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ROXBORO. NORTH CAROLINA. WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 29. 1931.
NO. 15.
HORDTON
BANKERS NEED
$75,000 CASH
Officials Of Defunct Banks
Need That Sum To Avoid
Prison Terms
CONVICTED IN FEBRUARY
Charlotte, Aprtl J7.? With a $75,
000 cash deposit reputedly set as
the prioe of" freedom from prison
?eotences, five former Rutherford
ton bank officials were represented
- by friends here as meeting with
I in their efforts to
Taise the amount before the open
ing of Rutherford county .superior
court May II.
Mk the five, X. W. Tanner, Bam El
Bmore. Frank Oates, J. E. Taylor and
Walker, were convicted at
the Febi^ry term of. Rutherford
county of violating the state bank
ing laws by accepting deposits In
the Rutherford Bank and Trust
company when they knew the in
stitution to be Insolvent.
May Avoid Terms. ,
' After their conviction,, Judge H.
Hoyle Sink, who presided over the
(trial, Announced he would dpfer
passing sentence until the May 11
term* He was understood to have
laid down the proposition that if
the five would pay into court $75,
000 at the forthcoming term he
would put them under suspended ,
sentences and thereby save them
from serving prison terms.
The proposition was represented
as one contemplating the use of
the $75,000 payment for distribution
among depositors of the dofunct
bank.
Would Aid Depositors.
irersons wno nave Dfen rouowing
developments since the Fetaruary
trial expressed uncertainty yester
day as to whether the defendants
would be able to raise that much
money. The failure of the bank
and accompanying misfortunes were
said to have wiped cv.t practically
? all of the personal holdings of the
- live defendants.
Judge Sink's proposition was said
to be based, upon the feeling that
the depositors, those who lost most
heavily by the failure of the bank,
?would materially benefit; and that,
this would have a more - salutary
effect upon the community than to
send the defendants to prison.
n
Dominion Debars
Tobacco Workers
Henderson, April 25. ? Because of
the unemployment situation In Can
ada. tobacco fnen from Granville
county who went there to work in
^^he curing of tobacco this year
wn. been denied admission to the
P^oomlnion
/ Reports are current here that a
^^roup of Granville tobacco grow
_..^rs who were enroute to Canada to
* cure tobacco were barred on the
ground of the great number of Idle
workers in the country. It 4s also
?sported that Canadian authorities
are also expelling some who were
admitted before the recent edict
went into operation. Others who
had expected to go to Canada for
the same purpose about the first
of May are understood to be planr
ning to forego their trip until they
can learn definitely the status of
the labor situation. <
The Best Policy
You hear some Insurance agents
say they have the best life insur
ance that can be bought. Just to
hear them tell It no other good
company has any policies worth
buying I respect the companies
of my competitors, because all legal
reserve companies have to be sound.
I represent the Mutual Life of
New York, the first, American com
pany. It has four billion Insur
ance In force and a net reserve of
1880.000.000. and assets of over one
billion dollars. It invest* in gov
ernment bonds, tpe safest. But 1
think there are other good corn
o'clock the residence belonging to
ME. Thomas Clayton and oocupied
bjc Mrs. Fotger Ashley, located at
At was destroyed by Are. When
discovered the fire had made such
headway that if wis impossible to
save any of the furniture, and Vie
bouse and everything was a total
loss, without any Insurance.
KNTOHTS AGENCY.
Last Thursday night at about 9
Dwelling Burned
r
| Baseball Candidate
William H. McCarthy, . former
Pacific Coast League head, may suc
ceed the late E. 8. Barnard as presi
dent of the Anjerican Baseball
League.
HOOVER, JR., AND
HIS WIFE DEPART
Ailing Son Of President Ends
His Six Months' Sojourn
At Ashev^ ijF
TO VISIT IN WASHINGTON
Asheville, April 28.? Herbert Hoo
ver, Jr., smoking a cigarette and
flushed with pleasure at the end of
'a long vigil over his health, board
ed a train at 5 p. m., today bound
for Washington, where he will
spend a week with hit parents at
the White House before returning
home to Palo Alto, Calif.
He is expected to arrive to Wash
ington at 7:06 a. m., tomorrow.
The departure was quiet, without
excitement or ostentation. Accom
panied by his wife, the President's
son left Blue' Briar cottage, high
oh the side of Sunset mountain,
where for almost exactly six months
he has fought to rid himeslf of a
lung affection, fifty minutes be
fore train time.
A large -touring car, bearing a
Maryland license and no identifying
insignia, and driven by a secret ser
vice man, bore the couple away
alone. It was followed by a small
?touring car, driven by another sec
ret service agent, bearing several
large bags and one portfolio. Only
one bag bore a tag. It was address
ed to Herbert Hoover, Jr., Palo
Alto. Calif.
Boards Traill at Biltmore.
The party went direct to Bilt
more village, on the outskirts of
Asheville, to board the train away
from the crowds which assembled
a* the Asheville depot- when news
papers published reports of tHe
planned departure.
On Their Way.
They boarded a regulation pull
man and entered a drawing room
where they were surrounded bj
their luggage. As the train pulled
out. when it could do no hirrt)
those who knew the distinguished
passengers Informed others, so thai
last moment smiles and hand-wav
ing saw them on their way.
Zeppelin Passes
Over Roxboro
Wednesday morning' several local
citizens were awakened about 4
o'clock by 4 strange roaring, and
on. looking out, were much sur
prised to see a strange Zeppelin
passing over. The airship, which
is a rather unusual sight In these
parts, was of enormous size and
presented a beautiful pictdre as 11
slowly soared over the eastern edge
of town, with all Its lights shining
It was headed north and soon pass
ed out of sight .
Fiddlers Convention
There will be aA old time fld
. dlers convention at Jalong high
school on Saturday night. May 2nd
at 7:30 o'clock. You are Invited tc
come and enjoy two and a hall
hours of real old time music hi
fterfe oTCt time fiddlers PrtteS wW
be awarded as 'follows: 1st prize
10 per cent of the gate receipts;
2nd prise, S per cent and 3rd prist
2 1-2 per cent. Everybody Is in
, vlted.
Mr. Pass 111
Mr. W. T. Pass was summoned
to Asbevllle Monday on account ol
the illness of his brother, Mr. R. A
Pass. Mr. Pass Is suffering with a
? e see of pneumonia, but hi" Mend!
i are- hoping the caae * nr; serious.
DURHAM MAKING BIG I
PREPARATIONS FOR
ROTARYJEETING
More Than 600 Rotarians
Expected To Attend Dis
trict Meeting
DISTRICT GOVERNOR ~
FLETCHER TO PRESIDE
Approximately 60 0 Rotarians
from all salons of the 57tK dis
trict, compoHl of all of North
Carolina east of Salisbury are ex
pected to attend the annual con
vention to be held In Durham May
9 and 6. Maynard Fletcher, of
Washington, N. C . district gover
nor, will preside over the Sessions.
Business will be mixed with pleas
ure while the Rotarians are in the
city. ??
Roxboro is in this district and
quite a large delegation from the
Roxboro club win attend. Dr. B.
E. Love, president of the Club, is
urging the members to attend 100
per cent strong.
In arranging the" program, the
committee has kept in mind espe
cially two features: Rotary infor
mation and a spirit of sound op
timism. In accordance with the
latter idea, two outstanding speak
ers have been secured who will
bring messages of optimism and hu
mor ofv a high type. These are
Douglas Malloch, noted poet, news
paper man, philosopher and humor
ist, who will speak at the dinner
the first day. a? the Washington
Duke hotel, and Strickland Gillian,
one of the most widely known plat
form men in America, who will de
liver an address at the general ses
sion the second morning. There
will be a number of other widely
known speakers. William DeCock
Buning, of Holland, vioe-predldent
of Rotary International, win speak
| for that organization. Speakers will
include Wallace wade, director or
athletics at Duke university; Gene
Newsom, past president of Rotary
International; Charlie Smith, of
- Salem, Virginia, past district gover- ]
nor; Luther Hodges, chairman of
the community service committee
of Rotary International this year;
Howard Rond thaler. past district
governor and others. .
The conference will open on the
morning of May 5. In addition to
the general session the first ihry.
there will be two luncheons, one
?for the ladies.*and one for Rotar
ians, and a general dinner meeting.
The governor's ball wlU take place
at about 8:30 the first night. The
next morning there will be the pres
idents' and secretaries' breakfast,
and the closing general session, fol
lowed by the closing luncheon pre
1 sided over by District Governor
Maynard Fletcher, and addresses by
Charlie Smith and Howard Rond
thaler. On the afternoon of the
p first day there will be a reception
at Duke university, and other en
tertainment features are being pro
; vided.
Among entertainment features
; will be a golf tournament at Hope
Valley country club on the after
noon of May 5 at 2:30. Two hand
some cups are to be awarded.
Buchanan Fortune
1 And now it Is the Buchanan fam
ily who have prospects for a for
tune coming through a long-time
dead Buchanan. An article else
where tells about this huge fortune, !
1 and it is ardently hoped the Buch
' anans of this County will figure.
However, we would not advise any
1 of them to buy an automobile on
' the strength of the discovery.
appearing In last week's Courier
? should have been credited to The
> North Carolina- Teacher and not to
. O. C. D. Leaving off the proper
* acknowledgment was an oversight
r on the part of a. C. D. in copying
> the clipping ? G. c. D. ,
Baptist Circle to Give
d:_ d i- r_- j
will hold a pie parade Friday after
noon from 3 to 4 o'clfok in - the
Woman's Club building. An ad
I mission charft of 10 cents will be;
' made. There will be contents for
. which pi?s will be given as price*
l' and other fun-producing features
i Everyone is cordially invited to at
tend this unique event.
Correction
V;
' .1 t
The article entitled TWO VOICES
Saving Mothers
?
Mis. John Sloane is to lead the
campaign on Mother'* Day, May
10, of the Maternity, .Center Assp^
elation.
TOBACCO OF GEORGIA
BARRED [ROM STATE
Prevalence Of "Blue Mold"
In Neighbor State Causes
Quarantine
Raleigh, April 28.? Commissioner
of agriculture William A. Graham
today Issued quarantine orders
against the movement of Georgia
grown-tobacco plants into and with,
in North Carolina, because of
"blue mold," disease said to be pre
valent In Georgia plant beds.
"The disease, which has Just
made its appearance in five coun
ties of Georgia," the commissioner
said, "is present in Australia but is
not known to occur in the" United
States.. It Is known as "blue mold"
and causes the death of young
plants, either In the tobacco bed or
in the Held after the plants are
set out Cases are known where
the entire field of tobacco has been
wiped out by the disease."
DEATH IN MOST
HORRIBLE FORM
TRAILS WOMAN
Wllllamiftan, April. 28.? Humane
ly disposed 'people living in the
vicinity of Williamston and Roper
are anxious to get-. "a message of
wamiiflt to a womSh who was in
this section about ten days ago
selling religious books and maga
zines. The woman, whose name
was not learned, while in Roper,
was bitten by a dog. After she left
tt was learned that the d<% had
hydrophobia. The woman had not
learned this when she left Roper.
Unless she finds it out and takes
the Pasteur treatment she is liable
to have hydrophobia and to die a
painful and horrible death. Hence
It is desired that if any one sees
a woman traveling from house to
houde selling religious lierature it
be ascertained if she is the one at
tacked by. a dog at Roper and If
so that sbe be advised to consult
with a physlclKh at once and ask
his advice as to what to do. v
LARGE CROWDS ARE
ATTENDING REVIVAL
AT METHODIST CHURCH
First Service Held Last Sun
day With Auditorium Filled'
To Capacity _
REV. T. A. SIXES a
DOING THE PREACHING
Revival services began at the Ed
gar Long Memorial Methodist
Church la?t Sunday, the pastor.
Rev. T. A. Bikes, Is doing his own
preaching, and the sermons Sun
day and Monday were exceptionally
in teres tteg. Song service Is under
the leadership of Mrs. Wheeler
Newell and are most Interesting. A
song service Is held every evening
at 7:30, lasting thirty minute*, and
we are sure you will enjoy this
part of the meeting. The Pastor Is
giving the congregations some of
his best, and is depending on the
old story of Jesus and His love, and
no one can listen to these Services
without wanting to be a better man.
You are cordially invited to every
service.
The order of services for the
present are: Preaching at 8 a. m.
Prayer meetings at 7:10 p. m., con
ducted In separate rooms for both
men and women; song service -at
7:30 p. m., followed by preaching
service.
Art Contest
An art contest will be held "In
Raleigh at' the Hugh M orson high
school building on May 2nd, 1931.
The following representatives from
Roxboro and Person county will
attend:
8eventh grade: Helen Day, Eve
lvn Ritchie, Mildred Carver, Grace
Hobgood.
High school: Elizabeth ? Pulham.
Isadore Long, Ann Bradsher, Lois
Elmore.
As only the Roxboro schools will
be represented they will be allowed
8 representatives. Roxboro has
won in this contest for the past
vears and the representatives are
hoping for success at this meeting.
TTie ? representatives will be enter
tained lavishly while in Raleigh by
thu> Woman's club and at Meredith
College. Mesdames Clarence Poe
and Josephus Daniels will also en
tertain for them.
Rumors as to Somerset
Madam Rumor says that big
changes will be made in the near
future at Somerset. It is said the
oarent plant, at Philadelphia will
be moved to Roxboro, and the plant
iery much enlarged. We have not
been able to verify this rumor, but
we sincerely hope there will be no
miscarriage and that Madam Rumor
W truthful this time.
o ?
First Shark: "What's that funny
looking' two-legged thing that just
fell into the water?"
Second Shark: "Dunno, but IH
bite."
N. C. Has Less Foreign Born
CitizensThan Any Other State
?C'i
State Has Only 1,780 Foreign
Born Citizens, Or 324 Less
Than In 1920
?
Washington, April 27. ? The cen
sus bureau Issued a report on the
population .of North Carolina by
color, nativity and sex. The state
pialntains its record for the fewest
aliens, the percent being 0.1. The
total in 1930 was 1.780. In 1990 It
ni 2,104 or a decrease of 324 In
10 years.
An Interesting fact Is that negro
women outnumber the negro men
25,647, Indicating that many col
ored males come North to work and
leave their wives and other wom
enfolk behln4. The surplus of lie
gro females gives North Carolina
more women than men. There are
1.120.270 white males and 1,114,878
white' females, or 6,592 more than
enough husbands to. go around.
The native white population . of
the<state In 1930 was 70 j per cent
compared with 09.7 per cent in
1920.
North Carolina has a scattering
population composed of ten Mexi
cans, 16,679 Indians. 68 Chinese, 17
Japanes, 6 Filipinos and one Ko
rean. ' ,
The report of .the oensus bureau
' ' ' ' 1 '??'
for the 1930 enumeration gives the
total population of the state on.
April 1 (last year) as 3,170,278 com
prising 1.575,208 males, and 1,595.
068 females. There were In the
state 2,234,948 white persons, 918,647
negroel, and 16,681 of other races,
the last Including Mexicans, In
dians, Chinese, Japanese, etc. As
compared with the number In 1930
(1,783,179) the white population
shows ia increase 25 3 per cent,
while the nefero population (which
numbered 863,407 in 1920) shows an
increase of 202 per cent.
The white population included
2,203,563 natives of native parent
age, 17,597 natives of foreign or
mixed parentage, and 8,788 foreign
born. Q I the whole number wf lor- ,
eign bom 5,463 were naturalised,
603 had taken out their first papers,
and 1,780 were returned as aliens,
with reports on citizenship mlssslng
for 942. Allen foreign -born whites
represented one-tenth of on* per
cent of the population la 1930, the
same proportion as In 1990.
Hie population 11 years of age
and over numbered 1X2.125, or
4?.6 per cent of the total. The" for -
eign -born white population 21 years
of age and over amounted to 8.290
of which numbWT,549 ##re return
ed as allsso. I
| Lining Up Vote*
Jouett Shouse. executive commit
tee chairman of the Democratic
party', recently toured the West.
MATTHEW WILLIAMS
GETS 12 MONTHS
Sent To Pen For Manslaugh
ter; More Than 50 Cases
Disposed Of
?i .
JUDGE DEVIN PRESIDED
Pound guilty of manslaughter,
Matthew Williams, negro man of
Roxboro, was last Thursday sen
tenced by Judge W. A. Devin, pre
siding over the April tenn of Per
son Superior Court, to' serve 12
"months In State's Prison* at Ral
eigh. On November 18th last, Wil
liams, driving a truck for the Col
lins & Aikman Corporation of
Bakers ville, struck and instantly
killed Mrs. B. T. Roberson and Mrs.
Q. P. Moorefleld, both of whom
were widow* residing at JaJong.
They were walking along the high
way on their way to "attend' a
church service. The trial was hard
fought and consumed a day and f
half of the week's term of court.
R. p. Bums appeared for the de
fense; R. B. Dawes and P. O. Car
ver assisted Solicitor Umstead In
the prosecution.
Fifty or more^ cases were tried
and disposed of at thtt term of
Superior Court. In addition to
these. Tuesday aftenjooh was de
voted to the official dedication of
the new Court building . when the
routine of criminal cases was tem
porarily suspended. Several out
of-town men were presept for, and
took part in, the dedication pro
? gram. The April term of court
was adjourned Saturday.
Judge Devln handed out the fol
lowing sentences -during the week:
Red Coffeld for carrying concealed
weapon, nol pros with leave; D. A.
Morris, larceny and illegal posses
sion, nol pros with leave; John
Crawley, aiding escaped convicts,
judgment suspended on payment of
costs; Glenn Graves, illegal possess
ion, judgment suspended on pay
ment of ISO fine and costs; Dewey
Pool, illegal possession, $2S fine and
costs; Oscar Taylor, larceny, three
months on the roads, Judgment sus
pended on payment of cost*; Sam
Webb, carrying concealed weapon.
<50 and costs; J. T. Hobgood. Illegal
possession, three months In jail,
judgment suspended on payment
of costs and appearance for 12
months to show good behavior; El
bert Dickens, illeg&l possession, <10
and costs; George Wright, possess
ion for purpose of sale, three
months on roads; Jack Bamett, il
legal possession, judgment suspend
ed on condition that h? join the
U. 8. Naval Service; Bemle Bow
man, illegal possession. <15 and
costs; Charlie McLaughlin, carry- j
lng concealed weapon, four months
on roads of 'Orange County; Roy
Mitchell, larceny, eight months in
Jail, to be hired out to O. C. Haw- j
kins on payment of costs; H. L. ]
Brooks, illegal possession. <25 and
costs; Fred 8atterfleld, disposing of
mortgaged property, directed ver
dict of not *011 ty by the court;
Prank Carver, Illegal possession,
three months on Orange County
roads; Bradsher Brown, diimig car
while drunk, <50 and coats and not
to operate a motor vehicle for SO
days; Omenlous Hamlett, conceal
ed weapon, judgment suspended on
payment of costs; William Arch
Painter, shooting rabbits out of
season, riot guilty; L. M Bamett,
illegal possession, failed to appear,
nol pros with leave and cash bond
condemned; W. L. Harris and
Fleming Carver, gambling, judg
ment suspended on payment of
posts; Jim Brad&her, gambling;
(Continued on, last page)
COLLINS MIKMAN
CORP. CONSIDERING
MANY IMPROVEMENTS
Three New -Residences, Busi
ness Building And Mill
Addition Considered
DRAWING PLANS FOR
NEW SCHOOL BUILDING
Collins St.- Aikman Corporation,
located at what is generally called
Bakers, owing to the fact that Mr.
Baker first established the business
here, are contemplating great im
provements in the near future, in
fact, contract has been let to Mr.
Geo. W. Kane for the -erection of
three residences for the use of offi
cers of the plant. Thfse residences
are to be most modem in every re
spect and with their beautiful set
ting make an attractive little vil
lage.
The constrlictural engineers from
Philadelphia have been here sev
eral days making survey for an ad
dition of about 40.000 feet to the
mill building and bids are being
asked foj the construction of a
business building, which Is to house
a grocery store, a drug store and a
barber shop, while plans have been
prepared for a modern school build
ing.
This Is good news for Roxboro,
and it Is. hoped all will be carried
through this summer. '
Teaches Club Girls
With Local Leaders
I
The versatility of farm demon
stration agents Is expressed by the
work done In Orange County by
Don S. Matheson, county agent,
who is training a large number of
club girls without the assistance of
a home agent.
"Faced with a demand on the
part of rural girls for instruction
in foods, canning, room improve
ment and other club projects, Don
S. Matheson of Orange County,
harf built a system of local leaden
by which the girls can get the kind
of Information desire," says Miss
Elizabeth Cornelius, specialist in
girls' club work. "In all there are
161 girls enrolled In seven clubs
and the leaders in eharge of the
instruction meet onoe each month
In the county library at Hlllsboro
where they dirfcuss their work and
get such facts and publications as
Mr. Matheson can gire. Whenever
possible a specialist is sent from the
home demonstration division at
. State College to aid in planning the
work and in furnishing outlines of
projects."
The club at White Cross is the
largest In the county having 40
eirla enrolled. Mrs. Gtyin Lloyd
and Mrs. Lester Lloyd of Chapel
Hill, route 1, are the two local
leaders. They meet with the girls
regularly and give them such in
struction and demonstrations as are
needed. The club at Murphy, with
30 girls as members. Is the eteoond
largest club. Mrs. E. S. Vannata,
wife of a former county agent, la
the local leader here and her two
daughters are members. The Mur
phy school now has a laboratory
fitted up for Work in foods.
The Passing of Kings
This pageant la an attempt to
visualize some of the events In
history from time of the Persian
Magi to founding . of America.
"America the New World, the
Child among the Nations In the
temple of the Universe Is, today,
not only deeply and vitally Inter
ested In the story of her own free-'
dom and lo making it live for fen
erations as they come, but more
ever Is she interested In World
Events through the winding and
circuitous paths of history and in
their Influences of Religious and
Political principled and practice*"
It represents pictorially, symboli
cally and reverently the influences
which through their being have
changed 'the spirit of religious and -
political freedom in the wnrM, JM ^
them In their setting of the story,
color, and music and weave them
together In the fabric of the Uni
verse.
LAST GALL
Last call to the tax payers of
Roxboro Township. Your returns
must be in by May 1st. 1831.
R W. Lunsford. Tax Lister
Miss Eugenia Howard spent (he
week-end In Durham attending the
Duke dance*.
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