BE NEEDED Lamas. Colo., March Wig gling fingers of 16 school children rescued from the Arctic gale which Imprisoned them for 34 hours In a snow- filled bus near Towner, Colo., Thursday and Friday, today bol stered hope for their recovery. Today, tor the first ttane since their release from the marooned bus. in which fire of their com panions perished and near which Carl Miller, driver was ftftind dead. (Continued on last page) LOCAL EXPLOSION RESPONSIBLE FOR ? DEATH OF MINERS - # ? J, Bodies Found 2,600 Feet Be low Surface Of Chatham County Coal Mine ENTOMBED FOR 48 HOURS' Cave Glen, March 30. ? Entombed (or more than 48 hours In the Caro lina coal mine here, the bodies ol L. A. Honeycutt and his 17-year-old son Elbert were discovered tonight held fast by a cave-in about 2,260 feet below the surface of the shaft. Officials of the mine declared that a local explosion appears to have caused their death but pending re- i moval of the bodies and the rock which blocked the shaft they would be unable to determine the circum stances surrounding their death. At the present time', said. It is impossible to ascertain whether the men met death from the ex plosion as i they entered the mine about 8 o'clock Saturday night or later. They expect to be able to remove the bodies sometime to morrow. , ^ [ Idle Three Weeks ] The coal mine had been shut down for over three weeks, pendiAg negotiation for the sale of ? the property to West Virginia , mining interests. The elder Honeycutt and Ave other miners had been engaged since that time operating the elec tric pumps. Young Honeycutt had not been working regularly at the pumps and at the time he met his death he was substituting for Ed Hicks who asked to be relieved after four nights of regular service on the 3,500 foot level. The Honeycutt youth appeared to have had a premonition of death and objected strenuously to enter ing the mine. R. H. Oamer entered the mine with the Honeycutts on Saturday night -at 8 o'clock, working at a relap pump on one of the upper levels. He noticed that no water flowed but felt no concern for the safety of his fellow miners below since the failure of the pumps could be attributed to a number of rea sons. He left the mine without them and It was not until 1 o'clock Sunday that alarm over the Honey cutts was feM and an investigation (Continued on last page) ? o MINISTERS p WHOLESOME PLAY Endorse Rotary Club Reso lutions; Commends Filling Stations For Sunday Closing The Person County Ministerial Association as a unit has rone on record endorsing the Idea of the Rotary Club, that the town of Rox boro is sorely in fteed of wholesome play life, and that they advocate anything that will tend to the men tat physical, and spiritual hfe of our people. We feel that the lack of Interest on the part of Some of our best citizens ,lru. providing the ? Christ like social activities, has led to recreation that has the ap pearance of evil. We have no arbitrary commands to nand down t^pr people, but we are exceedlnglyflHxious that our people shall braved from the evils of a great deal of our modern so- i clal life. We are especially anxious i that the Easter Season shall be cele- j brated in a Christ like way. We deplore with all out might the an- ' nual Easter Dance, such as was : staged here last year. The unholy t and unchristian thing that is re ported to have been carried on, is , such as to shock the modesty tof all good people. Such perfprmances are not only attended by outsiders ? but are sometimes sponsored by i them. We earnestly plead with our i | people to heed the dbmmand of ; | ' our Master, to shun the appearance < of evil. __1 L The association wishes to express | its appreciation to the good men' of Roxboro that have been operat ing Tilling Stations on the Sab bath, but have now signed an agree ment that they are ready to cloee 1 i from now on or when, the plans are ' 1 completed, also to those of the 1 Oounty that have expressed their ' desire to cooperate in this good ? j movement ? Sec. / England is the chief salt-produc- t Ing country. <? ?i I ooo Perish d i 'n Managua Mr. E. Powell Lee, who will be song leader at the services in the First Baptist Church beginning Sunday. Seriously 111 Mr. W. J. Rogers, of Timberlake, suffered a stroke of paralysis last night and is in- a very critical con dition this morning. His children have all been summoned to his bedside. ? iiiiSSnTand SEVEN OTHERS DIE IN AIRPLANE CRASH Wizard OF Football "Was On Way To California At Time Of Tragedy CAUSE OF PLUNGE TO DEATH NOT YET KNOWN | Bazaar, Kas, March 31. ? Knute Rockne, Notre Dame football gen ius, plunged to his death with five fellow passengers and two pilots on a Transcontinental and Western Air Incorporation .air line rtoday in the mid-Kansas grazing country near here. The plane wag California bound from Kansas City. The crash killed all eight occu pants instantly. Witnesses tald the craft, flying through . clouds anfi fog, lost a wing in the air. First reports that there had been an explosion in the air and that the wreckage burned proved unfound ed. The dead: . .? H. J. Chrlstcnsen, Chicago, J. H. Happer, Chicago , ? (Continued on page four) o Train Conductor Gives Fire Alarm Monday afternoon about two o'clock, the conductor of north bound Norfolk. Ac Western train, while passing Pick's Siding, noticed a cottage on Art.- He gaw the alarm immediately on reaching the station and the fire department sent a car to the scene. The blaae, which had not gained any great headway, was successfully extin guished by the use of chemicals. The dwelling was a four-room Negro cottage occupied by a family named Black well; the conductor of the train stated that a woman was washing clothes very near the house, blissfully unaware that her home i*aa burning. Pick 'a Siding te about three miles from town and. Is wlth >ut water lines. ? (V Change Managers At Mi)es Pharmacy Ml-. W. H. Mrrrias, who has been manager of Miles Pharmacy, popu lar drug store of this city, for the past ??bw?1 years, has been suc ceeded by Mr. Frank D. Culpepper, ?fTectlve at once. Mr. Culpepper is' a Registered Pharmacist, Und has leen located in Henderson for some Jme. He arrived Monday to as lume his new duties ' Fires Following Disastrous Shocks Complete Demoli tion Of Thriving Capital Of Nicaragua MARINES TAKE CHARGE OF THE RESCUE WORK Earthquakes and Are in Managua, Nicaragua, took an estimated toll of 1,000 dead and many thousands injured, som? of them Americans. The American legation, the Brit ish legation and Nlcaraguan Gov ernment buildings were destroyed. Fire razed 20 block of the business district. causing an estimated prop erty damage of t30.000.000. United States Marines took charge, declaring martial law, carrying the dead and Injured out of the wreck age and mending their hurts In the one hospital left standing. The Anny; the Navy and the Red Cross dispatched assistance by land, water and air as soon as the dis aster became known. TWO AMERICANS ARE REPORTED TO BE DEAD ' Washington, March. 31. ? United States casualties In the Managua quake officially reported taihe Navy up to midnight included two dead and eight injured,. The dead were: Lieut. Oomdr. Hugo P. A. Baske, Medical Corps, Seattle. Wash.: Mrs. Joseph D. Mur ray, wife of a Marine major, Con cord, Mass. Other official reports said it was believed no United States civilians were killed. The injured were all among the United States Marines serving in the Guardia National, National po lice force of Nicaragua. Managua. Nicaragua, March 31. ? Eleven sharp earth shocks packed into the space of a few seconds, fol lowed by fire " which ripped the heart out of the business section, today spread terror and desolation through the city, taking an esti mated 1.000 lives and injuring many thousand*. Many of the victims were Ameri cans, but this evening, while the fire still raged, only three had been de finitely identified. liiv pnnonsnra. Flames roared up from the wreck age of demolished buildings, sweep ing 30 blocks in the center of the city, destroying -the1 -American and British legations, and causing prop erty damage estimated at. $30,000,00. The Marines took charge immedi ately, declaring martial law and tfu pertntendeing the removal of (he dead and injured. Hundreds Were treated at the ooe hospital left standing. Water mains burst at the first shock. Telegraph wires were down, railroad* destroyed, and the on If means of communication with the world outside was by airplane and raldo. The people showed remarkable self-control, proceeding In an order ly manner to save what they could out of the dis&ster, but every house in Managua felt the blow. Fortnuately, a large part of the population was out of town, most of them having gone to the sea shore for the Holy Week holidays. All the American women and children who were not killed or in jured were put up for the night In the Marine barracks, and many other homeless families were shel tered in pup tents and any sort of temporary accommodations which could be armnged. Honing kitchens were issuing ftoup and ooffee, but food was spare. Supplies were expected quickly from the Red Cross and other agencies. Over It all Colonel Frederic L. Bradman, of the Marines, took charge. The falling masonry of a collapsing building struck him oa the head, but f?e stayed on the Job. ~"M. E. Nanns. the United OtaWs minister, wa? in Guatemala whea the . Wow fell but a a soon as he was Informed as to what had hap pened, he boarded an airplane with Mrs. Hanna and started back here. Tonight It was decided to dyna mite the ? Anglo-South American bank to check .the march at the flames There is *500,000 in cash in that bank, but the walls had been weakened so that It was dan gertus to enter. A demolition rfquad of cngineew Surveying the pute of the Nicaragua^ oanaJ cam* in a < Continued on last page)