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VOL, XL VIII ' ROXBORO. NORTH CAROLINA. WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 22, 198L > . NO. 14.
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Revival Services Will Begin At The
Edgar Long Memorial Church Sunday
The Pastor Will Do Preach
'f ing, With Mrs. Newell In
Charge Of Singing
' SERVICES TWICE DAILY,
MORNING AND EVENING
Next Sunday morning revival ser
vice* will begin at the Edgar Long
Memorial Methodist N Church with
Pastor T A. Slkenddolng his own
preaching, with .Mrs. Wheeler H.
Newell in charge of the music. Let
no one imagine these services will
not he enjoyed because a h-?me
^tian Is doing the preaching. Rev.
pt. Sikes la a strong preacher, one
B the strongest in his denomina
^kn. and he will give you some
King to, think about at each ser
?fce. He; has served this charge for
Be past three and a half years, is
watTxnown and loved by every man,
woman and child In Roxboro, and
we predict the capacity of the
church will be taxed to care for the
congregations which will hear him.
rendered at these services by Mrs.
Newell, is known for her sweet
voice and most loveable Christian
life, and the solos - which will be
rendered ? these Services by Mrs.
Newell, and others of the far-
famed choir of this Church, will be
well worth while.
-Services will be held twice dally, .
in the morning at '8 o'clock and in
the evening at 7:30, and you will
be the loser if you miss a single
service. The people generally,
town and County, are Invited to
any and all of these services.
A Progressive Agency
We are fully ayare this Is not
the customary time to give annual
thanks or to take an annual Inven
tory, but all this talk about de
pression and economic conditions
have caused us to pause a moment,
hi order to ascertain how our busi
ness compares with that which we
hear about every day. We, have
been informed that production and
sales show at least a thirty per
cent decrease over that of last year.
This being the general opinion we
decided tfiat we would take an In
ventory to date and see for our
selves the exact status- of oifr busi
ness.
After a careful analysis we found
that our sales and collections were
not less, but considerably more than
they were last year. We wert our
selves surprised, but pleasantly so.
We can only attribute it to the
fact that the people of Roxboro and
surrounding community are now re
cognizing never before the great
value of all. forms of insurance.
People in the purchase of any
kin<> of Insurance need expert ad
vice, sound insurance, service, and
Hoitrtesy. Our sales indicate that
'the OLD & TRIED is the best
place to obtain these results. We
have become literally INSURANCE
HEADQUARTERS. It Is almost a
dally routine answering mall In
quiries on Insurable and Issuing it
by mail. This service we are glad
to render and appreciate the con
fidence of the Insuring public.
Upon investigation, however, it
Is not so strange that the foregoing
paragraph Is true. We have ren
dered thirty years of continuous
service with each year showing a
larger and better -business. We have
paid hundreds of thousands of dol
lars to, widows. Injured and sick
persons and to persons who were
left destitute by Are lostees
The flnri "Satterfleld Insurance
Agency" -is known to- every man.
woman, and child in the county. It
Is the password for Insurance. It
protects your loved oijes, your home,
your health, everything worth
while.
If you are interested In any
known type of insurance, see us at
once We are ready day and night
to advise and protect you against
the emergencies of life. Consult us
today, tomorrow may be too late.
8ATTEFTELD INS. AGENCY
Old & Tried - ?
S. P. Satterfleld,
E. Q. Thorn peon,
W. O. James.
Will Attend State
Teachers Association
Profs. O. C. Davidson and I. C.
Pait and Misses Norms Maynard
delegate, and Claire Harris, alter
nate, will leave tomorroV for Ral
eigh. where they will represent the'
City Schools at the North Carolina
State Teachers Association.' Miss
Maude Montagne will accompany
Misses Maynard and Harris.
Rev. T. A. Bikes, beloved Pastor of the Edgar Long Memorial Metho
dist Church, who will do the preaching at the revival beginning next
Sunday morning In his Church.
T
RUTH NICHOLS PLANS I
SMO HOP TO PARIS
Famous Aviatrix Sail) To Be <
Having Plane Rahabilitated
For Oversea Journey
WILL INCREASE SPEED .
New York, April 21,? Miss Ruth
Nichols was planning today a solo
flight to Paris ? in an airplane three
times as powerful as the historic
"Spirit of St. Louis" and between
50 and 75 miles an hour faster.
Miss Nichols could not be reach
ed. Friends said she had been
hoping for some time to make the
attempt but that no definite an
nouncement could be made until
her plans were finally completed.
Meanwhile the red monoplane in
which she has set four world re
cords was being given an overhaul
ing at the Jersey City aircraft
factory of tJoL Clarence D. Cham
berlin who, it was said, had tried
to dissuade her, but would fly with
her as far as Harbor Orace, N. P?
the taking-off point, if she goetf.
? When work on the motor and
monoplane is completed, it was
said. t*he ship will have a cruising
speed of' about 200 miles an hour
cut down to between ISO and 175
on a as that across
the Atlanl^^tflWrMp motor, with
a super-charger, will- develop 050
horsepower. "The Spirit of St.
Loutt" had a 200- horse power motor
and a cruising speed of about 100
miles an hour.
Greenstone's Store
In New Location
For the past severtS vehrs the (
O ironstones have dfte business on
Main Street, occut>yln| the store
next door to the Peoples Bank.
This firm has moved to Court Street ,
and are now occupying the store
room fonherly used by Goodman's '
Department Store. The Greenstones ,
have enjoyed a Splendid business
here, and they corfllally invite UT ,
of their old customers, and new
ones, to visit, them In their new ,
quarters. ?
Closed Season For Fish
There will be '4 clotted season on ?
all game flsh from May 1st to ,
June 10th. . K
Gigging flsl\ Is illegal and same 1
will be enforced. Seining tot coarse
flsh will be legal "during July and I
August In mnddy streams. I
E. D. Morton; Co. Warden, t
PERSON SUPERIOR
COURT IN SESSION
Criminal Cases Being Heard
This Week ; Dedication
Held Monday
JUDGE DEVIN PRESIDING
The special term of Person Su
perior Court for the trial of civil
cases adjourned Saturday afternoon
after making very satisfactory dls
no%al of the doclcfet. Judge Shaw
presided at this term and handled
the various cases in a wise and
equitable manner. Friday afternoon,
the Court declared a recess, in or
der to give Judge Sliaw and the
members of the local bar an oppor
tunity of attending the funeral ser
vices of Mr. S. M Oattis at H llls
bo ro
The regular April term of Person
Superior Court began Monday morn
ing. with Judge W. A. Devin of Ox
ford presiding, for the trial of crim
inal cases. Mr. W. B. Umstead Is
here as Solicitor. The routine of
cases was temporarily suspended
Monday afternoon when the official
dedication of the new Courthouse
took place A complete account of
these exercises is given elsewhere
in this Issue. Regular work was re
sumed at the close of the dedica
tion program, and will, continue
throughout the_ week.
Physician* Attend
Medical Meeting
Drs. B. E. Love. A. P. Nichols and
B A. Thaxton spent Tuesday in
Durham, where they attended the
78th annual meeting of the North
Carolina Medical Society. The ses
sions began at 9:3d Tuesday morn
ing and will continue through Wed
nesday night with an Interesting
and varied program. The local
physicians also attended a banquet
srivon for Jefferson alumni at the
Washington Duke Tuesday night.
Mines AUine C?w*_ and Ruth
McCollum of the Public Health De
partment attended the Monday
MMtona.
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Married Again
Santa Crus, Cal., April 21. ? Halen
rwelvetiees, motion picture actress,
remarried Prank Woody. Los An
gles real estate dealer here today.
The longest village in the world !
S probably Kempton, near Brad
'ord, England. It straggles along a ?
ilngle road for seven miles. j
PRODUCER OF BABY
SHOW IS MISSING
IHsappears With $85 And The
Pageant Is Indefinitely
Postponed
I TICKETS -TO BE HONORED
Not for some time yet will the
most perfect or most popular Per
son County child be known; the ad
vertised Baby Pageant at the Pal
ace Theatre has been Indefinitely
postponed, and the manager of the .
show, having vanished Into thin air,
,'s being, hunted far and wide.
.. With approximately (85 In cash,
the man, giving his name as J. J.
McCarter of Greenville, 8. C., left ]
here last Saturday, stating that he
would return In a few dayq after
attending the funeral of his bro
I ther. To date he is still in parts
) unknown and strenuous efforts to ;
locate him are being made, so far :
without success. Preparations for
this pageant and contest were under
j way at Oxford and Henderson also,
and it was stated that around (750 i
I was obtained from the Stevenson
I Theatre at Henderson. The amount
obtained at Oxford was stated to ,
have been rather small.
Mr. Vicks of Henderson, a part
ner in the ill-fated enterprise, is ,
at a complete loss to understand the
actions of the promoter, and him
self suffered a loss. He is expected
In Roxboro today or tomorroy, but
it is not thought that he" will be
able to throw any additional light
on the whereabouts of McCarter.
Kirby Brothers, operators of the
Palace Theatre here, have stated
that all tickets sold for the con
test will be honored; they of course
very much regrfet the deplorable
affair. Radio descriptions of Mc
Carter have been broadcast and
every effort to apprehend him is
being made; if found, he will be
given an opportunity of making a
satisfactory explanation of his dis
appearance. if possible,.,.
Warm Reception
Last Sunday Mr. and Mrs. J. W.
Noell, Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Clary,
Jr., and little MUs Betty Gay Mas
ten spent the day with Mr. and
Mrs. Walter Spivey in Rich Square.
To say these good friends gave us
a warm reception is but expressing
it mildly. In less than fifteen min
utes after we arrived it was dis
covered that the chimney was on
Are, and after watching it for about
an hour all decided that everything
warf all right. We were invited into
the dining room, a blessing asked
and the ho6t had- passed the first
plate, when the servant ran in and
announced that the house Was on
fire, and upon rushing out to inves
tigate found she had not exagger
ated, for ' the roof w?^ in a blaze
covering quite a space. Every ef
fort was made, but the building was
soon too far. gone to hope to save
It. and every effort was made to
get out the furniture. The house,
with most of its contents, was de
stroyed.
? We did not have the pleasure of
eating dinner with our relatives but
good neighbors "took the matter in
hand and It has been a long time
Since we enJoyeS a tjetter dinner
than that prepared by Mrs. Grant
and her good neighbors. TVuly hos
pitality must be one of the traits
of the good people of Rich Square,
for while Mr. and Mrs. Spivey, and
the children did not have a roof
over their heads doeens and dozens
of the good people told them of. |
spare rooms which were at their
disposal, and urged th?m to accept
and make it their home until they
could rtbuBd.1
Notice. To Actident
r Policy Holders!
I Just want to say to all of the- '
Pilot accident policy holder* I will ?
still' represent the company Who ,
bought the Pilot accident business. {
The Inter-Ocean Casualty Co., of
Cincinnati. Ohio, purchased this |
business. You will receive the pro
tection and service that you have
had 1ft ihf past^ -
The Pilot Is pushing Life Insur
ance only. They are expecting a i
greater growth than ever. " I
B. B. KNIOHT. j<
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Notice To Taxpayer# J
This is to notify all delinquent <
taxpayers that after this week the <
sum oft 1.00 will be added to the l
amount of all unpaid personal tax- t
es, for collection, and that all rpal I
estate will be advertised for sale, i
M. T. Claytoh. Sheriff.
Mrs. Wheeler H. Newell, who will
hare charge of -the music for the
revival beginning in the Methodist
Church next Sunday morning.
20 Escape When
Bus Catches on Fire
Danville, Ya., April 21.? Twenty
Halifax county school children had
narrow escapes yesterday evening
when the Oak Level School bus
caught Ore as its gasoline tank
was being replenished at a filling
station near Ingram.
The tank overflowed and drained
on to the exhaust, almost imme
diately enveloping the rear of the
bus in flames.
Ellis Parmer, the driver, and oth
ers nearby broke out the glass of
the bus and rescued the Screaming
children, lifting them through the
windows. One had fainted from
fright and another was gashed by
glass. Hie bus?Jwas totally con
sumed after menacing the filling
station for some minutes.
Nineteen permanent pasture de-j
monstrations have been started in |
Lee County this spring with the j
idea of giving impetus to the live
stock industry.
PERSON'S NEW TEMPLE
OF JUSTICE DEDICATED
REVIVAL AT FIRST
BAPTIST CHURCH
CLOSED SUNDAY
The revival, which has been In
progress at the- First Baptist
Church here for the put two weeks
closed Jast Sunday night. It was
a gracious season for the Christian
people of the town and comoi un
ity, for the services were most en?
Joyable. Few preachers have been
here who heicf the Interest of the
people more completely than did
Rev. Mr Oanlpe. He preached
twice dally and Seemed to get bet
ter day after day; while th? sing
ing under Mr. Lee was of the high
est- order, and the congregations of
the town formed a most excelled
choir. Pew men have visited Rox
boro who more completely won the
hearts of the public than did Mr.
Lee. The coming of these two
Godly men have meant much to
our city and their influence will
live long after most,, of us have
been forgotten. _
At the close of the Sunday night
srevice the^doors of .the Church
were thrown open ^pd thfrty-ipne
presented themselves ior member
Ship, among the number being sev
eral splendid ydung men, who will
mean much to the cause of re
ligion. A purse of three hundred
dollars was made up and present
ed as an offering to the preacher
and singer,
The world's production of sugar
for a year is more than 19000,000
tons.
Citizens Mass Meeting
?- Largely Attended Last Night
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State Falls Heir To
Five Hundred Mules
In addition to around 45,000 miles
of county highways, the State
Highway Commission will take over
3,835 convicts and 552 mules on
July 1, when the remaining Sections
of tiie new road law becomes ef
fective. '
There is more .than 1,000 above
the number of convicts in respec
tive -road camps which it was esti
mated would be brought under the
Jurisdiction of the State Highway
Commission under the tenru of the
rew law.
A preliminary check was made
during the past week of the" num
ber of prisoners and xrA^es In the
respective road camps by State
highway forces.
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Sunday School Class
The yrntng men's elass of Rox
boro Baptist Church held a meet
ing last Monday night. The meet
ing was preceded by a b runs wick
stew supper. Mrs. W. P. West arid
Mrs. B. B. Knight cooked the stew.
MWses Maude and Mable Montague
and Mrs. I. O. Wllkgrson helped
serve. The following were present:
B. B. Knight, teacher; Edgar Mas
ten, Hubert 0"B riant, Clyde and
Lawrence Hall, Woodrow Perkins,
W. P. West, I. C. pait, Harold Per
kins. Johnnie Tillman, Coy Day,
Alvln and Malcolm Warren, B.
Warren, BradsKer Davis, Nat Dean,
D. D. Long, Billy Montague. R. D.
Burp pass. Paul 8carbrough, BUI
WaSwr, 'Winifred Wilkins, John
Pamplln, Pascoe Bradsher, Canlkly,
Coefleld, Chandler, and Jeter Dan
iel.
Call Mass Meeting
At Hurdle Mills
Mr. H. K. Sanders, County De
monstrator, will meet with the clti
KM at Hurdle MUM school house
in Friday night. April 24. at <
)'clock, and discuss the new con
net of the co-ope rat hre market
ng association, which Is now pefng
leered to the people of this Cotiir
tf.' I find that aome are mlscon
itructlng certain sections of the
>ropoeed contract and we want to
tear' It discussed by one who
mow*. All air Invited. ? j
J. J. Barnett 1
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Mr. Cushwa The Only Mem
ber, Of The Board To Be
? ? Re-Nominated ?
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ELECTION DAY, MAY 5TH
The mass meeting which was held
last night for the purpose of nomi
nating officers for the town was
largely attended, being the largest
gathering we remember to have
ever seen at a similar meeting.
The large crowd hbd gathered be
cause of the fact that several tick
ets had been suggested during the
day, tickets having been prepared
Just as if an election was to have
been held. __ >
1 The meeting was . called to order
'by Mayor Dawes. who called Mr.
J. A. Long to the chair as tem
porary chairman. Upon motion
Mr. Long was made permanent
chairman. After a few brief re
marks by the chairman nomina
tions were callq(l for, and Messrs.
R. B. Dawes and R. O. Cole were
placed in nomination for mayor.
At this point a motion was offer
ed, and adopted, that nominations
for five eommisisoners be made and
that both mayor, ^nd commissioners
be balloted for at the same 'time.'
Nominations were called for and
fifteen names were placed before
the meeting. At the close of the
draft ballot it was found that Mr.
R. B. Dawes had received a major
ity of the votes cast for mayor and
he was declared the nominee of
the meeting. On the first ballot for
commissioners Messrs. W. A. Ser
grant and O. J. Cushwa received a
majority of the votes, and the chair
man declared them nominated, and
called for another ballot. A motion
was adopted that the three men re
ceiving the highest vote" Should be
declared nominated. This ballot
showed Messrs. A. If. Burnt, R. A.
Burch and O. T. Kirby to have re
oeived the largest vote and they
were declared nominated.*
The ticket presented to the vot
ers of -the town is .as follows:
Maydt: R B. Dawes.
Board of Commissioners : W. A,
SMrgeant, a. J. Cushwa. A M. |
Burns, R. A. Bureh and O. T.
Pirby.
It win be noted that only one
member of the old board was re
nominated, Mr. Cushwa. Two form-,,
ef members. Dr. J. H. Hughes and '
Mr. X. E. Thomas declined to stand
for re-election.
Dedication Took Pl^ce Mon
day Afternoon With Many
Citirens Preseqt _
DEDICATORY ADDRESS
BY MR. R. P. BURNS
On Monday afternoon the .citizens
raftered in' a goodly number to
hear the dedicatory services of the
hew court house! Mr. W. D. Mer
ritt,. the senior memfer of the
Roxbero bar, presided at the meet
ing. After calling It to order he
called on Rev. A. J. McKelway to
lead In prayer. This was followed
""by the crowd" singing "My' Country
"Tls of "thee"
Mr. Merritt then in most beau
tify language presented Mr. R. P.
Burns, who presented the court
house to the' citizens. Mr. Burns
has more than a local reputation
as a speaker, and on this occasion,
he was at his best. He paid glowing
tribute to the chairman of the.
Board of County Commlsisoners,
Mr. H. L. Crowell, .making very
complimentary reference to th^
other two members of the board,
Messrs. D. M. Cash and R. D. Bail
ey, Geo. W. Kanes and others who
had a part in the building. His re
marks concerning the interest
which two departed members of
the board had" taken in the erec
tion of the building, referring to
Mr. A. C. Gentry and Mr. K. C.
Wagstafif, were most beautiful and
touching. Mr. Burns presented the
building to Judge W. A. Devin, who
in behalf of the citizens of the
County accepted same.
Mr. Merltt then called on Messrs.
R. P. Reade and W. L. Foushee of
Durham, former citizens of the
County, who spoke briefly express
ing their pleasure at being present
and complimented the County upon
having erected such a magnifloent
building. Then the members of
the home bar, without being called
out by the presiding officer, Spoke
in the following order: Messrs. L.
M. Carlton, N. Lunsford, F. O. Car
ver, B. I. Satterfleld, R. B. Dawes
and W. D. Merritt. Benediction
was pronounced by Rev. W p. West.
Miss poodman Wins
First In Music Contest
In the third annual music con
test for district 7, held in Durham
.last Friday, to select entrants for
the State contest to be held in
Greensboro later. M is s_ Shirley
Goodman, of the Roxboro High
School won first place in the piano
solo division, and Miss Adeline TU
lett, of the Helena High School
won second place in the voice con
?test. Both thele young ladles are
pupils of Mrs. H. W. Newell, and
their victory is all the more impres
sive when it is considered that a
total of 227 pupils took ?art La the
various events. Twelve schools
were, represented.
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Boy Train Wrecker
Miist Undergo Knife
Morgan ton, April 30? Six-^year
old Charles Whitener. Jr., will get
his tonsils and adenoids removed
as the result o|, putting rocks Fri
day on the, 8outhem Railway's
track near his home at Drexel and
wrecking a passenger train.
Judge J. F. Bowers, of Bfurke
county Juvenile court, erdered the
operations at a hearing held for
Charles today. He placed the boy
in the custody of his grandfather/
Representatives of the railway
said tfiey had no desire to prose
cute the boy and Judge Bowers said
there would be no criminal action
in the case.
" Four railway employes were hurt,
none seriously, when the rocks
caused the train to leave the rails.
Roxboro Hi-Y Club
Hears Mr. Jenny
Featuring the regular meeting M
the Roxboro Hi-T Club, held Mon
day at the high school, was an ad
dress bji Mr. Arnold. E. Jenny, dis
trict director of HI-Y work. Th?
question "Should Roxboro ' High
School Have Student Government,"
was also presented before the club
in talk* by Edgar Long and Paul
ManeM. The meeting waa an in
teresting one; the boys are always
glad to have Mr. Jenny with them.
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The fixed star nearest earth is 25
trillion miles away.