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IF TOO HAVE A MESSAGE FOB ALL OF THE PEOPLE PtJT IT IN THE COURIER WHICH REACHES * MOST OP THE PEOPLE. ESTABLISHED PERSON COUNTY'S OLDEST AND BE8T NEWSPAPER UND! MANAGEMENT AND OWNERSHIP FOB 46 YEARS. Best People On Earth; Good Churches And Schools; Where Optimism Rules J. W. NOELL, EDITOR AND PUBLISHER. HOME FIRST, ABROAD NEXT VOL. XLVIII. ROXBORO. NORTH CAROLINA. WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 19, 1931, $1.50 ?ER YEAR IN ADVANCE. NO. 33. Prospects Good* For A Golf Club In Roxboro / - ' <?" o Committee Appointed About Prepared To Make Their Final Report CONSIDERING LOCH LIMf Roxboro Rotary club U again proving that it is not Simply a "luncheon club," but is a commun ity builder. A few weeks ago the matter of securing a place where the men, women and children might go for amusement, recrea tion and health was discussed and a committee appointed to investi gate. This committee is about ready to report and they recom mend building a golf course, with k suitable club house within easy ? reach of the town. Naturally this committee turned towards Loch Lily, at one t ifte a most popular resort, but, for some cause or other, it has been allowed to go to the discard, and now ve>y few turn that way. True, it has always been a favored place for bathers, as the beach on tie, west side fr-delightful for such purposes, but picnickers and campers are seldom seen at this beautiful spot. The committee, with a landscape gardner, spent last Friday morning looking over the grounds and the gardner expressed himself as being highly pleased with the possibilities and it looks at this writing as if a golf course will be laid out, wth the club house greatly Improved, aijd such things as water, lights, sewer age, etc., will be a certalntly. While a careful canvass has not been made " it appears that there are about 100 possible members, which will in . sure a successful golf course from the beginning. We sincerely hope there will be no hitch in this proposition, for we know of nothing which will mean quite so much to the citizens of Roxboro. and our neighboring villages. Jalong, Bakersville, and Somerset. It will give all, men, women, and children, somewhere to go for an afternoon; fill a much needed want in the way of a place for the womens clubs to hold ban quets, or regular meetings when they want something out of the ordinary, and will keep many a father at home much of the day Sunday. Besides, there is nothing which advertises a town to a better advantage than the fact that there is a good golf course, open to transient visitors and strangers. Now that the ball is rolling lets keep it going until It reaches the top. o ? ? ?? Death Of Deputy Sheriff R. W. Dixon ? Puneral Services for R. W. Dixon, deputy sheriff of Person county, were conducted from the Metho dist church at Jalong Sunday after noon at 3 o'clock. Interment was made in the family cemetery. Rev. B. Shankle, pastor of the church officiated, assisted by Rev. C. D. Barcllff and Rev. J. C. McGregor. Mr. Dixon, for 14 years deputy sheriff of this connty^jras held in high esteem by his iflfcny friends in Jalong and Roxboro. A compli cation of diseases caused his death ejjrly Saturday morning. He had been ill for several months. W. C. Hodgins Will Coach Athletics Here Mr. W. C. Hodgins has been elected to teach science and coach athletics in the Roxboro high school for the coming year. Mr. Hodgins is a native of Red Springs, and comes here from Raeford high school. Is a graduate of Davidson college, and was a member of the varsity baseball team. He comes highly recommended, and it Is hoped, with the splendid material he will have, that a winning team ? will be put out by the Roxboro high School. o ? On The Market* Mr and Mrs. H. Ralff left the first of the week for the Northern markets where they will buy mer chandise for the Ralff's Department Store Heavy Rainfall Mr. I. O. Abbltt. who keeps a re sard of the rainfall lor this sec tion, reports 'heavy rainfall for August, seven lAhes for the month up to the 16th. This Is more than fell during the entire .months of June and July. Mullins' New Rotary Show Window Mr. W. H. Mullins has invented a new rotary show window, which be was displaying here last Monday. To our way of thinking this is really a worthwhile propdtition, and will appeal to tbe merchants generally. By this device a show | window is so arranged that each article in the window is shown in ' I three different positions, and the display changes every minute. It is an entirely new principle in window display and we shall be , greatly disappointed if it does not , prove very popular. VAN UNDLEY HAN ADDRESSES CLUB Garden Club has Interesting Meeting at Home of Mrs. T. T. Hester The Garden Club enjoyed one of the most interesting meetings Mon day afternoon at .4 o'clock at the country home of Mrs. T. T. Hes ter In the Concord section. This lovely home provided a most at tractive setting for an out-door gathering, with its beautiful grounds, lovely rock garden and pool and summer flowers growing in profusion everywhere. The members and guests were graciously welcomed and were served punch tgith wafers by Mrs. Errol Morton, Mrs. Raymond Win- ' stead and Miss Blanch Wins te ad. ' Mrs .Hester was further assisted in entertaining those present by a number of her neighbors. A business meeting presided over by the president, Mrs. W. T. Pass, opened the program. Following this, Mrs. Pass Introduced Mr. Ramsey, a representative of Van Lindley Nursey Company of Greensboro, who gave a very interesting and in structive talk on "Rose ^Culture." A display of zinnias was also a fea ture of this meeting, these being grown and exhibited by various j members of the club. Mrs. W. S. Clary was presented the award for the best and most varied collection i of these flowers. This meeting of . , the Garden Club was unusually well ( attended and greatly enjoyed. HUNDREDSDROWNED WHEN DYKE BREAKS Hankow is Inundated as Huge Dyke Protecting Chinese City Collapses I Hankow, China, Aug^ 18. ? Several ' i hundred Chinese reisdents of Han kow drowned today when the big Criakow dyke protecting the city's western suburbs - collapsed, inun dating the principal native indus trial district. Including big flour, cotton and silk mills. An accurate estimate of the num ber who perished was not possible | in view of the chaos that prevailed following the disaster. Although all foreigners In Hankow I were reported safe, a great major ity of foreign women have left the city and more were leaving on every steamer. A Chinese exodus from the stricken city also was under way on a huge scale. All available means I of transport was packed with hu manity and what personal belong - | ings could be loaded aboard. Big, i river junks were transversing what once were city streets, removing" valuables from homes and ware houses. besafeT Corporations and good business | men Insure their property. Be a t I good business man and insure your ? tobacco. Insure It while curing, and also while In the packbarn. This is the only way to make It safe. For complete Information write, or call. BATTERFIELD IN8? AGENCY. "Old and Tried" 8. P. Batter Held. K. O. Thompson W. G. James. LITTLE ELAINE MILLER Pre-School Child Is ? | One Hundred Percent Elaine Miller, six-year-old daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Miller, is all ready for school? Tonsils re moved, teeth ^perfect, average weight, and immunized against smallpox, diphtheria and typhoid fever. , This is a splendid record for lit tle Miss Miller and we always get good school work from such perfect specimens of health. Co. Health Dept. o Highway Patrolman To Be Stationed Here Mr. O. C. Robinson, one of the highway partolmen, has been as Signed to this division and will make his headquarters hare. Folks driving one-eyed machines and with lamps improperly adjusted had better look out, for there is trouble ahead for them. THOUSANDS GATHER FOR CELEBRATION AT FORT RALEIGH State Joins Dare in Commem orating Anniversary And County's New Facilities . ESTIMATE 5,000 PRESENT Manteo, Aug. 18. ? Some Five j thousand citizens from all sections of North Carolina gathered at Port Raleigh, Roanoke Island, today and enthusiastically joined In helping celebrate tl]g 344th birthday of Vir- . ginia Dare, the first child of Eng lish parentage to be born on Amer ican soil, and the bringing of Dare county Into intimate touch with the rest of the Slate as a result of completion of new bridges and highways. It was a big day for Dare, the high spot of the week's program in : connection with Homecoming Week, i There were spfcehes, band mysic, 1 singing and a real old-fashioned picnic dinner. There were two Sen ators, three Congressmen and more than a dozen high State officials among those jjresent. Interesting Program. V Gathering under the shady trees which abound in the vicinity of Port Raleigh, the huge crowd par ticipated in a program which prov ed unusually interesting al the way through. A large speaker's plat form had been erected for the oc casion and was oscupied not only ; by the orators of the day but also by about 50 distinguished guests. Part of -the crowd sat on improvis ed benches while others stood in the rear. The U. S. Navy band proved (Continued on last page) Person County Superior Court Adjourned Thursday Judge Daniels Handed Down Judgments In Total Of About 80 Cases MOST ALL CASES TRIVIAL The following cases were disposed of since our report last week: -? O. M. Thompson, white, charged with abduction. He received from two to four years at hard labor in the state penitentiary. Bunnie Wilson, driving automo bile while drunk, not true bill. Young Wilson was charged with the same offense and the same was rendered in his case. >. Pay ton Cunningham, fictitious license, Judgment suspended upon payment of costs and license. Warren Hughes,, carrying con cealed weapon, (50 and costs. On a charge of illegal possession, Hughes was made to pay the costs and judgmept was Suspended. Lonnie Cousin, larceny, four months on roads. Lilian Jones, larceny, four months at county home. Charlie Snipes, larceny, 65 days on roads. Charlie Kidd, larceny, judgment suspended upon payment of costs. Nelius Beard, killing horse, tu> true bill. (Continued on last page) ? ? ? o ? t Ccmpulsory Small pox Vaccination For School Children Parents are advised to have all school children vaccinated against smallpox before time to enter school this fall. The earlier the vaccination the better. School time will be saved for the child If his vaccination Is given now and it gets well before school opens. Then he is less apt to hurt his artn when home than be winild bo in a crowd at school. Free vaccination at Health De partment. Co. Nurse. Employee Injured In Roxboro Cotton Mills This morning R T. Clayton, son of Andrew Clayton, while at work In the Roxboro Cotton. Mills. w* caught Jn .? belt and considerably bwised, breaking a bone in his arm aMb receiving a painful cut on the hejd. He was immediately given first aid treatment, and after a thorough examination It found that he was not seriously wounded. JI)EATH OF MR. H. W. ROGERS THIS MORNING Mr. H. W. Rogers died at his home in the Concord section at 5:30 this morning. Funeral services will be held tomorrow, Thursday, and interment made in the family bury ing grounds. Mr. Rogers was one of the Coun ty's most prominent and best loved citizens, and will be greatly missed in his community. He had been in declining health for some time, but his death came as a shock to the public. He leaves a large num I ber of relatives besides a big circle of friends. Loses Two Fingers Berley Clayton, son of Mr. and Mrs. Mancy Clayton, about twelve years old, had the -misfortune to lose two of his fingers. He was feeding a corn cutter when his hand was caught in the machine. While not serious the accident was very painful. Maryland Newspaper Man Visiting Here We were delighted to have a call from Mr. R. L. Sewell, of Hyatts ville, Md.. Monday afternoon. He is visiting relatives at Bakersvllle, and expressed himself as being vetf much impressed with the people of this section. o : A Welcome Visitor It was a pleasure to have a visit from our good friend, Mrs. J. A. j Beam Monday morning. She has been visiting her children in Rich mond and Louisbu(g. and is here ' for a short time looking after some business matters. Gone North I Mr. M. W. Satterfleld, buyer for Messrs. Wilburn & Satterfleld, and i Miss Annie Lou Thomas, assistant buyer, left Monday morning for the northern markets where they will buy their fall line. Visiting New York , Mr. A. M. Burns, of the firm of Messrs Harris <fc Burns, accom panied by Mrs. A. M. Burns and 1 daughter. Miss Janie Bums, left last Saturday for Baltimore, Phila I delphla and New York whwa-Mr ; Burns will complete his fall pur chases. REV. S. F. NICKS RECEIVES HONORS AT CHARLOTTE Mr. nicks was maae suae Councilor of the Junior Or der, United States American Mechanics at the meeting which is being held tn Char lotte. This is an honor worthily bestowed, for Mr. Nicks is one of the most faithful members of this great order. He is Pastor of the Brooksdale Circuit' and is dearly loved by every man, woman and child of this charge. ' He is exceedingly popular in Roxboro and often Speaks before the various . civic clubs of the town and County. We congratulate him upon the honor. Pew men are more faith - luL.lo his calling, huOj. he manages to find' time to take an active part In Junior Or der work, and for the past year has been Vice-Councilor, thus fully preparing himself for the task he will now undertake. ROXBORO CITY SCHOOLS WILL OPEN THURSDAY, SEPT. 10TH n I All Beginners Must Be Six Years Old Before Novem-^ ber 1st FACULTY MEETS ON 9TH The fall term ef the RoxbSro schools will open on Thursday morning, September 10. Registra tion and classification of pupils will take place at that time and book lists will be distributed. Parents who have" not had their six-year - old children vaccinated are requested to have that matter attended to before school opens. No child will be admitted to school who has not been vaccinated or who does not present a doctor's cer tificate stating that the child should not be vaccinated. Children whose sixth birthday will not occur on or before the first day of November may not be admitted to the first grade. These grades are usually crowded, and children many weeks under six years of age are better off at home than in school. No beginners, re gardless of age, can be accommo dated in first grade sections sifter the end of the second school month. Beginners coming Into the grade late are handicapped all the year and create special problems for the. teacher and the School. The first- faculty meeting will be held at four o'clock on Wednesday afternoon, September 9, In the Central school building. O. C. Davidson. Supt. o Automobile Wreck Near Bethel Hill One man was .seriously injured and two others cut and bruised about their bodies when the car In which they were riding on the South Boston - Roxboro highway struck a cement culvert directly in front of the Bqthel Hill high school. Four men made up the party headed for Roxboro in the light car. which was?*mashed and bat tered beyond repair. All of the men are employes of the Collins, and Alkman corporation. Tlielr names and description of their in juries follows: Jack Lane, both arms broken, the right arm in two places; broken nose, several teeth knocked out and otherwise cut and bruised about the body: Dave Cole, broken nose, badly bruised hip and a cut on back o( head which required 10 stitches; Howard Nelson, cut on chin and other minor cuts and bruises; Plato BrOwn. the fourth member of the party, escaped with only slight injuries. HERE IT IS The new Insurance Ticket.' The most liberal ever issued. $5,000 for accidental death. (5,000 for loss of both hands or both feet, $2,500 for the loss of one hand or one foot. $35 a week tor total disability. $15 a week for partial disability, all for 25 cents a day. Insures women 1 same as men. Covers accidents whether traveling or not. See KNKJHT'8 INS. AGENCY Rotfboro. N. C. Thirty-nine cars of green toma toes wrapped with protective' paper were sold by Washington County farmers last week. . 'j HON. J. C. B. EHRINGHAUS recently announced candidate for the Democratic nomination for Gov ernor. # OFFICIALDOM 1EAVES FOR ROANOKE ISLAND But More People Are Inter ested In Ehringhaus' Dec laration Than Speeches ?- -? : HIS THUNDER IS HEARD Raleigh, Aug. 17. ? Officialdom was decimated today by public of- 1 flcials who have gone to Manteo to attend tomorrow the first and greatest event of the Dare home coming week which is attracting national attentioh. The down-going had additional interest at this time following the most aggressive and definite an nouncement of gubernatorial carvil dacy made in North Carolina in 25 [ years. Many of the Raleigh people j were more Interested in the eastern i reaction to J. C. B. Ehringhaus de I claration ,than in all the speeches jset for the grand day. For Mr. Ehringhaus. a trifle sub ' sequent about saying anything at all had left the- public an impres- j slon that here is an amiable, bril liant, and remarkably successful lawyer whose views nobody knows about any of the big questions pre ! senting themselves for legislative (Continued on last page) a : Resolutions By The Bar Association Be it resolved by the members of . Person dounty Bar Association : | That whereas His Honor F. A. j Daniels has presided over this the , August Term 1431 of Person- Su perior Court, anil whereas, His Honor has held Court in Person County several times in the past ' twenty years and has always shown marked Judicial temperament and courtesy to the members of the Bar and all attending Court. Now, therefore, we wish to hereby pxpress to His Honor our appreda1 tion. love and admiration and wish fqr him many more years of use fulness on the Bench. Roxboro Bar Association. REV. S. F. NICKS HEAD Of NORTH CAROLINA JUNIORS * Roxboro Man Elected State Councilor In Annual Con tention In Charlotte [N 4 1ST ANNUAL SESSION Charlotte, Aug. 18. ? A Methodist minuter. Rev. 8. F. Nicks, of- Rox boro, will head the Junior Order, United American Mechanics, in North Carolina next year. He was elevated to that office today through his unanimous chokie -by the re- . presents tives of the State Council in the opening session of the forty first annual convention in Charlotte. With approximately 406 men in attendance, the convention got un der way this afternoon and prac tically the entire afternoon session was consumed with the nomination ' of candidates for the various State Council offices and the presentation of invitations by Chapel Hill, Ra leigh and Morehead City for tbe 1932 convention. National Councilor Speaks. Dr. Charles E. Brewer, Raleigh, national councilor of the Junior Order and president of Meredith College, was the principal speaker at the public session tonight. The - session followed a street parade of the State Council 'representative* and a supper. Dr. Brewer gave a ? vivid word picture of the Junior (Continued on last page) A Musical Treat It was our pleasure to worship with the brethren Of the Edgar Long Memorial Methodist Church last Sunday. Ttie pastor. Rev. T. A. SikeS, gave his congregation Sun day morning a strong sermon, fjill of thought, taking the stand that it was not because of the doings of congress or the legislature that we were having these depressed times, but stated it as his opinion that mankind was wholly to blame, that they had forgotten Ood and were simply reaping what they had sown. The Methodist choir is well known for the splendid music heard at each service, but Sunday the music was unusually fine. MiSs Agnes Dod son, of Winston-Salem, favored the congregation with a solo, which was thoroughly enjoyed by every one familiar with high -class music.. Again at the evening service she delighted the audience with an other solo. Rarely have the people here had the pleasure of hearing a more gifted soloist. TREND UPWARDON BORDER MARKETS Heavy Sales And Improving Prices Among Chief Char acteristics Noted Heavy sales and Improving prices marked the border belt tobacco mar kets yesterday. Fairmont had an estimated average of $13.75. The ofQclal average Monday was 114.54. The Fairmont average one year ago Monday and Tuesday was (12.21 $12.07. respectively. Chadboum had an average yesterday of $14.26. Clarkton's average was $10.50 with principally lugs being Mid. LUGS CONSTITUTE CHIEF OFFERINGS AT CLARKTON Clarkton. Aug. "18.? There was 32, 872 pounds of tobacco, principally lugs, sold on the Clarkton tobacco market today at an average of tlS\o. The price range was from 1 one to 35. Better grades are selling well, poor 4 grades very low. OLD-TIME GOOD FEELING ON CHADBOURN MARKET Chad bourn, Aug. 18.? The Chad bourn tobacco market developed into an old-time good selling mar ket today selling 64,734 pounds for $9,231.06 with an average of $14.2*. The growers showed much satisfac tion with the prices received today and sales are expected to Increase dally. AVERAGES OF $14.54 MADE AT FAIRMONT MONDAY Fairmont, Aug. 18.? Heavy si prevent an official report tenii II is estimated that 630.000 pou was sold at an average of $13 Prices on all grades were just high as yesterday but more of (Continued on last page)
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