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IF VOC HAVE A MESSAGE FOR ALL OF THE PEOPLE POT IT IN COCBIEB WHICH REACHES MOST OF THE PEOPLE. ESTABLISHED 1ML PERSON COUNTY'S OLDEST AND BEST NEWSPAPER. UNDER SAME MANAGEMENT AND OWNERSHIP FOR 46 TEARS. Best People On Earth; Good Churches And Schools; Where - Optimism Rules J. W. NOELL, EDITOR AND PUBLISHER, i HOME FIRST, ABROAD NEXT ? ? .s: *L50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE. VOL. XL VIII. ROXBOR0. NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 24, 1931. NO. 25. Post and Gatty Start On Berlin Leg of Fast Journey Around World j Make Speedy Flight From New York To Harbor Grace And Begin Ocean Trip HOPE TO SET RECORD FOR GLOBE - CIRCLING Harbor Grace, N. P., June 23. ? The "Winnie Mae" was winging its way oner' the Atlantic tonight bearing Wiley Post and Harold (tatty to ward Europe on the second lap of their projected round - the - world flight. The sturdy craft took off from here for Germany at 4:57, daylight ?6me, this afternoon, three hours knd 40 minutes after concluding a fast flight from Roosevelt Field, New York, to Harbor Grace. *nie fliers had breakfast In New York and luncheon here. They took only sandwiches with them and hoped to have their next real meal In Berlin. 1 They left Roosevelt Field at 3:56 K. S. T, this morning and made the 1,200- mile hop here In six hours, 52 minutes. This was an average of considerably more than the ISO miles an hour they hope to main tain in order to realize their am bition of smashing the 22-day globe circling record of the German dir igible Graf Zeppelin. As they left, they said they ex pected to cover the 2.860 miles be tween here and Berlin In 19 hours, three minutes. Those extra minutes indWfeted Just how closely the long flight has been planned. Between Harbor Grace and the German capital there are 13 position on their flying map for compass checks. They also will check their actual time of . arrival at those points with the scheduled time of arrival in hours and min utes. Post At Controls. All the flying will be done by Post, a one-eyed veteran who siW alone In the cramped forward cock pit of the white single-motored monoplane. In the navigator's compartment, Gatty will watch the instruments, operate the radio and keep Post In formed of their position and wheth er or not they are maintaining their schedule. They will commun icate by means of messages pulled back and forth on a string. Gatty planned to send the call letters of the Ship. WHRDW, every hour on the radio, as an "All's Well" signal. The radio set trans mits on a 35.5 meter wave and re ceives between 500 and 900 meters. Post and Gatty stayed here Just long enough to fuel up for their flight and eat the last full Hm*1 they will have until they ^^reach Berlin. They left behind them Otto Hlllig and Holger Hoir 11s, who arrived here before them In preparation for ah Atlantic cross ing. but who decided to delay their take-off until tomorrow. LOST When a fellow becomes disabled his life Is a complete failure If be has not saved up In some way enough money to take care of him. If you fall to carry enough pro tection In Insurance you have lost an opportunity which can never knock at your door agpln. Hie man who reached \old age and has not saved up an Income f through insurance has lost an op portunity to be happy and content ed. Don't lose that chance. In can walk the unexpected, suclf at ill ness. or some form of handicap which will put you in the class * with 34)0.000 people who were turn ed down last year. The Pilot Life can befriend you. See J. E. Dan iel. Irvln O-Briant or B. B. Knight., KNIOHTT8 INS. AOKNCY o ? \ Two Old Educational Institutions Combine The Southern Conservatory of Music which for a generation has been established in the city of Dur ham has combined with Loulsburg College. The entire faculty, stu- j dent body, 'and- equipment of that iMtitution will move Immediately from Durham to Loulsburg College. -j This Is one of the outstanding schools of music In the South. It is a four year school offering rourses in undergraduate and graduate work. ..It- is authorized to award the degrees of Bachelor of Music. Mas ter of Music arut Doctor of Music. Fatal Accident At Convict Road Camp A fatal accident occurred about 11 o'clock Monday morning at the convict camp near Concord when Alex Lewis, 21 year old colored con vict, was drawn into the rock crusher. Exactly how the tragic ac cident happened was not clear. Lewis was mangled to some ex- > tent, the light shoulder and breast having been crushed. Death prob ably was instantaneous. The body was brought to Rox boro and is being held in a local undertaking parlor until relatives, said to be in Pembroke, N, C? can be heard from. Lewis was serving a term of from three to five years for larceny and had completed something over a year of the sen tence. A Condensed Sermon Give the colored man cftdit "Tbr having some hard sense. A sermon ! preached by a colored brother was reported to us in brief and here is the report. The colored man ad dressed his folks something like this: "I take my text from de sacred scriptures and will discuss it under three beads. First, put your trust in de Lord. Second, put your ohillun in de field. Thirdly and lastly, put dat Ford in de shed." It would be hard to condense more wisdom in a few words. ? Mt. Airy News. Automobile Collision Last Thursday night at about 11 j o'clock on the Roxboro-Durham highway, near Barton's Mill, two cars had a head-on collision, Mr. Sterling Wade was driving one of the cars and the other driven by MT. Maxie Dixon; in the latter car were Misses Foy Davis, Irene Har ris and Mr. Wm. Whltt, and the driver. In the smash up the two ladies and Mr. Whitt were some what bruised and a few small cuts, while the other men were unhurt. Both cars were considerably torn up. The accident was occasioned by a blinding of the lights. Reynolds Increases Price Of Cigarettes Winston-Salem, June 23. ? R. J. ; Reynolds Tobacco Company tonight notified by telegraph their Jobbing! customers that effective Wednesday. June 24, the list price of cigarettes will be advanced from 14.40 to 16.85 per thousand, less usual discounts. o OUT-MANEUVERS TWO HOLD-UP MEN Capitalist Shows Himself Quick-T h i n k i n g And Quick-Acting High Point, Juri? 33. ? Spurning $300 offered them from the pocket of E. H. Steele, and demanding that he open his safe In which there was several times that amount, two unmasked white bandit* who invaded the office -of the wealthy local capitalist today fled empty handed when out maneuvered by a man nearly three-score years their senior. Police have found no trace of either although fairly good descriptions were given by both Mr. 8teele and S. O. Clark, prom inent realtor, who saw the men fleeing as he approached the office. Mr. Steele, who reputedly carries large sums of money on his person, was at his dejfk when the men en tered with drawn guns and de manded that he open his safe. His effort* t? give them, the money from his pocket were futile and his plea that he was too nervous to work the combination was unheed ed. His almost terror-stricken cries caused the gunmen to order him to "pipe down." Feigning deafness he drew nearer them, seized a ham mer, buried it in the shoulder of one of the gunmen, got the heav? inter-office door between him and the gunmen, slammed it shut, bolt ed it and called for help. Mean while the gunmeh fled, pausing, only to take his ooat from a rack, but there was nothing of value in the pockets. - ? ' ' -V Edward Tyler Rollins, publisher of the Herald-Sun papers, one of Durham's pioneer citizens vho died at his home Monday. EDWARD ROLLINS, PUBLISHER, DIES ' o Death Comes From Heart At- 1 tack Early -Monday While He Was Still In Bed IS SHOCK TO COMMUNITY Durham, June 23. ? Edward T. Rollins died at his home here yes terday morning at about 7 o'clock. He had not been seriously ill and his death was totally unexpected by his family and the community. Death came upon him in his sleep and presumably was caused by a heart attack. The evening before he had been slightly indisposed from an attack of indigestion, but the attack was not regarded as serious in Itself or indicative of any impending serious attack. The family arose about the usual time Monday morning and at that time Mr. Rollins was sleeping quiet ly and peacefully and because of his indisposition the night before he was not awakened. Shortly af ter 7 o'clock a member of the fam ily went to his room and found him dead. Apparently he had passed away without awakening and without struggle or pain. Born In 1864 Mr. Rollins was 67 years old, hav ing been bom March 13, 1864. He had been possessed of rugged good health all of his life until about three years ago when he suffered .an attack of apoplexy, affecting par ticularly the muscles of his throat. He spent sometime In the hospital following that attack. His recov ery was rapid and in a -compara tively short time he was back at his office attending to tils duties in connection with the publication of his newspaper. A short while after his return to work he assumed ad- 1 ditional responsibilities by purchas ing the Durham Sun from the Page Corporation. His health gradually improved ? and for the last year or two he had appeared to be In as good condition as ever. While de tail work had been largely assign ed to others he came to his office every day and kept in constant touch with all departments of the two papers. Mr. Rollins is survived by his widow, who was Miss Bessie Steed, of Oxford; two daughters. Mrs. P-. O. Wallace, and Mrs. W. Y. Pick ell, and two sons. Steed Rollins and Edward T. Rolling, Jr., also by two (listers, Mrs. J. A. Phelps, and Mrs: Delia Dixon, both of Durham, and by a number of nieces and nephews. . o % Pagtorium Painted The Baptist pastorlum has been much improved by a coat of paint, both inside and out. The ladies of the church Were responsible for the beautiful work done on Uje Inside. The Oermatu ceased Coining dol i lars in 1871. substituting the mark. ^ ' Surprise Dinner For Mr. Clayton V ? ? ? The friends and relatives of Mr. W. M. Clayton gathered at hU home neaj^JRoxboro last Sunday morning and gave him a surprise birthday dinner. "Squire" Clayton said they came more than a hun dred strong, some in automobiles, some afoot and some mule back, and brought with them a dinner fit for a king. We would not em barrass him by asking what birth day It was, suffice it to say that he has passed forty-five, and we trust he will live at least forty-five more. o Hail Insurance ? ^ Buy It Now! The Satterfleld Insurance Agency has stood loyally by the farmers for thirty-one years'. We are still here and ready to serve you. See us for your hail Insurance now. Your fer tilizer and your tenants must be paid. Let us protect you. SATTERFIELD INS. AGENCY. "Old and Tried" ABERNATMREPLIES TO HOOVER PROPOSAL Opposes Moratorium Unless Consideration Is Also Given American Farmers Cape Lookout, June 23. ? Congress man Charles L Abernathy of the third North Carolina district, to night wired President Hoover he would not favor a moratorium of a year in the payment of war debts unless a moratorium of the same length is declared for the payment of debts owed by American farmery to '"governmental controlled insti tutions " His telegram follows: "Answering your wire, it is always my desire to cooperate in any way to relieve the present depression at home and abroad. "I would not favor a moratorium of a year for the payment of the war debts of foreign governments unless at the rfame time the mora torium were declared By tlje gov ernment . coAtrolled banks of this country for the same lengtl) of Mmo for American debtors and particular ly for those who are represented by our farming claas who owe govern ment - controlled Institution* o n mortgages pertaining to the farms." ? Dancing each Wednesday and Saturday evenings Riverrlew .Park Halifax. Va Duke Buriilque and his Orchestra. FALL FROM SCAFFOLD FATAL TO PAINTER Jesse Pulliam Succumbs At Duke Hospital From Fall In Presbyterian Church FUNERAL. HELD SUNDAY Funeral services for Jesse Robert Pulliam, 27-year-old Bast Roxboro man. who. (received fatal Injuries In a fall from a scaffold while at work last Thursday, were held Sun day afternoon at 4:30 at the home. Services were conducted by Rev. W. P. West, assisted by Rev. A. J. j McKelway. Several song selections ?were . rendered by members of the Baptist Church choir. Interment followed in Burchwood cemetery. Pallbearers were: Arthur Tuck, D. B. Hobgood. W. M. Harris, C. P Owens, C. 6. Hudglnrf and* Robert Phillips. < Floral bearers were: Mrs. Everett Sloan, Misses Clara Rainey, Qsie Oakley, Nettie Hicks, Lillie Roberts, Myrtle Roberts and Sue Frederick. J?ulliam, with other workers, was engaged in painting the Interior of the Presbyterian Church and in some way fell from a scaffolding on which he was standing. After a hurried examination, he was taken to Duke Hospital where he was treated for injuries to his spine. Thursday night he recovered con sciousness and Friday his condition was thought to be much improved. A sudden relapse Saturday, however, resulted in hid death at 7:30 o'clock Saturday night. Besides his parents, Mr. Pulliam is survived by four sisters, Mrs. Lonnle HarglS. Mrs. Allie Long, Mrs. Minerva Wrerrn, Mrs. Katie Batter - field; four brothers, Albert Pulliam. of Jalong, Henry Pulliam. John Pulliam and George Pulliam* of Roxboro. Large Still Outfit Captured By Sheriff x An elaborate distilling outfit, utilizing steam, was captured and destroyed last Friday morning in the Mt. Tir*?h section by Sheftfl Clayton, assisted by deputies M. D. Clayton and Carl Dlckerson. Hie still had a capacity of about 60 gallons; about 2,000 gallons of beer | was also destroyed by the officers. I No arrests were made. American Legion Post : To Meet Saturday The Lester Blackwell post of the American Legion will hold Its reg ular bi-monthly meeting next Sat urday night at 8 o'clock, June 37th. A large attendance of members of the poet Is requested as members of the Durham post will be guests at this meeting. Judge Patton and Jim Barbour, and probably others, will speak. R. A. Whitfield. Adj. -o New Export Buyer Mr. and Mrs. Jess Williams and family, who have been living at Lawrenceville, Va., have moved to Roxboro to make their home. Mr. Williams will buy tobacco on the ( local market for the Export Com pany. ' The town gladly welcomes them and- extends them the. glad hand. They are living on Chub Lake road. o Clerk Has Received Pension Money Checks for the old soldiers and .their widows have been received by the' Clerk of thp Court and will be paid out aX called for. The amount received by Mr. Brooks for this payment is $3,807.50. Thert are only eleven pensions for old soldiers and 33 for widows. Scouts Net $20b The B. B. shows which were here all of last week, being sponsored'by the boy scouts, netted the bays a little more than (300. The scouts are ' under obligations to the scout masters, Messrs. E. E. Stanfleld and Clyde S warts for the' splendid work done, especially to Mr. Stanfleld. who gsre his entire time, day and night. Ill looking after their Inter ests. - Town Tax Notice Taxpayers will take notice that all taxes not paid by Tuesday, July, the 7th. will be advertised for sale In Issue of Hie Courier July the 8th. ? TOWN Or ROXBORO By W. P. Long. - ? LOCAL IONS ELECT OFEICERS LAST NIGHT . ? ? t Large Nymber Enjoys Fish Fry; Install New Officers Next Week NAME N. H. FOX MASTER New officers for the coming twelve month* were elected last night by Person lodge of Masons at a meeting which- was Unusually well attended. Notices for the meeting specified 6:30 P. M., and at this time a delicious flsh-fry with po tato chips and other accessories was served in the Lodge Hall, and greatly enjoyed by those present. At the meeting following the sup per, officers as follows were named to Serve for the coming year: N. H. Pox, Worshipful Master; D. R. Taylor, Senior Warden; C. A. Bo wen, Junior Warden; K. H. Oakley, Sec retary and W. H. Harris, Sr., Treas urer. Other officers are appointive and will be named by 'the new Master at an egrly date. The lo cal Masonic body has made sub stantial progress under Past Master Rlggsbee during the past year and It is unanimously felt ,!that this steady progress will be continued under the guidance of tlM> -new of ficers. Several visitors Were welcomed as special guests at this meeting, and short appropriate talks were enjoyed from each of these. Sev eral members of the local Lodge are planning to be present at Ox ford today in celebration of St. John's day. name!ates?r MARKET OPENING Those Chosen Practically Same As The Ones Selected For Last Year ROXRORO'S OPEN SEPT. 29 ASheville, June 19.? Practically the same dates observed last year were announced tonight by the To bacco Association of the United States for the opening of the to bacco markets in the southeast this year. The . opening dates, made public at the closing sessiolf of -the asso ciation's convention here, follow: Georgia district, July 28; South Carolina district, August 4; Eastern North - Carolina district, September 1 ^ middle belt district of North Carolina and Virginia, September 22; old belt of North Carolina and Virginia, September 29; dark Vir ginia district, October 27. Officers Reelected. The association reelected for an ( Continued on last page) SCHOOL DISTRICTS NAY BE ABOLISHED Attorney General Brummitt Rules On Status Of- Spe cial Districts Raleigh, June 23 ? Special school districts may be abolished if a majority of the qualfled or regis tered voters cast ballots against the local tax, but arrangement must- be made for a local levy to continue to carry the districts debt service, Attorney - General Dennis Q. Brummitt rujed today. Many school districts of the state have in the past levied special taxes to provide better schools tharr afforded by counties. The question of abolishing these districts came to the front following the action of the legislature in approving state support of the six months term. An -election to abolish a school district must be called by county ! commissioners upon petition of 25 per cent of the number of registered voters in the special district. Mr. Brummitt made known hls_ ruling In a letter t<j Dr. A. T. Allen, state superintendent 6t public in struction. o ? Summer Cottage Dr. and Mrs. B. R. Long moved into their picturesque summer Jjome last Saturday. The cottage Is situated on highway number 48. and is most beautifully located, convenient to uS?m,,yet with all of the beauties, of the country. > " ' . ? ? HOOVER PROPOSES TO POSTPONE ALL WAR DEBTS FOR ONE YEAR New Spirit Of Confidence Threads Its Way Into De pressed Atmosphere EFFECT OF MORATORIUM These are some facts and figures about war debts which would be affected by President Hoover's pro posed one-year moratorium: Great Britain pays the United States approximately 1165,000,000 a year in principal and Interest, i Allied war debt payments to Great Britain total *88,750,000 in | 1931 and 1932 and 191,250,000 a year ; thereafter. Germany pays. Great Britain $80, 000,000 a year, in reparations an nuities. and thus Great Britain col lect* from her creditors enough to cover her annual debt payment to the United States. Prance pays the United States in creasing amounts each year, Install ments of principal rising from about $31,000,000 in 1926" to $155, i 000,000 in 1987. Interest did rtot begin until last year, and until 1940 will be at the rate of only one per cent. Italy pays the United States about $155,000,000 a year, increasing to about $180,000,000 In 1987. Germany this year owes $425, 000,000 to reparations. Announcement Brinks' Enthurjasm Washington, June 22. ? The United States' proposal for a year's sus pension of inter-governmental pay ments went forth Saturday night to a world already made Joyful by the prospects of a tonic for its economic ailments from this side of the Atlantic. v i Ever since word came Saturday that President Hoover was confer ring with prominent Republicans and Democrats in Congress on the delicate situation of international finance, the announcement of his plan had been awaited eagerly. After the first surge of enthus iasm, it was apparent that a new confidence was threading its way into the restlessness which of late has been a disturbing factor in In ternational affairs. Not for many a day has there been such a distinct change in the diplomatic and financial atmos phere overnight.- Where early Sat urday the doubts and questions that seemingly had bec6me taken for granted persisted, a fresh hope now : Is discernible. World-Wide Benefit. There is yet no telling, of course as to the full effect of the Presi dent's forthcoming plan for help ing Germany especially. But al ready it is being heralded, thereby benfletting world markets. Reports from abroad evidenced the eagerness with which the peo ples and their leaders had been waiting for a palliative move from the United States. The encourage ment drawn from Mr. Hoover's ac tivity was reflected not only in the upswings of the exchange markets here and in Europe, but in opttnis i tic expressions from -governmental and press quarters as well. Borden Of Armaments. Mr. Hoover coupled with his an nouncement a hope that by this ex pression of "desire to- assist," Amer ica will have contributed to the suc cess of the forthcoming, land dis armament conference in Europe. He reiterated that "the burden of competitive disarmament .has con tributed to bring about this depres sion." By this action, America will fore , go collectioiNnext year of more than 1245.000,000 In war debts. America expects the Allies, in turn, not to collect the $425,000,000 In repara tions owed them by Germany In the coming year. "The purpose of this action," s&id the President, "is to give the forth Tomlng year to the economic re covery of the world and to help free the recuperative forces already in motion In the United- States from retarding influences from abroad." Vp To Confrem J Congressional action will be n- '.t quired to approve a siisppnslnn The next "Congress will meet shortly before the first suspension of pay ments Is due December 15. For this and for the reason that sq many leaders have pledged cooperation. o ? .f? Special' dance Rlverview Park, Halifax, Va? July 4th. Duke Bumi que and his Hotel Richmond Or chestra. t <" ? ?
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