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ROXBORO. NORTH CAROLINA. WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 16, 1931.
NO. 37.
Six Agricultural Picnics
Scheduled For Next Week
Third Annual Series Of Ag
ricultural Picnics Begin
Wednesday, Sept. 23rd
TWO SCHEDULED
FOR EACH DAY
By H. K. Sanders
The third annual series of agri
cultural picnics for Person County
will begin at Harmony and Olive
HiidKoolhouses next Wednesday,
SetwRber 23rd, at ten o'clock In
the morning and run for the day
until SrSO P. M. There will be two
groups of speakers, one of which
will speak at Harmony in the morn
ing and come to Olive Hill for the
afternoon, and those that speak at
Olive Hill in the morning will go
ftp Harmony for the afternoon meet
On Thursday, September 24th
the meetings are scheduled to be at
Allensville*and Bushy Pork, while
the meetings at Helena and Hur
dle Mills are scheduled to be held
Friday, Sept. 25th.
All meetings are to begin at 10
A. M. at each place and close at
3:30 P. M. By all being on time
the meeting can start on time at
each place and give the speakers
time required to develop the sub
jects they are to discuss.
The other series of meetings that i
have been held for the last two |
years have meant a great deal to \
the farmers of the county who [
have taken advantage of the oppor
tunity.
It is especially desired that the
school auditorium at each of the
places will be crowded to capacity
this year. There was never a time
When we need to pay more atten
tion to the problems of the farm
and home than at the present time.
Mr. E. B. Morrow of State Collfgp 1
will be present at each place to dls
cuss the matter of saving the sweet
potato crop through the winter.
Hie most of us save our potatoes
until Christmas then the potatoes
rot. By following a certain line of
management there is no need for
the potatoes to rot after we have
made them. This is an important
phase of our farming that has been
overlooked in the' county, but the
county agent has at last realized
that ?omething had to be done, and
this will afford the farmers an op
portunity to study this subject.
Miss Ruth McCollum, County
Nurse, will discuss matters relating
to health, all of which are impor
tant, for where there is no health,
there can be but little energy and
happiness.
Mrs. Jane S. McKimmon will be
present Tuesday and Friday to dis
cuss matters relating to the farm
Aome, Mrs. McKimmon is a fore- :
Hie speakers, a woman of charm
ing personality and earnest convic
tion of 'the problems that the farm
woman has to contend with. It Is
earnestly desired that the farm
women of Person County will make
every possible effort to hear Mrs: '
McKimmon and bring your husband,
along as well to hear what she has
to say.
We might as well get our minds
off of making money for the pres
ent it seems, and get down to brass
&cks regarding the struggle on the
farm for the survival of the Attest.
Even though you may be feeling
blue, throw these blues away to the
sunshine and come to the meetings
and spend a day together with your j
neighbors and to hear what the !
speakers hare to say, then go back
home and try to put as many of
the things into practice as you can
under the conditions.
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Better Bay Clinic
Held Every Friday
The Better Baby clinic will be
held at the court house in the
Bealth Office every Friday from one
to Ave.
If there are other mothers in
terested I will be glad to have them
enroll their babierf. Each mother
will have an individual conference
concerning her child each time she
comes to the clinic.
Ruth McCollum. Nurse.
Birthday Celebrated
Sunday about one hundred and
fifty relatives and friends gathered
at the home of Mr. J. H Foushee
to celebrate his 64th birthday. Mr.
Itoushee Is one of the County**
most respected citizens, and one of
the best farmers In the County. A
Bountiful dinner was served on the
lawn*.
A World War Veteran
And His Forty Acres
When John 18FF61 Davis re
turned from the World War he had
$200 and 40 acres ol land In the
Eureka section of Moore Coupty
Be spent the $200 in getting back
into "oJvies." Then he borrowed
$1,000 and went to farming on his
unimproved 40 acres. Today there
is a modern home on the place
and youn^ Davis owns a herd of 21
purebred Guernsey*. "I owe only
$2Q0 and that is for fertilizer used
on 6 acres of tobacco grown by a
tenant, who helps me produce feed
for my cows," he said recently. He
maintains a milk route at Southern
Pines, about 12 miles away. He
He estimates that he makes $80 to
$100 a month, exclusive of 'his
home and what he produces for>
household use, off his place. He
started with one milk cow and this
summer he milked an average of j
twelve.
King One ? Mercy sakes, how did
you happen to become so disabled?
Trampus ? Ma'am, I overtaxed my
constitution lookin' fer a job.
SALE or FARMS
GAIN IN NUMBER
I
Increased Demand For Them
Evinced By People Living
In The Cities
FEDERAL LAND BANKS
SALES TOTAL $1,000,000
Washington, Sept. 13. ? K. B.
Reid, representing the Federal Land
Banks, here issued an interesting
statement today showing an in
cw se in the sale of farms of a
million dollars. ??
P. H. Klawon, president of the
Federal Land Bank of St. Paul,
Minn., said: "The 12 Federal Land
Banks sold during the first seven
months of this year more than a
million dollars' worth of farms in
excess of the amount sold in a
similar period in 1930. La?t year
they sold, in the 12 months, about
$8,000,000 worth of farms. This
year, in seven months, they sold
$6,395,456 worth of farms compared
with $5,274,098 in an equal time
last year. This indicates that this
year the banks will probably sur
pass their last year's record."
The Columbia (S. C.) district,
composed of Florida, Georgia, North
and South Carolina, sold from Jan
uary 31, 1931, 544 farms for $1,246,
352, copmared with 201 farms for
$555373 for the first seven months
months of 1930. This district led
in sales.
Mr. Klawon added: "The larger
number of sales is accounted for
largely by the improved demand
.for farm properties and partly by
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R0XB0R0 SCHOOLS
OPENED THURSDAY
Twelve Hundred And Seven
ty Children Enrolled Up
To The Present
EVERY TEACHER IN
HIS, OR HER PLACE
# ? ?
Roxboro City Schools opened
last Thursday morning with bright
prospects for a splendid session.
Prof. Davidson Is much pleased
with his cori? of teachers and is
expecting a most successful year
The following enrollment has been
made:
White
High school department 370
7th grade, at high School .... 51
Central graded school ........ 428
East Roxboro 71
Total white 826
Colored
Negro high school * 134
Negro elementary 311
Total colored '. . . 451
Orand total A ...... . 1277
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Hoboken ? Did you fell for help
when you were held up?
Shamokin ? I started to but the
bandits told me If I didn't shot
up they'd call the police.
HURRICANE DEATH
TOLL IN HONDURAN
CAPITAL GROWING
Latest Estimate From Belize
Says 1,200 Persons Perish
ed In Catastrophe
CREMATING BODIES AS
PUBLIC HEALTH STEP
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Belize, British Honduras, Sept. 13.
? Fire In the suburb ot Mesopo
tamia, as an aftermath of the hur
ricane that struck Belize TCiursday,
was spreading rapidly today, while
it was estimated that the death toll
of the storm was more than 1,200.
After parties had worked all night
to prevent the fire Spreading, all
efforts still were bent today cm
stopping Its progress as it edged
toward an inflammable liquor ware
house.
As more wreckage is moved in
this city, devastated by the hurri
cane and tidal wave, more bodies
of peopie and livestock have been
uncovered. It still was Impossible
today to figure the exact number of
death.
* Burning Bodies.
At St.. John's College, where the
deaths were many, a large hole had
been dug and the bodies were be
ing burned as they were recovered.
The hurricane struck inland for
about SO miles and the dead, have
been Boating down to Belize by the
river which divides this town.
Additional relief supplies have ar
rived and food is being distributed
in large quantities.
The crowds were more orderly to
day. Churches held services this
morning and Bishop Joseph Mur
phy begged his ptople to refrain
from disorders and to set about
about cleaning up the city. Above
all, he urged them to obey the or
ders of the authorities. All ehurch
es were crowded with people offer
ing thanks for their salvation.
With the death toll now estimated
at at least 1,200, It means that one
person in every 14 in the city's ap
proximately 16,000 population, per
ished in Thursday's storm. The
-peril in which the city as placed by
these storms, lying as it does on the
brink of the sea. has led the gov
ernment to consider the possibility
of moving it inland to higher
ground when construction work is
begun.
nawr mnuiir.
Hardly a house in the city kept
its roof, and it is the roofs which
furnish the greater part of the
city's water supply. Generally
speaking. Belize depends on a roof
catchment system and as a conse
quence a prospect of a water fa
mine was adding to the city's diffi
culties as it battled the fire today.
A spring of fresh water, discov
ered in a street yesterday, tem
porarily relieved the stricken city's
thirst.
As an example of the force with
which the blow struck, the captain
of a motor vessel who saw it hit the
Jesuit College, said that the build
ings of the college were heaved
high in the air above their concrete
pillars and dropped to the ground
to collapse like a pack of cards.
Manager Beattie. of the Royal
Bank of Canada, who was out rid
ing during the storm, had his horse
blowfa under him and was forced
to hang to trees to battle his way
home to the city. He arrived 24
hours after the storm had passed.
Every house in Mesopotamia was
destroyed by the first sweep of. the
hurricane. Following the blast of
the wind, the tidal wave rushed up
on the suburb, which lies, only a
foot above the high water level and
carried away everyone who happen
ed to be at home.
Relief work was procedlng with
dispatch today as the doctors who
have been brought here by airplane
made good use of the newly-acquir
ed medical supplies. Most of the
city'tf stock of first-aid necessities
was destroyed by the tidal wave.
Coach Hodges Is
Trying the Boys Out
Mr. Hodges, the new coach for
the Roxboro high school, is giving
hW football squad try outs every
afternoon. It is too early to pre
dict what the boys Me going to
do this season, but it goes without
saying that the town is squarely
behind these boys and will do every
thing possible to assist the coach
In putting out a winning team.
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Dr. Carlos J. Finlay In 1M1 first
offered the theory that yellow fever ,
came from the St?gom>W mosquito.
HON. A. J. MAXWELL
candidate for Governor, who is run
1 nlng on a platform of Re-Adjust
ment of Taxes, asks the support
of all people who want real tax
relief.
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American Woman
"Smart" Because
She Is Wise
"Why is the American woman the
I best dressed woman in the world?" j
a European visitor of masculine
gender asked us the other day. The
poor man had attempted, out of
an abundance of misinformation on
the subject of clothes and beauty, ;
to solve this seeming riddle.
It was clearly in his mind that J
the women of his own country !
i were beautiful ? but, he admitted,
they didn't wear their clothes half
so well as the typical American
woman.
Into the discussion broke one of !
the country's leading dress-makers,
and, by chance, an important tex
tile manufacturer. They both in
sisted that the matter under discus
sion was no riddle at all. Said the
dress designer: .J
"American women make sane in- j
telligent mothers, capable women
of -careers, great sportswomen. They
have learned the chief lesson of ,
fashion ? dressing appropriately.
That's what makes them smart."
Said the textile manufacturer:
"You can depend upon it that
American women hare learned the
lesson of values. It takes intelli
gence to be a good mother, a smart
business woman, a distinguished
spm u ruuuui, auu ui un; uiaMci
of selecting clothes the American
woman likewise applies intelli
gence. II ahe buys silk, she asks
for a pore dye type which is not
"going to rot. ' If she buys cotton,
she demands these days durene cot
ton with its flattering luster, great
durability, and beautiful colors. If
she buys wool she selects either
pure wool or a mixture made with
added strength and beauty rather
than lessened quality at stake. In
these days the American woman
achieves quality in her clothes
which is after all the basic es
sence of chic. Bedraggled smart
ness is worse than coarse wit. The I
American woman is 'smart' be
cause she is wise."
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Mt. Tirzah School
Opens Sept. 22nd
The Mout Tirzah School will have
its opening exercises on Tuesday.
Sept. 22nd, at nine o'clock. At this
time there will be a public pro
giam and later the list of books
will be given out and registration
for high school subjects.
The regular opening for lessons
will take place the next Monday
Sept. 28. It is important that all
the students start the first day and
continue every day.
The truck drivers will see that
their trucks are in condition and
filled with oil and gas. Mr. Davis
says that he will have the gas tank ]
filled lq time for the opening day.
E. L. Wehrenberg.
Court Next Week
There will be a special term of 1
Court next week for the purpose
of trying civil causes only. Judge .
Shaw, of Greensboro, will preside
The Roxboro bar has prep&ied a
calendar, and If this is adhered to
will practically take up the entire '
week. I
For some time the docket has j
been congested and it Is hoped by '
having this special term that it 1
may be almost cleared up.
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Some watch screws made are on
ly om thirty-fourth thousandth of
an inch in length, the diameter of I
the .head being one twenty-thous- i
andth of an inch. Such a screw ? |
has 300 threads to an inch. )<
EDNAS. DRAPER RED
CROSS NUTRITIONIST
ARRIVED ON MONDAY
Will Assist Local Chapter
In Launching Its Nutrition
Program
COMMITTEE DISCUSSES
PLAN OF OPERATION
Miss Edna E. Draper arrived
Monday to help the local Red
Cross chapter launch its Nutrition
Program. She came trom Wash
ington. D. C., where she attended
the Annual Nutrition Conference
held at Red Cross headquarters.
Miss Draper is a native Virginian,
a graduate of Teacher's College.
Harrisonburg, Va., did graduate
work at V. P. I, ? and has spent
the past summer at Columbia Uni
versity as a student In advance Nu
trition under the direction of Dr.
Mary Swartz Rose. For the past
year she has been conducting the
Nutrition Program in Shenandoah
County chapter; Virginia.
A tentative plan of work was dis
cussed Tuesday afternoon by the ,
Nutrition Committee appointed by
the local chapter chairman, Rev. A.
J. McKelway. The committee con
sists of the following: Miss Ruth
McCollum, Mrs. T. B. Woody, Mrs.
Numa Edwards, Miss Margaret
Carlton, Dr. A. P. Nichols, Dr. B.
A. Tnaxton, Supt. O. C. Davidson.
A schedule, when completed this
week, will be published and regular
articles on nutrition will appear
each week.
Tuberculosis Clinic
Closed Saturday
The tuberculosis clinic closed
Saturday. This two weeks work
marked one ol the most helpful
programs ever put on by the health
department. Dr. C. D. Thomas,
from State Sanatorium, who con
duced the clinic for us stated that
it was the next to the larges ttwo
weeks clinic he ever conducted in
the State. With these splendid
people to co-operate we will keep
on doing the things that promote
health.
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Parents and Teachers
Will Meet Monday
The parents and teachers will
hold their first meeting of the
school year next Monday afternoon
at 3:30 in the graded School build
ing. We want to have our associa
tion the strongest that we have
ever had, so, wont you come and
help do your part? Last year we
had the largest membership we
have had. but let's make it even
larger this year. Come and get to
know your child's teacher.
Mrs. W. O. Miller.
Will Serve Meals
The Davis Drug Co., of Roxboro,
Inc., have added' extra equipment
and are in position to serve meals,
breakfast, dinner and supper.
The menu is very attractive and
the prices will surprise you. You
are cordially invited to visit them
and try one of their meals.
Roxboro Garden Club
The regular meeting of the Rox
boro Garden Club will be held in
the club rooms, Monday afternoon,
September 31st, at 3 o'clock. An
Illustrated lecture will be the mail)
feature of the program. All mem
bers are urged to be present, and
visitors are welcome.
Rev. Mr. Hurst
Here Last Sunday
Rev. E. W. Hurst, Rector of St.
Marie's Episcopal church filled his
regular appointment here last Sun
day. While here he was the guest
of Mr. and Mr*. N. Lunsford.
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Underwent Operation
Mr. J. D. Manifum, the popular
manager of Leggetfs Department
Store here, underwent an operation
it Watts hospital last Thursday.
His condition is reported as being
much improved.
Celebrates Birthday
Col. W. L. Lewis, one of the best
mown and most loved young men :
>f this city, celebrated his 81st
iirthday Monday. The Colonel re- 1 ]
wived many congratulation* 1 1
Commissioners Decline"
to Supplement State
Allowance For Schools
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They Learned
How To Live
"We Just learned how to live In
the last several years," says Mrs. 1
J. P. Graham, the wife of a young
farmer who in 1830 took the sec
ond of a series of prises given for
outstanding examples of live-at
home farming In Robeson County.
She estimated that, aside from
clothing and the operation of an
automobile, not more than $150 a
year is spent on the maintenance
of her household. "And we live
much better than we did When we
spent much more than that," she
adds.
In recent years the Grahams,
who have been farming about 15
years on a comparatively small
place, have produced as fully as
practicable the things consumed
on the place. Making tobacco their
chief crop, they Sell annually $200
to $300 worth of surplus food and
feed products. Hiey come out
ahead every year and are not at all
discouraged by present conditions.
communitTchorus
or MALE VOICES
16 Singers Form Organiza
tion With Purpose to Pro
mote Community Music
OFFICERS ELECTED; TO
BE ANNOUNCED LATER
The songs of sixteen singers sing
ing solemn soulful songs sounded
sweetly on the air of Roxboro
Monday night inaugurating the ac
tivities of a group so young that
it has yet not even a name, but by
whatever name it is called, is a
community chorus of male voices.
Between Saturday afternoon and
Monday night word was passed
among the men who like to en
gage in what they are pleaded to
call singing to meet on Monday
night to effect an organization.
The result was the gathering of six
teen men with just one aim in life,
to sing.
A president, secretary-treasurer, ,
director, manager, pianist, and li
brarian were elected. An initiation
fee and dues were decided upon, and :
a time and place for regulaa?meet
ings were chosen. After these and
a few other minor details of busi
ness were attended to, the rest of
the time was devoted to a short
practice.
With the expectation that the |
original sixteen will be Increased by
further additions, and considering
the enthusiastic interest manifested
in this first gathering, there is
every reason to believe that the or
ganization effected will be able to
make a distinct contribution in
music to the community.
THIRDMARRIAGE
FOR EVANGELIST
Mrs. McPherson And Her
Temple Singer Fly to Ari
zona For Ceremony
Los Angeles. Calif., 8ept. 13.? i
Almee Semple McPhersfon, evange- . '
list of the "Pour-Square" gospel, <
and David Hutton, voice instructor . 1
at her Angelus Temple here, were i
married at dawn today In a driz- . 1
zllng rain at the Yuma, Ariz., air
port. ' !
They left Los Angeles at 3 a. m., ,
in a chartered airplane. At Yuma, ,
MTs. McPherson's followers had i
made ready for the ceremony.
After the brief service, the wedding (
party re-entered the plane and
flew back to Los Angeles In time
for Mrs. McPherson to deliver a
sermon at the regular Angelus i
Temple Sunday morning meeting. '
She warf her smiling, vigorous self,
never once giving a hiunt to her
large congregation that their fa
mous leader had found a new love, t
It was the third marriage for i
Mrs. McPherson. Her first husband, ?
father of young Mrs. Roberta Sem- 1
pie Smythe, is dead. The second, \
father ft Rolf McPherson, has re- 1
married. Hutton, a Jovial 250- i
pound man, was never married be- j
fore. i
rhey Contend It Is State's Job
And The State Should Fnr
nish The Money
COUNTY TAX RATE
IS FIXED AT $1.00
The Board of County Commis
sioners met In called session last
Friday morning for the purpose o f
fixing the County tax %rate. This
matter had been held up for some
time waiting on the school question,
the State having failed to make
definite appropriations and the
County could not fix a rate until
that question was settled.
The first thing to come before
the Board was whether the State
should run the. six months term
of public schools, or should the
County make an extra appropria
tion to help out, what the County
Superintendent said would be a
deficit. It was contended by the
school board that the schools could
not be run on the amount appro
priated by. the State, but the Board
decided the State had taken over
the six months school term and it
was up to the State to run the
schools. After quite a lengthy dis
cussion Mr. Bailey moved that the
County decline to make any supple
ments to the schools. The motion
was seconded by Mr. Cash, and af
ter another lengthy discussion the
Chairman, Mr. Crowell, put the
question and it was unanimously
adopted .
After this matter was settled it
was an easy matter to finish the
business, which was to levy the tax
rate. The following levy was made:
General fund .15
County Home .04
Bond debt 31
Health .01 %
Court house bonds .08
' Court and Jail operation .03%
State school fund .16
Capital outlay .03
Debt Service .18
Total 141.00
You will notice the State school
fund is placed at 16 cents, and will
probably want to know why, as the
ad valorem as set by the last legis
lature was only 15 cents. Tliit in
crease comes from the fact that
there was a reduction in the valu
action of property in the County,
and the fifteen cent rate, as fixed
by the legislature, was supposed to
raise a fixed sum, hence the neces
sity for the one cent Increase.
Day-Stewart
Mr. William E. Stewart and Miss
Banna Day were marired in Lynch
burg last Monday morning. Mr.
and Mrs. D. C. Swartz accompanied
them and witnessed the ceremony.
Immedlaely after the ceremony Mr.
and Mrs. Stewart left for a trip
to Washington, D. Ci, and other
northern cities.
They are both natives of Rox
boro and number their friends- by
th?ir acquaintance; - they are ex
ceedingly popular with the younger
Set and have the best wishes of all.
Favor Married Women
The Pilot Life Insurance Com
pany. of Greensboro, N. C? has
been issuing to single women pol
icies up to $500 without examina
tion. Now they have decided for
a few weeks to issue to married
women Insurance up to $1,000 with
out examination. She can buy Or
dinary Life, Twenty-Pay Life, or
my kind from the Ordinary Life
>P
This offer holds good for a few
rood weeks only. The Company is
loing this to help their agents win
% trip to Havana, Cuba, or qualify
'or the Pilot Club.
Wow to the time for you to buy
nsurance from the strongest com
pany south of Philadelphia.
KNIGHT'S INS. AOENCT.
Boys Enter Wake
Forest College
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The following young men left
be first of the week for Wake For
*t College: FUz and Ben DavW.
Spencer Woody, Bedford Stanfleld.
>ster Morrell. Algle Jackson. Bmer
Valker Morris Clayton, Stokes
irook*, Thomas Perkins and George
rhomas. Tills Is a fine bunch of
noting men and they will reflect
lonor upon the town.