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VOL. XL VIII.
ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 5, 1931.
NO. 31.
PROTEST AGAINST
SALE OF FEDERAL
COTTON HOLDINGS
Southern Senators Vigorously
Oppose Selling Cotton To
Germany on Credit
CAUSING PRICES TO
?TAKE NEW TUMBLE
Washington, Aug. 4.? Renewing
opposition to the sale of stabiliza
tion corporation cotton to Ger
many, Senator Harris today re
quested Chairman Stone of the
Pmrm Board, to change his position.
"In talking with the President
?bout this matter," the Georgia
ftfcmocrat wrote, "he informs me
that your statement was based on
the condition that it would help
the consumption of cotton.
"1 sincerely hope that you may
give a statement to the press today."
Copies of the telegrams opposing
the Farm Board chairman's pro
posal were sent to Stone and to
President Hoover. They said the
sale of Stabilization cotton would
be a blow to cotton farmers and
dee.lerx.___
Senator Harris, who said he spoke
also on behalf ol Senator Smith of
South Carolina, urged a substitute
plan to President Hoover yesterday
under which Germany would buy a
portion of the present crop on
long-term credit. He said stabili
zatlpn cotton, approximating 1,300
000 bales, should be kept off the
market both here and abroad.
? Send Telegrams.
Three of the four telegrams sent
by Senator Harris to the President
and Farm Board chairman were
from the Georgia-Alabama Cotton
Company at Albany, Ga.
One said Bremen merchants were
opposed to the * Farai Board pro
posal, adding "they can pay for
what Germany buys." The plan
was characterized as ruinous to the
Southern farmer If carried into
effect and the prediction was made
that unless the proposition was
withdrawn, "the market will go
several cents a pound lower."
The cotton company said it al
ready had German orders can
celled because of the proposal.
Jule E. Felton, mayor of Monte
zuma. Ga.. said the "duftping of
one million bales of old cotton
into the market relieves the Farm
Board situation, but increases the !
the farmers' surplus. Farmers need '
help now. The moat constructive
thing that can be done now is to
provide Germany with money to
wuj A will vuc iivn VI wp.
? Another Protest.
? Senator Harris today also filed
F protest with Treasury officials
, against possible imposition of a
duty on sulphate of ammonia, an
ingredient in the manufacture of
fertilizer used by Southern farmers
Upon advice received from Mel]
R. Wilkinson, chairman of the
board of the Ashcraft Wilkinson
Company of Atlanta, that the Iron j
and Steel Institute had protested ?
that sfilphate of ammonia, . a by- J
. product of coke ovens, was being |
- dumped In quantity at prices
lower than prevailing in the coun
tries of origin, Senator Harris call
ed on Assistant Secretary of the
Treasury Lowman. In charge of
customs, and Commissioner of Cus
toms Eble. and urged them to !
take Immediate action.
He explained to them that the <
manufacturers of fertilizer who 1m- I
port sulphate of ammonia, now on 1
. the free list, were being required j
to give a bond to cover any duty |
which might be Imposed under the
anti-dumping act.
He said any action by the govern
ment which would result In In
creasing the price of fertilizer to
Southern farmers would be a great
hardship, (specially in view of the
marked decrease In the price of .
their products.
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Perfop Co. Superior
Court Begins Monday
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Court will meet next Monday.
August 10th. with Judge P. K. Dan
iels presiding, and Solicitor Umstead
prosecuting. This term Is supposed
to hear both State and civil causes,
but) owing to the large number of j
eases on the State docket It It hardly
possible that the. elvlj .docket will
be reached There are about 35
prisoners in Jail, and this, with two
manslaughter caaes. will occupy
the entire week.
Back in Public Eye
Newton D. fiaker, Woodrow Wil
son's Secretary of War, made the
Convocation address at the Insti
tute of Politics. His Ohio friends
are trying to get him to permit the
use of his name as a candidate for j
President. '
f.J. HESTER & CO.
TO RUN THE WINSTEAD
Well Known Firm Wlil Oper
ate On Roxboro Market
Again This Season '
Messrs. P. jf Hester & Co., who
have successfully run the Winstead
Warehouse lor the past several
years, will again have charge of j
this splendid house. They are well
known Person county citizens and
the farmers know their ability to
care for them when it comes to (
selling tobacco.
This season there will again be ?
four houses here, all of which have ,
-been rented save the Pioneer, and j
we are assured tiiat this house will ,
be ready when the market opens.
With these four houses the farmers ,
are assured of the best of atten- ,
tion, ancl they can bring their to
bacco here feeling sure they will .
receive courteous treatment and the (
best prices possible.
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Knee-breeches are now the offl '
rial wear for women Fascists, ac
cording to a recent edict of Mus
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Border Tobacco Markets
Open With the Prices Low '
Farmers Prepared For Small
Return By Result In
Georgia
RECEIPTS SMALL ON
ALL OF THE FLOORS
Prices were low on border belt
tobacco markets yesterday, opening
day of the season, but few tickets
were turned. Farmers were pre
pared by having knowledge of what
happened on the Georgia market
last week. Fairmont, largest North
Carolina market in the Border belt,
reported an average of $8.44. The
Fairmont average on the opening
day last year was $8.71. Fair Bluff
had an average of $8.24. Clarkton's
average was $8.53 and Lumberton's
$7.85.
The better grades of tobacco were
selling in some instances better
than they did last year. He com
mon grades are as usual in ~-'Ule
demand and in less demand trhs
year than usual.
Total sales on the seven border
belt markets aggregated only about
half a million pounds. Farmers
are still busy curing their tobacco
and also apparently holding back
to see if prices will not get better.
Unofficial or estimated sales and
price averages at some of the mar
kets in comparison with last year's
opening were:
Fairmont ? 129.426 pounds at an
$8.40 average; last year 428,280
pounds at $8.74 average.
Fair Bluff ? 100,000 pounds, at
$8.24; last year 125,000 pounds at
$7.
Lumberton ? 128,894 pounds, at
$7.85 average; last "year 336.168
pounds at $9.30 average.
Whitevillj ? 175,000 pounds at
prices ranging from $1 to $5.40 a hun
dred; last year, 270,000 pounds at
$9.34 average.
Chadborn ? 42.614 pounds, at $10
average; last year. 150,000 pounds
at $8.50 average.
Clarkton? 28,000 pounds, at $8.53
average; last year, 75,000 pounds at
$10.50 average.
Tabor? 15,000 pounds at $8.10;
last year, 60.000 pounds at $8.00. '
Arc You Interested?
If you are Interested In life In
surance with a disability clause In
It you better buy soon. The rates
are going up or they may not issue
It any longer In life insurance. The
Mutual Life of N. Y. informs us
there will be a radical changc. If
you have a policy with disability in
It on the lapsed file you better get
your policy back in force. If you
want to add disability or doubH in
demnity?to your present policy it
can be done.
KNIOHT-B INS. AGENCY.
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Rooms Wanted
*?gung married couple wants to
rent three rooms to do light house
keeping. Apply, to XX. care. The
Courier. ?
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Thirteen American Presidents
hart been United States Senator*.
ME PLANKS IN ;
GRIST'S PLATFORM ;
Announces He Is Dry, Has |
Tax Proposal and a Specific
Bonus Plan
OTHER PLANKS MAY
BE ADDED LATER
Charlotte, Aug. 3. ? Prank D.
Grist, State Commissioner of Labor, ,
today in .Charlotte announced the j
platform on which he is seeking ,
the Democratic nomination for the (
United States Senate. Other planks ,
may be added, he said, but these ]
are the foundation:
. He W absolutely dry. !
He will seek to settle North Caro- j >
Una's tax problem by a federal re- '
fund of one-third of the federal j i
: tobacco fax, having the federal '
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I Peaches For Sale 1
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I Peaches for sale, $1.00 a bushel. 1
Georgia, Belles ready to use this
week. Elbertas next week. Let me 1
have your order.
Mrs. K. C. Wagstaff, 1
Roxboro, R. 1. '
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FLIERS UNABLE
TO BEAT POST,
CATTY RECORD
Herndon and Pang-born Aban
don Effort After Arrival
at Khabarovsk -
REPAIR DAMAGED PLANE
Tokyo, Aug. 4. ? A Rengo news
agency dispatch from Khabarosvk,
Siberia, today said repairs on the
plane of the American fliers, Hugh
Herndpn, Jr., and Clyde Pang bom,
were completed and that they ap
parently planned to continue their
round-the-world dash.
The dispatch said the repairs
were completed at 8:30 a. m., Tokyo
time, today but that the fliers were
delaying their flight across the
North Pacific on account of unfav
orable weather.
Herndon and Pangborn damaged
i wing of their plane when they
landed at Khabarovsk.
Weather reports indicated unfav
orable conditions prevailed over the
tforth Pacific. High winds whipped
kcross Japan and the region to the
lorth.
The fliers did not set any defl
lite time for their takeoff to Nome.
\laska. _ '
Later dispatches said the fliers
ienied New Yqjk reports that they
lad considered abandoning their
ound - the - world flight attempt,
rhey said they would continue as|
oon as weather reports Indicated ;
:ondItlonS were more favorable.
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Popular Young
Miss Mary Woody Bride. Of Mr. j
Wallace Harris
The marriage of Miss Mary
Woody and Mr. Wallace Henry
Harris at Halifax, Va., on last
rhurtiday, July 30th, came as a dis
tinct surprise to their friends. ' Im
mediately after the ceremony the
happy young couple left on a brief
wedding trip to northern points,
after which they will go to Dillon,
S. C., where Mr. Harris will repre
sent the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco
Company for the season. I
Mrs. Harris is the daughter of
Mrs. Leila Woody, of Bailey. She
Is a native of the County and is
Mie of the popular and attractive
nembers of the young Set, and Rox
boro is glad to have her return,
which they will do after* the tobacco
season ends.
Mr. Harris is a son of Mr. W. H.
Harris, and Is recognized as one of
the leading young men of the town.
Rev. J. A. Winn, Minister of
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Danville Church, Arrested
On II Misdemeanor Charges
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| Danville, Va., Aug- 4. ? Rev. J.
j Arthur Winn, now nearing his
fourth year as pastor of Cabell
Street Methodist church, was ar
' retted at 10:30 o'clock this morn
ing by Police Lieutenant O. ' S.
Mayberry on 11 "Warrants, each
charging a misdemeanor.' In one
warrant he is charged^ with Immor
ality with. Bertha Mabes, aged 18,
and in 10 with simple assaults on
as many different women.
Mr. Winn was arrested at the of
fice of his attorney, M. K. Harris,
and He later appeared before Mag
istrate W. E. Griggs and gave $100
bond for appearance in the police ] (
court on August 11. Rev. John W. j
Winn, his brother, alsb of Dan- ,
vllle, went his security. Besides ; i
Karris, the minister wil be de
fended by his bsethers-in-law. ; ,
farmer State Senator O. Walter ( '
Mapp and Brook Mapp.
r After the formalities. Harris de
clared that eight of the warrants
a?e barred by the statute of limi
tations. "My client welcomes the
fullest sort of inquiry, and is sat
isfied he will be exonerated." the
attorney said. ' '
Bertha Mabes, the records show., /
has a Juvenilfe court 'record; She
has been convicted of p?Ut lar
:eny and has been confined in Bon
Air reformatory ask an incorrigible.
Names of women who appear on
the simple assault warrants as
rictfmrf lire Miss Florence Weary,
Mrs. Robert Prank, Willie Clay
[rby, Mrs. Claude Hudglns, - Mrs.
31yde Cook, Mrs. Catherine Pow
?11. Mrs. -E. Haiiey and a -Negro
woman. / : v I
Last night the official board of
Stosely Memorial church met but
took no action on the ministerial
situation. Commonwealth's'' attor
ney John W. Carter appeared,
lowever, and a made a statement
ixonerating Lieutenant Mayberry of
;rlticism. t
It Is disclosed that on July 24
Lieutenant Mayberry gave to Mr.
barter Information that had come
;o his knowledge. This resulted
n the commonwealth's attorney
afcing statements recorded steno
jraphically from nearly 60 women,
lir. Winn has served churches In
Emporia and Norfolk.
Ftour Methodist ministers of the
Danville district sitting as a com-1
nlttee o f Investigation behind
:loeed doors continued the session
oday. Rev. E. L. Bain, presiding
;lder and one of the four declined '
a specify the nature of the lnv?s
igatlon.
Longhurst Employee
Is Fatally Shocked
WiD Represent U. S.
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Norman H. Davis, former Under
Secretary of State, has been elected
by the League of Nations as the
American member of tile League's
Finance Committee.
MRS. REYNOLDS
GETS A MILLION
Consent Judgment , For That
Amount For Estranged
Wife Is Signed
TO"" BE HELD IN TRUST
Winston-Salem, Aug. 4. ? Consent
judgment getting up trust funds for
Mrs. Anne Cannon Reynolds, wife
of Zachary Smith Reynolds and
their child, Anne Cannon Reynolds
n, In amounts aggregating *1,000,
000 was signed by Superior Court
Judge John M. Oglesby at a hear
ing here today.
Reynolds, the second son of the
late R. J. Reynolds, the tobacco
magnate, and Miss Cannon, a
daughter of J. P.* Cannon, wealthy
Concord textile manufacturer, were
married in November, 1929, and j
their child was born Aug. 23, 1930.
On account of incompatability, the
couple separated Several months
ago, following which suit for ali
mony and suitable allowance for
support and care of the child was
instituted.
Both young Reynolds and his wife
are minors. Under .a trust estab- j
lished with the Safe Deposit and
Trust Company, of Baltimore, Rey
nolds receives an allowance of *50.- '
0uo a year. At the age of 28 he
will receive the corpus of his estate
inherited from the late tobacco
magnate and his mother, Mrs.
{Catherine S. Johnston. His estate
Is now valued at approximately .
*20.000.000.
Under the terms of the agree- j
ment effected today between the
guardians of the parties involved,
their attorneys and the trustee un
der the Reynolds will. Mrs. Rey
nolds will have * 5 00 , Op 0 In
trust deposited for her. From;
th'is trust, she will receive j
*600 monthly until she arrives at :
the age of 25 years when the total
accumulated income will be paid
her. Thereafter all income from i
the *500,000 trust will be paid her
monthly so long as she lives. Upon
her death the corpus of this trust
shall be held together with any and
all undistributed income and dirf- 1
tributed fOT the benefit of her child. ;
The consent judgment also pro- i
vides that an additional sum of ,
*500.000 shall be set up as a trust
fund with the Safe Deposit and ,
Trust Company of Baltimore, for '
the sole aocount of Anne Cannon ,
Reynolds, ' II, and "to much of the j
annual income for this trust as
may be necessary to properly care ;
for, maintain, support and educate
said child shall be said monthly by I
the trust company to the guardian]!
of the child, the amount of such
monthly sum to be mutually agreed |
upon by and between the guardian
of and the trust company.
Tourist ? This seems to be a very ,
dangerous precipice. It's a wonder
(hey don't put up a warning sign.
Native? Yes,_UJ? dangerous, but
they kept a warning sign up for two
years and no one fell over, ?o It
was taken down.
Canning School
Program Given
The canning classes by Miss
Rose E. Boron, will be con
ducted at the following places:
Mrs. Theo Hester's home,
Wednesday, ' An g. 12, 2 p . tu
rn. to S p. m.
Helena School, Thursday,
Aug. 13th, 2 p. m. to 5 p. m.
Mrs. Robert Gentry's, Allens
vide Store, Friday, Aug. 14th,
2 p. m. to 5 p. m.
This is one part of our live
at-home program for winter.
'Woman less Wedding'
On Saturday night, August 8th,
at 8 o'clock, a "Womanless "Wed
ding" will be given at, Olive Hill
high school by circle. No. 1 of the
Ladies Aid Society of" Concord
church. Admission 10 and 15 cents.
You are cordially Invited.
MANY DM IN
BRIDGE DISASTER
Bodies Of 20 Of 23 Victims
Recovered At Georgetown;
All But Two Negroes
ONLY ONE ESCAPES
FROM WATERY TOMB
Georgetown, 8. C., Aug. 4.? Twen
ty bodies had been recovered late
today as searchers probed the black
40-foot depth of the Sampit river
with grapple hooks for the 23 vic
tims of the drawbridge disaster.
Those recovered included Warren
Newton, 52-year-old farmer, and
son, Olin, 20, and 18 Negroes, mem
bers of the picnic party which was
riding in Newton's school bus when
it crasfied through the barrier
across the open bridge and plunged
into the water beneath.
The accident occurred shortly be
fore last midnight.
Only one person on the crowded
bus escaped. He was Jerome Fras
ier, Negro newsboy of Georgetown.
All the others, from Georgetown and
Andrews, were drowned. v
Hie Negroes had engaged New
ton, who had a contract with
Georgetown county to transport
school children in winter, to take
them to Mount Pleasant, a resort
near Charleston.
MWd Lights.
Although lights were on the
bridge to indicate it was open to
permit passage of a boat, Newton
is believed to have failed to see
them.
C. M. Richardson, bridge tender,
said 'the bus approached at a speed
of approximately 30 miles an hour
and did not slow down after it
clashed Into the barrier. The drop
from the bridge to the water is ap
proximately 30 feet.
Richarson said, however, that
automobiles had failed to see the
barrier and that It had been knock
ed open' several times last night,
one automobile barely missing go
ing into the water.
He said he had asked the State
Highway department 'several weeks
ago to remedy the situation.
Magistrate H. 8. Hlgglns. acting
coroner, Impanelled i .jury today
which found that Harold Drayton
had dfed "from accidental drown
ing." He said the Same verdict
would be applied to the others.
Of those drowned, seven were
women and four children.
The Prasier boy said he made his
escape by smashing a window and '
swimming out. He had severe cute
on hto arm, however. 1 ,
Special ""Term of Court J
A special term of court, to hear '
civil causes only, has been ordered !
for this County, to begin on Moil- |
day, Sept. 21st, 1931, with Judge
Shaw presiding. The civil docket
Is very much congested and It is !
hoped this week of court will en- I
able the docket to be cleared. I
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Natives of Havana, Cuba, do not
vttr panama hate in winter. t
Elmer Long Electrocuted At
Longhurst Mill Early This
Morning
FUNERAL SERVICES TO
BE HELD THURSDAY
Elmer Long, employee of the
Longhurst Cotton~Miii was Instant- ? j
ly killed this morning a few min
utes before seven o'clock when, he
accidentally came in contact with
a live wire at the mill. The water
level in an outside tank i? con
trolled by a float which actuates an
electric switch. Opening the switch
turns on a motor some distance
away, yhich pumps water into the
tank. A short length of separate
wire had been fastened to the
switch handle and run up to a
window, permitting the switch to
be operated from inside the build
ing. Mr. Long was standing on a
water-pipe and had taken hold of
this wire when he received the -i
fatal Shock.
Dr. A. P. Nichols, county coroner,
called Dr. H. M. Beam to assist in
th$ examination and immediately
summoned a coroner's Jury. Pol
lowing a close inspection of -the
body and the place where the ac
cident occurred, a verdict of elec
trocution was returned. It was
stated the switch was carrying 250
volts, altjbough it has not yet been
determined exactly how the cur
rent got into the wire leading to
the window. Unusually heavy rains
last night may have caused the
switch-box and outside wire to be
come charged.
Mr. Long was the son of Mr,
And Mrs. Bob Long of north Rox
boro and was about 28 years of age.
Hfe had been employed at the mill
for the past five or six years. Be
sides his parents and widow, he
leaves a brother, Robert Long, Jr.,
and three sisters, Mrs. Aubrey
Painter, Mrs. Lester Whitfield and
Mrs. Otha Tiagen. Funeral ser
vices will be cdhducted Thursday
afternoon.
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CO. COMMISSIONERS
IN REGULAR SESSION
Decide To Postpone Adver
tisement Of Land For Tax
Sales Another Month ,
DEFER ACTION ON
NEW SCHOOL HOUSE
The board of County Commission
ers met in regular session Monday,
and gpent the entire day, adjourn
ing, looking after matters of inter
est to the County. The day was
largely taken up . with routine
business, the only outstanding items
being a postponement of tax sales.
At their meeting in July it was
ordered that -all past due taxes
Should be advertised on the
first Monday in August, but after
much discussion it was decided to
postpone these advertisements until
September 30th, 1931.
The other matter came up in a
Joint meeting of the school board
and the commissioners. Helena
high school was asking for a new
buSding, which the advocates
Showed was very much needed; not
only Prof. Garrison, but several
ladles appeared before the board,
urging the new building. The dele
gation made out a strong iase, and
the school board asked that the
new building be granted; however,
the commissioners decided to wait
and see what further developments
might arise as to the school ques
tion before granting the request.
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Sale of Cakes and Pies
The ladies of Lambeth Memorial
Baptist Church will sell cakes, pie*,
dressed chicker.s, fresh eggs, etc.,
an Saturday, August 8th, -in the
stand formerly occupied by H. Can- ? %
tor on Main Street The ladies of
Roxboro are cordially invited to I
buy their Sunday dinner.
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Three lots of hogs have been put
in feed in Johnston County for
shipment in September.
In Scandipavta atxl dMmany. ?
toups are made from seaweed.
Be * . JTia