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HAVE A MESSAGE FOB OF THE PEOPLE PUT IT IN MOST OF THE PEOPLE. ESTABLISHED 1ML FEB SON COUNTY'S OLDEST AND BEST NEWSFAPEB. UNDER W < MANAGEMENT AND OWNERSHIP FOB 46 Best People On Earth; Good Churches And Schools; Where Optimism Rules J. W. NOELL, EDITOR AND PUBLISHER. HOME first, abroad next ?1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE. VOL. XL VIII. ROXBORO. NORTH CAROLINA. WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 1, 1981. NO. 26. Girdlers Leave Edmonton Early Today On Last Lap of Flight Ney York Planning To Give Wiley Post And Harold Gatty Great Welcome TRIUMPHAL PROCESSION COMES ON THURSDAY Uawnton. A1U-, Jane l#v? Rlki) Post mad Harold Gatty ?no? wcert tonight that when they take off from here at S a. m. taw mm they *111 fly to Cleveland, Ohio. After a brief refueling atop at Cleveland they will continue on to New York l^to oomptete their world fli|ht IRt do not plan to (top at " Detroit. Edmonton, Alta., June 30. ? Bias tag a new sky trail around the 1 globe Wiley Poet and Harold Gatty descended on a muddy, rain-swept field here late today and then re tired to a hotel preparatory to head ing into the East early tomorrow ! for New York, starting point of their adventure. Hardly had the monoplane "Win nie Mae" settled to earth at 4:35 p. m. MAT. (0:35 p. m. EAT.) af ter a ten-hour 1,450 mile juomey from Fairbanks, Alaska, before the ' . -men began charting the final | stacks of their flight. The take-oft from Edmonton was set for 3 a. m., MAT. tomorrow. ' but when the fliert lay down for a few hours rest they were uncertain i whether they would stop at De- I troit or Cleveland, or fly non-stop < to New York. Today's travel brought their total to approximately 13.500 miles. The aggregate mileage for the round! trip was estimated 16,000 when they left New York last Tuesday. The great circle route direct from Edmonton to New York is 3,038 miles, an intermediate stop ' would Increase the distance. Their plane was moved from Blatchford Field, where a crowd of several thousand greeted them, to I an adjacent paved street for to- ' morrow's take-off. Edmonton, Alberta, June 30.? Hie monoplane Winnie Mae which came lown here tonight in a driving rain storm. and wajs hauled from the mud where it landed by a tractor, j rested on a paved road near the air port tonight ready (or a take off at j 3 a. m. (5 a. m. E.S.T.) Pilot Wiley Post and Navlgator Harold Oatty announced their de cision (or the early morning take off just before retiring. Exhausted ^^by their time shattering flight. ^^KCatty first announced the take "for Cleveland at 6 o'clock in the morning." Both Airmen Tired. Shortly thereafter it was decided to leave at once for a dry field at Saskatoon, as there was danger of the Winnie Mae would be mired in the mud of the local port. The take off from the hard sur faced road near the airport then 'was suggested, and the plane was refueled, hauled by a tractor into position, and the flyers prepared to retire for a long-delayed rest. "Are you tried?" they were asked. "We've been tired for six days," their reply, was borne out by their appearance as they stepped from the plane on the mud-soaked land ing 'field a short time earlier. The ladies of Lambeth Memorial , Baptist church will sell cakes, pies, dressed chicken, fresh eggs, bruns wick slew, etc., here on nfext Satur day, July 4th, at tiantor's old stand on Main Street. The housekeepers of Roxboro are cordially invited to buy their Sunday dinner from the ladles and help them in a most worthy cause. Mr. Oakley Returns The friends of Mr. Riley Oakley and they are many, will be glad to know that he has returned home For about four months he has been in th" hospital, suffering from which he received while on a car at his garage. He is very much improved and hoperf soon to be able to be at his place of business. Visiting In Ohio M . .. ? Rev and Mrs T. A. Slkes' and son. Mr. Claude Bikes, left Monday morning for Cleveland. Ohio, where they WU1 visit relatives. ' r ? ~ / v? ? 1 ? ~ Will Sell Cakes -O >jL Heat Tears Up The Road Near Stovall On last Monday afternoon the beat became so intense on the hard surface road between Oxford and Stovall that it caused the cement to buckle and tear a large bole in the road. According to reports the expansion was so great that It threw blocks of cement some dis tance from the road Into a nearby field. There have been a number of riflges raised in the hardsurfaee foads leading from Oxford caused by expansion during the summer, but this is the first time that any appreciable damage has been caused by old sol beating down his merci less rays? Oxford Ledger. Mrs. Sailie Royster Dies In Cleveland fled yesterday of the d^ath of Mrs. Sailie Royster at her home in Cleve land, Ohio. Mrs. Royster was a na tive of this County, before marriage being Miss Sailie Brooks of Con- ; cord community. She leaves four sons, Messrs. S. B. Royster of South Boston, W. E. and C. E. Royster of Kenbridge, Va., and H. B. Royster of Cleveland, Ohio; and one daugh- 1 ter, Mrs. Wm. Jennings of Cleve land, Ohio. Services will be held at Concord Methodist church, conducted by j Rev. W. L. Maness, at a time to be named later. Pall bearers will be J. C. Wagstaff, Raymond Winstead, Emory Winstead. Charlie Dunkley, T. P. Peatherston and G. J. Cushwa. Plower bearers will be the members of the Woman's Missionary Society. MASONS INSTALL OFFICERS FOR YEAR Complete Personnel Installed During Meeting Held On Tuesday Night At a special meeting of Person Lodge of Masons last night, new officers for the ensuing twelve 1 months were Inducted into office.in an Impressive Installation service, i conducted by Pastmaster W. "fr. Morrell. The elective officers were chosen on election night one week ago, the other officers completing the list being named at once by the new Master, N. H. Pox Past master W. A. Sergeant commented on the large number of younger faces noticeable In the attendance on the meetings. He stated he-was glad to see this, ad- being indicative of new life and renewed enthus iasm. and predicted another year of continued growth and progress and an enlarged field of service. The complete list of new officers who will fill the designated posi tions for the coming year is as fol lows: K. H. Fox, Master; D. R. Taylor, Senior Warden; C. A. Bo wen, Jun ior Warden; W. 8. Clary, Jr., Sen ior Deacon; H. O. Gentry, Junior Deacon; C. O. Garrett, Senior Ste ward; Billy Montague, Junior Ste- j H. Harris. 8r , Treasurer; Rev. N. J. Todd, Educational Secretary; Rev. J. C. McGregor, Chaplin; P. T. Whltt. Tyler, C. A. Harris, Captain of the Degree Team. Orphanage Committee: J. C. Mc Gregor, J. J. Woody, 8. B. Davis. Reference Committee: W. W. Morrell, W. A Sergeant. W. H. Harris, Sr. Obituary Committee : R. B. Dawes, O. I. Prilllman, J. B. Riggsbee. Widows Committee; Dr. O. W. Gentry, Dr. H. M. Beam, Dr. B. E. Love. Will Serve Stew At Loch Lily Saturday The Ladles' Aid Society of Oak Gravis Methodist church will serve Brunswick stew at Loch Lily, at Mr. Rudder's store, on Saturday. July 4th. Come and take dinner with us. Proceeds will go towards paint ing our church ? President. ? o . Dancing each Wednesday and Saturday evenings Rlverview Part, Halifax. -Va. Duke Bumlque and his Orchestra. . I DEFAULTING BANKER | GIVEN PRISON TERMS T. E. Bobbin And J. M. Brew I er Given Year Each ? May Substitute Fines Raleigh, June 30.? Hie two prlnci i pal officers of the defunct Citizens I Bank of Wake Forest, which closed | In March. 1929, with indicated 1 losses to depositors of" nearly $100, , 000 were today sentenced by Judge j M. V. Bamhill in Wake superior court to serve one year each in state's prison. The judge tempered his Judg ment in the case of Cashier T. E. Bobbitt, however, announcing if he and his friends could raise a fine of $2,500 snd the court costs he would relieve him of the prison sen tence, and Indicated he might pro vide an alternative course for Pres ident J. M. Brewer whereby he could escape serving a term in the prison of which he formerly was a member of the board of directors by paying a cash fine, but stated that he would have to sleep over the matter. Conditions erf any alternative sen tences must be met by Saturday, as Judge Bamhill concludes the spe cial two weeks' term over which he Is presiding. Brewer and Bobbitt were convict ed Monday after a 'trial lasting three days. 8. W. Brewer, who was | vice president, was, acquitted. I Judge Barnhill granted a non-suit in the cases against Directors R. M. Squires and T. M. Arlington on the grounds that the state had pro duced no evidence against thepi. o ? Last Rites For John P. Hughes Hillsboro, June 26.? Funeral ser- I vices for John Paisley Hughes will 1 be held at Eno Presbyterian church Saturday morning at 10 o'clock, ' with the pastor. Rev. Mr. Mann, in charge, assisted by Rev. Mr. Lupton. ' Pallbearers will be John H. Hughes, Robert's. Hughes, Joe A. Hughes. Wallace Bowland, Hughes Bowland. and Jeff Roberts. The Masons will act as honarary pall bearers, and members of the East- ' ern Star as floral bearers. Mr. Hughes, prominent farmer of the Cedar drove community, died Thursday night of paralysis, follow ing an illness of four months. He suffered a second stroke Thursday. He was 84 years old. Surviving in addition to his wife, Mrs. Lena Hughes, are three sons, | Dr. Jack Hughes, of Roxboro; Rob- j ?ert and Joe Hughes of Cedar . drove, and two daughters, Mrs. J. J. I Roberts and Mrs. W. H. Bowling , of Cedar Grove. Sure To Be Caught j The publisher who tries to *11 anything he does not possess is j headed for destruction. If he tries ! to sell the best printing on earth and doesn't produce it, he is bound to lose the confidence of the people with whom he has to deal. If he tries to sell a circulation be does n5t have he will be found out, eventually, and it will react against him. ? Colorado Editor. Candidate SEN. J. R. BAOOBTT Senator J. R. Baggett, of Harnett County who is a candidate tor At torney General. BRITISH EXPLORER CONQUERS HEIGHTS OE PEAK IN INDIA Eight Weeks Required To Overcome Yawning Preci pices And Glaciers CLIMB VERY DANGEROUS Darjeeling, India, June 80.? Down from the roof of the world the news came today that P. S. Smytbe, a young British explorer, and a band of four other Englishmen had conquered the heights of Mt. Ha rriet, 25,447 feet above sea level and guarded by towering peaks of loe, yawning precipes and hanging glaciers. They reached the summit, hither to inaccessible, on June 21 after eight weeks of grueling climb. The ascent represents a victory of .youth, for not a man in the Smythe expedition is more than 33. Next year the leader intends to tackle Mt. Everest, which is 3,710 feet higher than Mt. Kamet. gwaar Himalayas Sacred Until today the hardy race of na tives who Inhabit Kamet's lower slopes swore the Himalayas were sacred, the home of the Indian gods and forever inviolate. News that the white man at last scaled Ka mefs forbidding heights overawed the pious mountain dwellers. Now the British flag flies, from the topmost peak. The expedition now is on the way down and should reach civili zation In a week or so. It is the first to come back successfully, for Dine other attempt* to scale Mt. Kamet have failed. o Fun Promised There will be a ball game here on Thursday. July 3rd, at the high school grounds, which promises some rare fun. The game Is the Roxboro Athletics vs New York Cubs, colored. The game will be called at 4 p. m. Death Toll Nears 600 Mark As Heat Wave Holds On and Swings Into Eastern States Chicago, June 29. ? The death toll among humans and livestock grew today as crops withered under the blistering sun and the national lieat wave simmered on with relief coming only to scattered areas. Uriited Press surveys showed 375 persons have died of the heat with in the last week. In Chicago alone, 27 died of heat .or drowned; Jtorty three died iri Indiana and *26 In Wisconsin, 36 in Iowa and 34 In the city of St. Louis. Lake Michigan, the "colling sys tem" for the terltory immediately surrounding It, was responsible for what relief there was. It sent the temperature at Brazil, Ind., down from 97 to 79 In half an hour at noon and in Chloago the recury dropped almost as rapidly for a while. So intense was the hqat tn many sections that hones died In the fields by the scores. It ww like a p lag up bad struck. Rendering plants In 'Southern Wisconsin, In diana, Iowa and South Dakota re ported a 90 per cent Increase In the number of dead horses turned over to them. livestock Lome*. The loss In animal life alone was estimated at many thousand dol lar*. At Des Moines one rendering plant received 95 horses. A Madi son, Wis., plant got 200. In Shelby county, Indiana, 157 horses died in a day. The average loss was said to be about $57 a horse. All sorts of freakish accident and death reports came from all parts of the country between the Rocky Mountains and the Earft coast. At Hoopeston, 111., four-year-old Marvin Stebbtns was electrocuted by an electric fan. In Valparlso, Ind. heat buckled the rails of the Chicago, New York, and 8t. Louis line tracks, and de railed three Pullmans. No one was hurt. While driving through Omry, Ind . Alfred Scott died of the heat at the steering wheel of his car. (Continued on latft page) FEDERAL EMPLOYES ! ON 44-HOUR BASIS Change Goes Into Effect To day ? Will Not Affect Post office Service Durham, ? July 1. ? "The 44-hour week for government employes which goes Into effect at the local postofflce and all over the United States today will not affect the serrlce here as far as the general, public Is concerned, It was stated yesterday by poctal authorities. For several months the personnel j of the local postofflce has been working on a trial Schedule In an ] tlcipation of the shorter working weeb and the organization has al ready adjusted itself to the change, , It was stated. The new law requires that govern ment employes wherever feasible be given Saturday afternoons off and that in the event some employes must be kept on duty on Saturday that these be given a half day off dur ing the following week. It has been the custom in Dur ham in the past to dispense with delivery service on Saturday after noon during the summer months and this practice has greatly facili tated the shift to the 44-hour week. The window service at the poetof flce on Saturday afternoon will be maintained as usual, the employes taking turn about In working. New Life Policy Issued By Pilot In order to meet a pressing need for protection of all members of the family In a minimum amount to cover final expenses, Pilot Life now issues a final expense policy at a fixed yearly charge that does not vary with the age of the Insured. B. B. Knight, Pilot Life Insurance company special agent here, has received full details of this new plan that rounds out the many modern protection plans offered by his company. | This policy can be issued to wom en over weight without examina tion, also children and men. The price of the policy Is $12 per year. KNIGHTS INS. AGENCY. Mr. Thompson Receives Honor Mr. Eugene Thompson, of the 1 Satterfield Insurance Agency, was Honored by one of their compan iflt for writing more accident and health Insurance than any other agency In this section. He was pre I sented with a beautiful knife with his name engraved on it, and Is very proud of the gift, and especially proud of the honor, for considering the tight times It evidently re quired quite a bit of work. We con gratulate Mr. Thompson. City Bus Line More and more every day Rox boro is putting on city1 airs, the latest being a city bus line which will run from Somerset to Bakers, making the trip on the hour. ThU new enterprise is being established by Messrs. O. B. and B. W. Mc Broom. They have purchased a handsome new bus, \ 1th a seating capacity of 31, and hope to have everything in readiness to begin business on or about July 1st. Change In N. & W. Daily Schedule "The following chanfes T6?fe fnadf In the schedules by the Norfolk & Western Railway last Sunday: Northbound: No. 30 leaves Rox boro at 1:65 p. m. No. 38, at 6:05 p. m. Southbound : No 37 leaves at j 11 :53 a. m., and No. 35 at 5.-06 p. m. Worthwhile Saving You can get one dollar and fifty cents worth of good merchandise for SO cents at Ham brick, Austin & Thomas. See their advertisement elsewhere. Banks Here Will ' Close For Fourth An three of the banks In Roxboro will close for the 4th of July. You are requested to secure what change yon think yon win need for Saturday, or your pay roll, on Friday the third Please remember this, as all baaki here will oteerre I the 4th. Debt Parleys Hit Snag With France Determined To Secure Modification .< ? If Mrs. Hester Dies j1 At Watts Hospital Mrs. Arthur Hester, who was car ried to Watts hospital recently, 1 died at the hospital Sunday night at 10 o'clock. Mrs. Hester had been ill for sev eral weeks but not until recently did members of the family become alarmed over her condition. She, was well known in Durham as well as Person county. Many of her survivors live In Durham and she also had many friends there. Funeral services were conducted from the home at 3 o'clock Monday afternoon. Interment was made In the family cemetery. Rev. 8. P. Nicks, pastor of the BroOksdale Methodist church officiated. a 300 Paroles Being Written By Taylor Raleigh, June 29. ? Tyre Taylor, executive counsel to Governor Oard- ' n e r worked overtime today in 1 an effort to complete the writing of approximately 300 paroles which will be given to short term con victs in county prison camps July 1. He said he expected to have the complete list finished tomorrow and they will be dispatched Imme diately to convict camps in all sec tions of the state. All prisoners serving terms of less than 60 days will be paroled. Under the new highway law, ' all county convict camps will be taken over by the Mate July 1 and the state limits the prison to those serv ing sentences of 60 days or more. Governor Gardner authorized the paroles Saturday. o - SEES CHANCE FOR INCREASED PRICE Clay Williams Thinks Ad vance In Cigarettes Will Help Tobacco Farmer Wlrurton-Salem, June 30. ? Hope that there will be improvement In the prioe of leaf tobacco In the coming season, following the recent advance in the manufacturers' price of cigarettes, was expressed today by S. Clay Williai?Sv president of the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. Contrary to the viewpoint some times expressed, United States man ufacturers of cigarettes are them selves entirely without control of the leaf markets, according to Mr. Williams, who declared that If do mestic manufacturers used some thing approximating the full volume of the crop, the proposition of In suring a satisfactory prioe to the growers would be somewhat encour aging. Mr. Williams blamed over-produc tion for the tew price received by the farmers last year for their pro ducts. "While the Reynolds eompany realises the impossibility and utter futility of undertaking to fix leaf tobacco prices at a higher level, of ficials of the company are hopeful that the new manufacturers' prices of cigarettes will have some ten dency to lift the levels of leaf season," Mr., Williams said. Mis# Miller And Adcock Winners 0. . In the tournament at the Min iature Golf Course Monday night, Miss Mary Miller- won the honor for the ladles, her score being 40, while Mr. Thornton Adcock won for the gentlemen, his score being 36. These Monday night tournaments are. becoming very popular with the ' golfers, and many are taking part. It Is great sport and crowds are to be Seen on the course every evening. ; Town Tax Notice Taxpayers will take notice that j all taxes not paid by Tuesday, July the 7th, will be advertised for sale ! fn issue of The Courier July the 8th. 1 TOWN OF ROXBORO, By W. r. Long. . O- ?"?" 1 Special dance Rlverview Park. Halifax, Va.. Julv 4th. Duke Bttrnl- i que and his Hotel R!<5hmond Or- ! cherftra. French Senate by Overwhelm ing Vote Upholds Premier Laval's Coarse GERMANY WATCHING CONTEST ON SIDELINES The status of negotiations at Paris between Secretary Mellon and Premier Laval are described by high Administration authorities at Wash ington as serious, but the American government Is not discouraged and the negotiations are to be continued. By a vote of lW to 5 the French Senate upheld Premier Laval's course In the negotiations with Sec retary Mellon and gave him a free hand to continue these negotiations along the lines he has thus far pursued. The Premier described the present situation as "the most delicate since the war." Germany, convinced that she should not Interfere, remains on sideline* watching what she has come to regard as a tfciel between President Hoover and Premier Laval. Great Britain also is watching and Sir Joseph Stamp, one of the nation's greatest economists, said if anything should happen to im pair the Hoover plan the situation would be worse than if the plan never had been offered. Italy meanwhile has put the plan into tentative operation without waiting for the outcome at Paris. She ha* notified her debtor nations that they will not be required to pay Installments on July 1, at the same time informing her creditors that she Is ready to pay her own obligations when they fall due. THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT LOSES MUCH OF ITS OPTIMISM Washington, June 30.? Faced with an adamant French stand I or modi fications, the American government lost today much of its optimism over the prospects tor President Hoover* plan for a war debt and reparations moratorium. One high administration official described the status of the France American discussions as "serious." Another, when asked his opinion of the possible outcome replied: "No body can tell." Hope for an agreement had not been abandoned however. It waa said as long as the discussions In Paris were continuing the United States was not discouraged. It was made plain, however, that negotiations had Brought the two governments no nearer together on two points regarded here as of (Continued on last page) Death Of Mrs. Hogg Mrs. Hogg, a widow lady living in East Roxboro, died yesterday morning. She had been in feeble health for quite awhile and her death occasioned no surprise to the family. The body was carried to Middlesex this morning and will be interred this afternoon. Preparing For The Baptist Association Messrs. A. P. Clayton, O. Y. day ton, F. O. Clayton, F. D. Long and W. D. Yarbrough went over near Stem last Thursday where they made preparation for the meeting Of- Lower (Tnnnty T^lne Jgjptist As sociation which will meet on the third Saturday. Sunday and Mon day in July. In Auto Accident Profs. O. C; Davidson and I. O. t>ait were in what came near being a serious accident last Saturday afternoon. Near Carey a car, driven by a colored man, cut out' and dashed across the road in an effort to pass another car. Mr. Pait re ceived a slight cut on his. forehead, while Mr. Davidson escaped without Injury; the colored man was cut on the throat, and at first it was thought seriously hurt, but it proved to be only an ugly gash. Mr. Walker Hurt Mr. George Walker, of the Bethel Hill section, who works at Rakers, had the misfortune to get his hand and arm very severely torn and bruised one day last week'. In some mariner his hand was caught In some of the machinery. While the hurt was painful he was fortunate In that It was not serious.