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You Will Save Money | By Reading The Ad vertisement*. All Best Merchants Use Tlwm. Best People On Earth; Good Churches And Schools; Where,. Optimum Rules " ESTABLISHED 1ML PERSON COUNTY'S OLDEST AND BEST NEWSPAPER. UNDER SAME MANAGEMENT AND OWNERSHIP POR 46 TEARS. I. W. NOfetL, EDITOR AND PUBLISHER. JL* HOME FIRST, ABROAD NEXT $1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE. VOL. XL VIII. ROXBCRO. NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY IS, 1931. NO. 17. Committee Will Probe Alleged Attempts At Bribery Of Senators Investigation Follows State ment By Ward That He Has Proof Of Attempt STORMY SCENE OCCURS IN SENATE Raleigh, May 11? Spurred on by a threat of Senator H. S. Ward, of Beaufort, that unless 'the senate chase to Investigate through Its owti 'committee, alleged attempts to corrupt this body with bribes, he would have a bench warrant sworn against a person whom he BduIcC name before tomorrow night, Rbe upper house unanimously pass ed the resolution offered by Sena tor Ward tonight calling for a thorough investigation forthwith. Lieutenant Governor Fountain acted promptly and named the fol lowing men tp act on the investi gating cotrfmission: Committee Is Named Senators Pritchett, Bertie; Ward, Beaufort; Lovill. Watauga 5 Nixon, Lincoln: and Senator Haywood of Cabarrus. The adoption of this resolution followed a stormy scene in the sen ate chamber, during which Senator Ward earned convert after convert to his cause by stating that ha could produce proof that a senator, of his own knowledge, had been offer ed a bribe for his vote. A number1 of those, who had already made speeches against the proposed in vestigation. terming 1 1 another' piece of foolishness, upon the stai^" mept from th$ ..Beauf oit m#nber turned Vigh&iabeut-face and with drew- thrtr objections. Hie resolution confers upon the -?ewnmittee the following powers; The right to sit at any place in the state. ? - Can Subpoena Wftneses .The right to Subpoena witnesses and to compel them to produce books, records and papers. The immunity of witnesses from trial and conviction by reason of any statements that they may make during the course of the sitting of the committee. - o "Former Roxboro Girl to Sing in Robin Hood The Operetta. Robin Hood, with full orchestration, will be given in Page Auditorium at Duke Univer sity on the evening of May 22nd, at 8 o'clock. Miss Alma Randall Dailey of pittsboro, daughter of Rev. J. A. kialley, who lived in Roxboro for rfour years, will sing the leading fe male role, taking the part of Laely Marian Fitzwalter. or "Maud Ma rian." Emmet McLarty of- Charlotte plays opposite Miss Dailey as Robin Hood. The cast is supported by large choruses and 14 directed - by Mr. and Mrs. J. Poster Barnes Robin Hood is the largest operetta In the world. Farmers Hail Insurance I Just want to call yeur attention to the fact that there are a great number of people living on regrets, it Is better to have protection and never use it than to need it and not have.lt. We cover our homes and factories and why flot the thing that is your living, 'your taxes, clothes, savings and. In fact the most you save comes from your tobacco crop. 8ee one of our agents or call 211 or 1800-D. Agents for B. B. Knight of Knights' Agency are Jeter Daniel, Irvln OBriant. and J. J. Rogers. KNIGHTS' AGENCY. Robbers Enter Lear- . gett's Saturday Night Somo one entered Leggett's De parSnent Store last S&turday night, but Mr. Mangum, the manager,' stated that If they carried oft very, much he was not able to identify It. He thinks tbe thief concealed himself lit the building daring the afternoon or night, and walked ell with probably a suit of. clitthe* and perhaps some stpall art(ples. th v Future Citizens . * ?? ? . Born to Mr. and MK. A. T. -Wells on Sunday morning,- a daughter, weight 8 pounds. Gllliland at Jalong, Friday, a son. o 644 Visit Burchwood Cemetery . On Sunday An unusually large number of people took advantage of the sun shiny weather to pay a visit to Burchwood cemetery on Mother's Day last Sunday. Mr. P. T. \?hltt, keeper of the grounds, estimates that a total of 644 folks came out during the day. The Daughters of the Confederacy had decorated the graves of all war veterans, on Saturday, and Sunday countless beautiful /lowers were placed on many additional graves, honoring loved ones who had gone on. Hie grounds of the cemetery, too, were unusually pretty, recent rains and favorable weather bringing out all the innate beauty of the shrubbery, evergreens and lawns. Mr. Whitt has been taking a great deal of pride in his work and the results of his efforts were clearly seen Sunday, Motorcycle Accident A motorcycle mishap Sunday af ternoon near- Torn Moore's filling station on the Greensboro_road re sulted in painful, though riot ne cessary serioua^ia^uries to a young man tfom Alton;* W, whose; name was not learned. ^le^waa brpught to. towh 1>y passing 'motorists, where his iBluries, coQ9ist?m?.9< .a ba? gash on the' forehfead, bruises and face lacerations and wrenched sonde, were treated by Dr.. Be*m He was unconscious loj some -lime, But later recover^ and left for Ills home. -( C. A. LEE IS VICTIM OF PARALYTIC STROKE - ? i*. ________ Cerebral Hemorrhage Results In Death Sunday Night Of Popular Tobacconist Charlie A. Lee, 47, died suddenly Sunday night at 8:15 o'clock fol lowing a stroke of paralysis* in duced by a cerebral hemorrhage Sunday morning. While it . was known that Mr. Lee had for some time been a -suHerer from high blood pressure, his sudden death was entirely unexpected and was a great shock to the community. For many years, Mr. Lee had been engaged in the tobacco busi ness as auctioneer, on Some of the border markets of the state as well as on the local market. He was of a happy disposition and was uni versally liked, by both the farmers and buyers. Funeral services were held at 1 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at the tiome near Rock Drove Church, conducted by Elder Chand ler. The remains were taken to Ebenezer and interred in the Prim itive Baptist cemetery there. ? Pallbearers were: Marvin Clayton, M. O. arboro, J. T. Evans, Joe Slaughter. J. H. Clayton, Earlle Bra run . , . , Floral bearers were : ?> Misses Alta Lee, Sue Lee,. Ola Lee, Sammy Lee. Nora O'Briant, Sally Hicks,, Eliza (Cbntinued on last page) ADMIT ROBBERY OF BIG 4 GROCERY CO. Two White Youths Under Bond After Pleading Guilty To Taking Cigarettes ATTEMPT TO SELL LOOT AROUSES SUSPICION Edward Ackers of Jersey City, N. J.. and William Phillips, of Roxboro, young white men, were given a preliminary hearing before Magistrate 'J. M. O'B riant Monday morning and bound over under $200 bond each for appearance at the August term of Superior Court to answer a charge of breaking and entering and larceny. Both plead guilty to the charge of entering the warehouse of the Big Pour Grocery Company sometime Friday night and stealing therefrom 37 cartons Of cigarettes and two boxes of candy. An attempt was made early the' next morning to dispose- of the stolen goodd, mainly at filling sta tions along the Durham highway. Sheriff Clayton received a tip that (Continued on last page) SALE POSTPONED FOR DELINQUENT TAXES "V- - Property "'Not To Be Adver tised "fill June 1st; Ten Per .....Cent Added Then . MANY THOUGHT NO PENALTY AFTfSR MAY V 8 ' ' Board of County' Obmmis sioners has postponed the 'adver tisement of unpaid taxes lor 1930 until June 1st by authority of the recent act of the Oeheral Assem- j My, thus giving ' the xteBnque nt tax payers the month of May extra in which to pay their land taxes. Thus advertisement will not be made until June 1st. Attention is called to the fact that after that date the .penalty on - delinquent taxes runs at the same rate, to- wit ten per centum per annum, whether advertisement is had err W not had. That is to say that even if advertise ment was not had the taxpayer would be penalized at a rate of ten per cent um per annum under any circum stances undeT the recently passed law. Except for the cost of adver tisement the taxpayer would not be subjected to any extra expense by ! reason of advertisement. It is urged that all delinquent taxpayers ; j who possibly can do so pay their [ taxes during this month. Money i has been borrowed in anticipation ' of the receipt of these taxes and ! unless the same are paid some de faults on the part of the county seem to be absolutely inevitable. Board of County Commissioners, I ? o Mrs. Newell's Pupils To Present Recital The pupils of Mrs. W. H. Netfell will be presented in their annual music recital on Saturday evening, May 23rd, at 8 o'clock, in the aud itorium of the High School. The program will be varied and promises to be most interesting to those^ at tending. TfS^public is invited.' Caswell Commissioners All Sign Tax Petition C i , ? \ ' U- . ' ' P. C. Huralson. Hunt Jeffreys , A. R. Black well, Joseph Warren. V. M. Stephens. J. Prank Moor fleld and other citizens of Caswell County were In Raleigh yesterday .to see Senator Hatchett, of tfielr county. They brought with them a petition -whose signers Included ?lie wffole mfeliil^rshlp Of the BOftrtf of. Commlsstoqers. urging Senator HatclWtt to continue his 130-day support of tbff Mac Lean Act and to vote *or the luxury tax rather than to continue the heavy tax on . ? , Last night on the flora- of top Senate we># distributed numerous Coptee of ah rxtr* ^itlon Of' The rlMeenger, .a weekly newspaper ?published at. YanoeyvUJe, the coun ty seat of Caswell County. The newspaper *tpted tha\ it was paid for by, the advocates of the' ''Otiw 1 ' ? 6fifiuUiza.tion' fund plan, the plan known in Ra letgh as the "Grier-Folger" plan. The edition Included^ anti-Ales tax statements by Senator Hatchett. . who voted for the luxury tax four , times before changing, and by his colleague, Senator Umstead. of Orange, a consistent opponent of in uiiif .uu. '. *"H Some of those from Caswell County opposed to the McLean bill also'came to Raleigh yesterday. The petition follows: "We the undersigned citizens and taxpayers Caswell (Jounty ftereby oxprhy! ottr confidence In and ap proval of the MacLcftn Law; and wf-tfrt ?wt>ecW?11v petition mat besr our Senator and Representative in the Oeperal Assembly to Support ' the lukury tax In order to supply the fund* necessary to support the : six months constitutional school i-torw i? pwfaim lo an Dd rtorem tax on, property." Business Leader Silas H. Strawn, leading Chlca goan, is the new president of the United States Chamber of Com merce. i Mrs. Wagstaff 111 We regret *o hear that Mrs. K. C. Wagstaff is quite 111 at her home In the Concord section, but we are delighted to know, that Her condition Is somewhat improved at this writing. CONFERENCE IS TO HOLD ANNUAL MEETING Edgar Long Methodist Church Will Be Host To Durham District Conference REV. J. C. WOOTEN PRESIDING OFFICER The Durham district conference I of the Methodist Episcopal church, South, wlll.hQld its annual session in Edgar Long Memorial Church, this city, on Thursday and Friday, May 21-23. This will bring together I about two hundred Christian men and women, who wfll be our guests I for two days. The conference will convene at 9:30 on Thursday morn ing with Rev. J. C. Woo ten, pre siding elder. In the chair. After devotional exercises the business session will be held until 11:30 when it is expected that Rev. J. A. I Russell, of Durham, will preach , A business session will be held in the afternoon and at 8:00 Rev. W. A. Lambuth, of Durham is expect ed to be the preacher. ' The public will be welcome to all I the exercises. . Memorial Exercises Were Held and Marker Unveiled Ofck .^Veterans Almost Thing Of Past ; Only Four Ans wered Roll Call HON. R. L. HARRIS, DELIVERED ADDRESS Memotlal 'exercises were held here last Saturday "under thfe aus pices of the Daughters) of the Con federacy, Mrs. S. B. Davitf, presi dent, in charge of the meeting. just prior to the tnemorial exer cises the members of Camp Jones held their annual meeting and it was found that of the seven surviv ing members only four tfere pres ent. Several members had answer ed the last roll call and entered into the joys of their reward Since the meeting a year ago. ^he memorial exercises were open ed with prayer by Rev. T. A. Sikes, and as the meeting was largely concerned In accepting the marker which the Daughters had erected in memory ol the Captains of the War Between the States Miss Susanne Winstead read a historical sketch relating to Captain Satter fleld, She being followed by Miss Clair Harris, who gave a short sketch of the life of the remaining Captains. At the conclusion of this paper Mrs. Davis in a very eloquent and complimentary manner introduced the speaker of the occasion. Hon. R. L Harris, who spoke brie'tfy of the "Lost Cause," fittingly por traying the valor of those who par ticipated. Prom the court housa the crowd gathered on the street In front of the marker and witnessed the flag raising, the flag being the one in which the casket of Mr. Fletcher Merritt was wrapped when It came from Prance. The raising was in charge of the American Legion and the flag was accepted by Mr. B. I. Satterfleld. - ? The marker was" presented by Mrs. Mamie Merritt and Mrs. W. W. Kitchin. and was unveiled by Mas ter PI etcher Winstead, and was ac cepted by Mr. N. Lunsford. After these exercises the Old Veterans and their wives were in vited to the Hyco Warehouse, where the daughters had prepared for them a most bountiful dinner. The services were concluded with a visit to the cemetery where the graves of all soldiers bf the late war were decorated with' flowers. Contract Let For i Large Addition To- -* Collins & Aikman The most gratifying news we h*rc to glue our readers today la that me Collins 3f Aikman Corporation has let the contract and work has begun on ? forty, thousand foot ^xtz-rvlon to their plant at Baken. This nW$nlynwwT? flOtte a tar** sum will be expended on the bulltf Ing but will gl?e work to a large number. New Orleans Is the st^ond larg eat DOTt of fortkrn roin mowi ? in the United States. ? | D Cliffside Lodge How many of the citizens of Roxboro have ever visited Hege's mountain? Well, we plead guilty. For forty long years we have been a citizen of this good town but had never visited this show place until one day recently the Newell boys, Bruce and Wheeler, invited, us -to go down and take a look. These gentlemen have Just completed a lodge, which we have appropriate ly named ClifTslde lodge, for the structure is located on the top of a very high cliff. The scenery is beautiful beyond description." an'd it is worth a trip to see it, but we warn you in advance that unless your "wind" is good you had bet ter get Talmage Long's flying ma chine to take you up. Our people go by the hundmjs every year to visit various and Sundry places, for instance. Natural Bridge, but Hege's mountain IS Just as bewitching, yet we pass it by, without so much as a glance. Somerset Mills Will Have New Addition The community will receive with genuine satisfaction the cheering news that the contract has been let and work already started on an addition to the plaqt of Somerset | Mills, located about three miles south of Roxboro. The new con- j struction will add about 12,000 square feet of floor space to the existing building. The work will Ao doubt furnish needed employment for quite a number of laborers for sev eral weeks, besides necessitating an enlarged force of operatives when the additional machines are put in operation. t Brunswick County farmers made cooperative shipments of 249 head of fat hogs last week. ? i IF ANY CHANGE IN ROADS DESIRED SEE MRU. CROWELL Map Posted; Complaints Must be Made at Onc.e, or Routes ? / Will Stand As Posted SOME CHAfrfGfiS ARB BEING SUGGESTED Mr. H. L. Crowe 11, chairman of the Board of County Commission ers, cMled our attention to the fact that State Highway Commission had' posted a map of the proposed roads which the State will take over, and the type of said roads. The law requires that any one wish Ins to be heard as to any changes must file notice with the Board of County Commissioners, and if you want a change made In the pro posed map it will be necessary to file your notice with Mr. Crowell at once. There may be several changes de sired, but we would like to see a change made in at least one, and | that is the road from Roxboro to I Woodsdale. The road leading] north by way of Bakers to Woods dale, and thence to road No. 55, | Is a class "B" road. This road i connects at both ends with a hard i surface road, and, in our opinion should be at .least class "A" road, j This road will mean much to the I Woodsdale section, and we hope 1 some one on this, road will get I busy and see' that the proper no- j tice is filed with the Chairman of j the County Board of Commission ere. This change will not cost t he County anything, as the State now j has control of all building, a? well { as the upkeep pf all roads taken | over by the State. -? , deciamImed FOR FINAL CONTEST Preliminaries Held At City High School Last Friday Morning ALL WELL PRESENTED ?j * The preliminaries for the annual reading and declamation contest of the Roxboro High School were held last Friday morning* in the audi torium of the school. Eight stu dents of the High School, all of them girls, entered this contest, which wag very interesting and lis tened to with close attention by the student body and several invited guests. The pieces were well read and the characters portrayed in the readings well acted. The four winners were announced by the judges to be Miss Oveida Long, who read "China Blue Eyes"; Miss Re)en Morton, "The kosfc Word"; Miss Katherine Nicks. "His Doctor"; MKss Shirley Goodman, "For Dear Old Yale." These young ladies will compete in the finals which will be held on Friday , May 22, as a part of the commencement exercises. Others competing in the preliminary contest last Friday, all of whom received high commenda tion for their merltorous'feflorts, were Miss Ida Wins te ad, whose subject . . 'Continued on last page) North Carolina Ballot Boxes Remain in State Raleigh. May 11? An order dl- I recting United States marshals to re- I turn to state %uthoritles the ballots \ thqy seized In the Bailey -Prltchard , senatorial election contest, was signed today by Federal Judge I. M , Meeklns, at the request of attorney* , for the senate sub-committee in Judge Meekins, however, refused ] to rule on the Question of whether i or aot the senate committee h'a<? a i right to institute the original pe- 1 titlon. which he granted tm May 4 when he dlreitteA the federal mar shals to impound the Fallot/ t Bailey Won \ccording to the nstujas. an nounced by the North Carolina * state board of elections, Jostyh- W * Bftiley,. Democrat, defeated Oeprg* M. PritrFiard. Republican, bjf a ma jority of more than 113,000, far the s?M in tha ,'Cnlted States /i*riat? f which "was held by Senator F. M. S Simmons (or 30 years. Pritchard is contesting the elec tion, and the ballots were ordered impounded for a recount. At the opening of the hearing x>day, Russell M. Robinson, of 3reensboro, attorney for Senators lamps E. Watson, Republican. ' If te H.' Vtom-g: teefmbUcan, -and Robert J. Bulkley, Democrat, the nembers of the sub-committee of 'ered a motion that . the proceed ng.< be dismissed. Tobacco farmers ip WUson Coun y will be from tan cfitys (o two wek* late In setting ' the plants Ills year due to the \?te ? spring ind the fflnftll plants now in the ?eds-, sa^s' County Atrfilt W. > L , Mrs". Effle Massey. representative o/'chaiSa Corselettes and Real 511k Hosiery. Telephone 45-M. I SUNDAY SCHOOL OF BAPTIST CHURCH HAS RECORD DAY ? For Several Weeks Officers And Teachers Have Worked For 500 Attendance OFFERING OF $65.64 FOR BAPTIST HOSPITAL Some time since the officers of the Sunday School of the First Baptist Church set out to enroll 500 members and have them'"pre? ent. This was quite an undertaK^ lng, but as a recent survey showed that there were more than 800 pos sibilities, that is more than this number expressed their preference for the Baptist Church and were not members of any Sunday School, the leaders thought it entirely pos sible to have 500 present. Last Sun day being generally observed as Mothers Day it was considered a good time to make the effort, and surely an effort was made, for the roll showed 505 enrolled in the Sun day School and present last Sun day morning. The program "Mother's Day," was given consisting of a pageant entitled "Mothers Of Men," writ ten and directed .by Misses Morris and Bivins. Miss Winnie Wilbum told most beautifully the life* of the mothers of Moses, Samuel, Jesus. Gracchi, Whistler', Lincoln, Unknown Mother and- Mothers, of today-. The music was a most en joyable part of the program. Mr. Jake Taylor sang "Mother Mine," Mrs. Carrie Bradsher gave "Mother," while the choir, -led by Mr*. Sat terfleld, sang "SOngs My . Mother Used To Sing." ? ?> . . It is a custom of the Baptists of North Carolina to take an offering on Mother's Day Tor the Baptist Hospital at Winston-Salem, to help care for charity patients in this institution, and the offering amount ed to *65.44. After Many Years Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Couch were Roxboro visitors last Saturday. Mr. Couch will be remembered as a former citizen of Roxboro, having lived here about forty years ago. Mr. Couch was one of the most popular citizens of our town, while here he' was engaged In the Jewelry business. After leaving here he went to California, where he is now lo cated. He had been attending a meet ing of the National Klwanls club, which met in Miami, and was on his way heme. He spent only a short time here, calling on many of his old friends, but stated that he found Roxboro much changed and many former friend* had passed on since' he left. - ? o Pretty County Place .. ? . One of the most beautiful coun try places to be found anywhere is the home of Mr. and Mrs. T. T. Hester. The location Is Ideal and .the large yard and gardens are dotted with flowers and shrubbery of almost every known kind, com teg: from fhr arid near, Washington to Callfpmla. And that Is not all, for they will show you one of the prettiest rock Hardens In the Coun ty, filled with hundreds of gold fish, varying from the little fellow aoout two inches long to the larger ones measuring twelve Inches, or more. Play At Helena Saturday evening. May 23rd; at 8 o'clock the play, "A Little Clod hopper" will be presented In the High School Auditorium at Helena for the benefit of the Primitive Baptist Church there. The Jalong String Band will provide music. Vou an assured an evening of rare fnUrtalmn^flt ?nd yam' presepce will' be very much appreciated. Ad mission IS and 2Sc. ? 2t.s Goodman's Sale Mr. M. Qoodman had employed the Red Hot Sales System of New York City to rk*e out his stock of merrhtuidK" Everything Is to . be sold at tHIs sale which start* Friday, Mdy jstlt; at 9 a. m. This stock is lbcdted In the. Hunter building en Mhin Street, opposite the Peoples liank. and' will be a busy place for the- few clays fol lowing the opening sale.
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