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ROXBORO. NORTH CAROLINA. WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 14, 1931.
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NO. 41.
THE WOMAN'S CLUB
WILL PRESENT PLAY
OCTOBER 22ND-23RD
Part To BiT Donated To Char
ity. Best Local Talent
To Take Part
THE COLLEGE FLAPPER'
Last week the officers of the
Wam?Ss Club met to discuss the
plans -for the production of tbfc
big amateur play "The College
Flapper." Committees were chosen
and they are now all at work on
the various phases of the produc
tion.! The (how fe to be staged
next Thursday and Friday week, on
feDct. 23 and 23, and the Womans
Hlub is making every effort to make
m one of the biggest productions
ever put on in the city. Miss
Weaver, representative of the Uni
versal Producing Company, is here
to stage the production, and the
Womans Club is very enthusiastic
about the whole production and is
promising the public a real treat.
The play "The College Flapper"
has been put on by local organiza
tions throughout the United States
and Canada with the most unusual
success, and the Womans Club feels
quite fortunate in being able to ob
tain such an entertainment for
the local community.
Rehearsals are now under way,
and the Womans Club has bee^ able
to choose the very best local actors
of the community to play the var
ious parts in the production. -
Without question, the big sensa
tion of "The College Flapper" will
be the men's flapper chorus. This
group will consist of twenty-eight
of our most prominent business
men playing the parts of college
girls. Other features of the pro
duction are the glee club and
high school girls in costumed chor
ines. Hie. baby pageant Is another
.-unique attraction and consists of
one hundred children with a spe
cial dramatic reader.
A full list of the cast and chor
uses will be announced next week.
Watch this paper for the list a* It
is going to be very interesting.
First Baptist Church
_,^hat we should do unto others
m we would have them do unto us ?
that we should respect the right*
of others as scrupulously as we
would have our rights respected?
is not a mere counsel of perfection
to Individuals ? but it is the law to
which we must conform social in
stitutions and national policy, if
we would secure the blessings of
atamdance of peace. ? Henry George.
_ 9:45 a. m. Bible School. Prof. I.
Pait, Buperlntenqgpt.
aTTn. tPreaL^Mg by the pas
tor. 8 ubject: "Burden Bearers."
1:30 p. m. Preaching by the pas
tor. Subject: "Pear Not."
A cordial welcome is extended to
W. P. WEST, Pastor.
Stunt Flying Here
Saturday and Sunday
IJeut Newklrk will thrill the
crowd with a series of unusual
stunts? upside down flying, wing
walking, etc., at the airport near
Mr. 8. P. Gentry's Store, ton the
South Boston road next Saturday
and Sunday. Short rides wil cost
$1.50 and long rides 12.50. Whether
you want to ride or not you will
want to aee these dare-devil stunts
in the air by Lieut. Newklrk.
Sheriff Will Levy
And Garnishee
I am hereby giving notice to all
who arc owing taxes that I will
levy on all personal property and
garnishee all wage* of those who
hare a Job for all past due taxes.
Hils will be no pleasure to me, but
I am dmply carrying out the law
and doing my duty. Please pay
and save me this env
FourHT?w*r, Mtti, at l:M
o'clock, at Ooooord church on the
Person Circuit, w* will have our
Bom Missionary meeting All our
Missionary Auxiliaries and Meth
odist churches are asked to be re
inserted. This being the last Zoos
meeting of this year, we truA we
wUl have a good attendance and a
harassment.
'*& M. T. Clayton, Sheriff
R and Tax Collector.
Zone tylist'ry Meeting
Hindenburg Reaches 84
Germany's aged president and (
former commander of Its Imperial >
armies is still active in spite of his
years.
DEMOCRATS WILL \
LAUNCH CAMPAIGN
FOR VICTORY FUND
Drive For $1,500,000 Will
Mark Beginning of Party's :
Pre-Convention Work
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LEADERS "CONFIDENT
OP RETURN TO POWER
Washington, Oct. 13. ? Democratic
leaden), Jubilant at the outlook lor
the 1032 Presidential campaign, to
day announced a drive for a $1,
500,000 "Victory Fund." It marks
the opening of the pre-convention
campaign. ' i
Jouett Shouse, chairman of the
Democratic National Executive Com- ^
mittee, announcing plans (or the
fund, said it was proposed "to
make every voter who is Interested !
in constructive government a party !
stockholder for 1982."
It is intended to use the money
in three ways: $400,000 to liquidate ]
the deficit remaining afteT the 1928
campaign; (600,000 to provide for
national headquarters activities
since 1928 and up to the time of
the 1932 convention; $500,000 to be
used by the Democratic National
Committee immediately after the
convention, so that it wil be able
to get a flying ftart when the real
campaign begins.
John H. Hahey, newspaper pub
lisher of Worcester, Mass., has been
made executive chairman of the
Victory Fund committee. He will
have with him 538 leading Demo
crats, including all Democratic Nat
ional committeemen and commit
tee wojnen. and Democratic State
chairmen. James W. Gerard, treas
urer of the national committee, will
be treasurer of the fund.
L -Leaders Enlisted.
Such Democratic leaders and
i Presidential, possibilities as Prank -
i lin D. Roosevelt, Newton D. Baker,
Albert C. Ritchie, Owen Young,
James A. Reed. Alfred E. Smith,
James M. Cox, Joseph T. Robinson
and John N. Garner are working In
, the interests of the fund.
John W. Davis, Presidential can- ,
didate in 1924, and John J. Raskob,
chairman of the Democratic Nation
; al Committee, Joined Shouse in an- :
nounclng the fund. Davis" state
ment was particularly optimistic,
and reflected the feeling of many
Democrats that they are going to
1 return to power after 12 years as
the minority party.
| "The Victory Fund Is about to be
Instituted at a time when the poll- ,
tical position of the party Is al
most Impregnable," said Davis. 'Its
prospects of victory were never
brighter."
"Justifying the patty'* optimism
are the elections in and since 1*30,
decisive proof of the growing sen
timent for administrative change
and at once an endorsement and
an Indication of the success of our
efforts for victory next year.
"Not In generations has there ,
been greater need or greater like
lihood of Democratic victory. !
Davis continued with a warning
against- over confidence.
To The Ladies H
i
We are glad to announce we have ! '
taken over the agency for the i
"Goasard" Corset. Some say that 1 (
Roxboro to too email for this; but |
w? say: Our customer* want, and , I
are entitled to the beat. Don't for- , I
get Wednesday, Oct. 91, all day. 1 1
; we will have |n expert fitter from , 1
the factory. Whether you buy or I
not, oome In and learn the kind of '
corset thjit beat suits you. We are, 1
Very truly yours. I
WILBURN b 8ATTEBTOBUJ. (
Jack Barnett
Marries In Va.
Norfolk, V>1.. Oct. 13? W C.
'Jack" Barnett. diminutive Rox
>oro, N. C., cigar salesman, married
Xiss Tessie Burnotes, of Baltimore,
kid., in the lobby o( the Victoria
Sotel today. The ceremony was
jerformed by Rev. Henry H. Krat
leg. Mr. Barnett is 3 feet seven
nches tall and weighs 69 pounds,
lis bride is five feet three and
eeighs 130. They met in Baltimore
me year ago. ? Ledger Dispatch.
Series Of Sermons At
Presbyterian Church
Rev. Hugh Bradley will preach
n the Roxboro Presbyterian Church
>n Monday night the first of a
?cries of sermons In the meeting
vhlch he will ocnduct, to begin
Monday night and to continue
hrough Wednesday or Thursday of
h? following week. Services will
>egin at 7:30 every night and a
nost cordial invitation is extended
*> all to attend and join in the
rorship.
Mr. Bradley is the pastor of the
'resbyterian Church of Roanoke
lapids, N. C., where he has, for
he past few years, since graduating
rom the Seminary at Richmond,
>een singularly successful in the
vork of the ministry. Mr. Bradley
s a graduate of Davidson College
ind of the Union Theological Sem
nary in Richmond, at which latter
nstitution he was awarded a
icholarship for the high standard
rtilch he maintained in his studies,
ie is one of the most proirfcsing
>f the younger men in the Bresby
erian Church.
In work with young people Mr.
3radley has been particularly suc
:essful and has been repeatedly
:hosen to head the work of" Gran -
'ille Presbytery for the activities of
he young people of the church.
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Edgar Long Memorial
You will find a warm welcome at
his church next Sunday and every
Sunday. We always have special
nusic by a fine choir. At the nigllt
lervioe Rev. J. C. Woo ten, our pre
ilding elder will be with us. This
will be his last appearance in that
sapacityT The laws of the church
rill not permit him to serve as
ilder more than four consecutive
rears and this 1s his fourth. We
?rust, that he will be greeted by a
arge congregation. The fourth
luarterly conference will be held
mmediately after the sermon. All
?egular services will be. held Sun
lay.
T. A. 8 IKES. Pastor.
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Hold on And Sit Tight
Capt. O'Berry Urges
Raleigh, Ot f-"l own four to
ive thousand acres of land and am
lot worrying about it a bit," says
Ilapt. Nathan O'Berry , State Treas
jrer and outstanding 'North Caro
ina business man and fanner. "For
[ know that farming can be profit
ible In future whatever be the sit
jation now. But bccause of this
massing situation anyone with sense
inough'to buy l?nd or good securi
ties and will power enough to hold
>n to what they buy can lay the
'oundaUons for becoming Just as
wealthy as they ever want to be.
"Don't you remember what fools
we made of ourselves ten years ago.
irhen the depression of 1921 was
in. I talked with a lot of big
justness men at a convention that
rear and they thought the situation
ras. all but hopeless. Three years
ater I talked with the same men
md remnlded them of the gloom
that bad overwhelmed us. It was
i joke then.
"This feeling of gloom when re
called a few years hence will be
laughable too. Why, we have more
jf practically everything, except
confidence, than we ever had be
fore. We are just scared, that's
ill.
"I've seen the pendulum swing
jack and forth many times since as
i lad of IS I went to work In a
railroad in the panic year of 1873.
rhere Is no question that it will
rwlng forth again as it always has
lone after depressions In the past.
"My advioe to everybody Is to sit
eight, hold on and don't rack the
xiat which will right ltMlf If given
-talf a chance. Norths Carolina
Farmers art 'as a rule In excellent
position to sit tight and hold on.
rhelr land Is in better shape and
they have more rood and feed
itufTs than ever before. As a land
iwner I am not worrying at all.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
CLOSED irs DOORS
MONDAY MORNING
Monday Morning The Town '
Had The Appearance Of
Circus Day
AUDITORS MAKING
SURVEY OF AFFAIRS
It is wonderful how fast bad
news travel these days. Late Sat
urday afternoon the rumor was
abroad that the First National
Bank would not open on Monday ;
morning.
I '? . - ins-. .-.-v.; .<?: ? - * ? >
I 'mere bad been a constant, j
' though orderly run on the bank I
for the past week, depositors hav
ing drawn out more than thirty -Ave
thousand dollar*. On Saturday
'morning Mr. T. B. Woody, cashier
-of the bank, went to Richmond and
called on the Federal Reserve Bank
to see if it was passible to get more '
money to enable them to meet
this run, when the bank told hirk
the Reserve Bank could not let
them have any. further loans and , '
ordered him to come home and close'
the bank. Upon his return Satur
day night he called the directors iri
. session and they ordered the* bank ,
to be closed on Monday morning.
! No notice wag given of the action
of the directors, but it leaked out
and was the talk of the town all 1
day Sunday, and the news traveled
I fast, for on Monday morning by 8
o'clock the town was full of coun
try people, the streets lined with
automobiles, reminding one of cir- ij
cus day, or Tuesday of court, and |
hundreds and hundreds lined up in
front of the bank reading the no- .
tices posted on the two front doors.
Yesterday morning Messrs. J. C.
Hopkins, of Lynchburg, and J. A.
Armheim, of Richmond. Va., ar- '
rived and are making a survey of
the situation.
The following is the condition of
the bank as per statement made to
the Comptroller on September 29th,
1931:
Cash and due from banks 44,685.92 :
; Loans I
Stocks and bonds .......
Banking house, furniture
Resources
$500,821.99
27,500.00 !
and fixtures
Other real estate
25.895.00
63,429.00 <
Total
-662,331.51 !'
Liabilities
Capital
$150,000.00 1
Undivided profits and re
>
serves
Cashier checks
Deposits V.
Rediscounts and bills
4,490.25 <
577.81 :
275,907.95
payable
231,355,50
Total.....'. -662331.51
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PERSON MR
- COURT NEXT WEEK
Judge Daniels Will Preside;
Both Criminal and Civil
Cases Will Be Heard
STATE D OCKET IS LIGHT
Person County Superior Court
will meet next Monday morning
with Judge Daniels presiding, and
Solicitor U mite ad prosecutnig. The
State docket is light, only a tew be
ing confined in jail awaiting action
of the court. The special term only
1 a short while since did considerable
In the way of clearing up the civil
1 docket, and It Is hoped several days
will be given to this docket and that
it will be further reduced.
P. T. A. Meeting
TM Parent-Teacher Association
will hold their regular meeting next
Monday afternoon at three-thirty ! ]
o'clork. at the Central Graded , i
School. We have an interesting ' <
program arranged, so let's have a i
full attendance. We want you to
come. We are having our mem- J
bershlp drive this week, and the
room that has the greatest per
centage of paid up parrot mem
I bers before next Monday gets an ,
award of one dollar. Help your '
child's room to get It The dues <
are thirty cents thi* year, as we j 1
hteve Joined the State P. T. A. Con- I
gress. ? Pres.
o . ]<
Wheat exports from Argentina in I
? recent week totaled 366,000 tons, |
or marly thrge times those of the l
corresponding week of last year. |i
Commander of Legion
Henry L. Stevens, a country law
yer of North Carolina, was elected
head of the American Legion aft the
Detroit convention.
Announcement Con
cerning The Seed
and Fertilizer Loans!
Announcement was made several I
days ago through a num? of 1
aeyspapers this section that
ft***. Hawkl^. Government !
r repre8entlng the Farm
, ? ?fflce' U s Depart -
f Jt5TCUltUre' was s^tioned
10 this territory for the purpose of
collecting loaps made
for _the purchase of seed, fertilizer
loans and ^ rehabllltation
As a relief measure, a special
congressional enactment Xde
funds available for such loans dur
ing the past Spring, and as a re
wH a considerable amount money
was loaned the fanners in this and
of North Carolina.
To obtain such loans, it was re
quired that the farmer mak^g an-"
Lo^ No^0rffUDdS SlgD 8 ^eral
tTSi? ??
sfpnrs&fis
In during the year 1931.
aoVn^ttfb8CCO markets are
bZZr^ expected that the
borrowers start to liquidating their
While the notes dHot ?
tTrf^i^"ntil November 30,
by Government
that , when any tobacco or other
e^,erel,by thlS mort^e a*
?*? *IoTe that date, at
,!"h ** ?f the net proceeds of
. . appUed at once as a I
partial or full payment of the loan
amounts
rhe reason for this is quite clear
^e when a part of the LpT
securitv to the loan is re-'!
wed to that extent, and Justly]
the amount of the loan must corres
pondingly be reduced, in
b^?T!!ereJ.0aas 416 pafd ln ful1
Sr reL?**. ^eCOme due' the matter
?! *?ate interest will be handled
directly with the borrower from the
office at Washington, D. C.
Every tobacco warehouse at each
pteteeL^nsuppiied
5 Vf J names of those in
th^T loJf6 Qovernment through
these loans and are instructed
when making settlement for the
P^chase of tobacco from b^w
*?. make deductions of not less
90% of the net proceeds of ?'
obtlin^ l " 5Ufflclent amount i,
obtained to retire the loan. Bor
rowers should make certain that
they carry with them receipt, for
E"r?yMente ?" loanl
w marketing to
col
lision as to the amount of the bal
^..?mainln8 unpald on the loan
In^tjhe H! ?? HaWUM *
">e Farmers' Seed Loan Office
In this section, other Field Agents
tobacco mar^"
North Carolina, Virginia uh
South Carolina. It 1, their pur
farmprc thc warehouses and
,0? ta idling payments on
The great importance of coo
Forming strictly to the terms of the
agreement Is strongly stressed by
Mr. Hawkins.
Sorrowers wishing to consult Mr.
Hawkins relative to their loans may
Ond him in attendance at tobacco
Mm. after which he may be lo
cated through the County Agricul
tural Agent's office.
Fifth Of Workers
In State Are Idle
Raleigh, Oct. 8.? Twenty per cent
jf the workers available in North
Carolina's cities are unemployed |
ind an estimated total of 178,018
arsons available lor work in the
Hate are oat of Jobs a new survey
>f the State ? Departmnet of Labor
uinounced today revealed. fl
In (he eight cities with 28.000 or
nore population a total of 1/468
ire unemployed. j
Like The Rocks of Gibraltar
The Peoples Book Stands
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Got His Sticks Back ('
Down at John " Tankard's store J
last week as I entered the front
door Roy Crisp was coming out. He ]
had an armful of tobacco sticks and
was grinning broadly.
"Must feel good, Roy. What about
It?" - ,
"Yes, sir! I made a good tobacco
sale today. I got my sticks back." ]
? Washington Progress.
TOBACCO SALES
MUCH HEAVIER AND
PRICES ARE BETTER
Warehouses All Report Good
Sales Monday And Tues
day of This Week
NO DEMAND FOR
THE COMMON GRADES
Tobacco sales were better all of
last week, and the first of this
week, Monday and Tuesday sales
were heavier than at any time
sinoe the market opened. The com
mon grades, and they continue to
predominate, are still very low and
no demand for them; many piles
receive only one bid and Is knocked
oft; but the better grades, and they
are coming in more plentiful as the
market advances, are In better de
mand ara bringing a better price.
Altigether, the market is more
satisfactory and it Is believed as the
season advances that prices on the
more desirable grades will continue
to improve.
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ROXBORO TAKES
CLOSE CONTEST
Yanceyville, Oct. 9.? For the first
time since the establishment of &
high school here, local football fans
saw the first team to represent the
institution on the gridiron put up
a stiff fight to stop the more ex
perienced Rockes from Roxboro,
who found it no easy job to- hang
up a 12 to 0 victory over the locals.
Although the locals made a des
perate effort to carry the ball across
Roxboro 's goal, they found the Rox
boro line a tough proposition to
penetrate. -
The first play of tie game cost
the locals a touchdown. Frederick,
for Roxboro, Just got in the way of
the Initial play which was a pass
| that dropped directly Into his hands.
Roxboro took the ball on another
play and Hatchett, on a sweeping
end run, score the first touchdown.
In the second quarter Roxboro*s
passing attack completely dazzled
the locals and the Rockies moved
swiftly sown the field to another
marker In their favor. Abbltt went
across the line for the second count
of the game on a line play.
Score by periods:
Roxboro 6 6 0 0 ? 12
Yanceyville ..... 0 D 0 0 ? 0
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Money Safe
Even if you do net. need life in
surance. we can give you up to one (
billion dollars protection tf you put ,
your money in one of our com- ;
panics. - (
If you want a policy you can de- (
mand a big cash value, buy mi En
dowment Policy. We pay 5% on 1
dividends left to accumulate.
Another thing you are safe from
is paying a big tax. I am convinced 1
beyond a doubt that insurance is
the best way .to save your money
because of the uncertainty of life
and everything * else.
See us before it is too late. 1
KNIGHT8 "INS. AGENCY <
Women* Clubs j
Meets Jointly j
The Eighth District of the Fed
eration of W omens Chibf meets in ]
Pittsboro, October 41st. ten-thirty
o'clock in the morning at the school
auditorium. Every club woman is |
urged to attend, bringing the usual I
lunch, consisting of not more than' J
four sandwiches, three or four dev- I
lied eggs and a few pickles. I
Mm. B. R. Hatch. t
Many Depositors Greatly Ex
cited, But Were Calmed by
Remarks of Mr. Long
DEPOSITS EXCEEDED
WITHDRAWALS MONDAY
When it became known for a .
certainty that the First National
Bank ofRoxboro would close its
doors on Monday morning naturally
the Peoples Bank looked for some
withdrawals, knowing the people
under such circumstances almost
always lost their head and made a
run on the Surviving bank. They
prepared themselves for the emer
gency and was In position when the
bank opened Monday morning to
care for all who might want their
money. However, it turned out
that the Peoples Bank would have
been in position to pay off every
depositor who called without hav
ing made any preparation beyond
their every day holdings.
When the door opened Monday
quite a crowd had assembled and
made a rush to get what they had
on deposit; they were met by Mr.
J. A. Long, president, who told
them to take it quietly, as the
bank was in position to pay every
depositor of the bank one hundred
cents on the dollar deposited with
them. He advised them to use
their heads and act wisely, that
while the bank had the money for
every one who wnated it, still,
every dollar withdrawn would weak
en the bank just that much and
they would be no better oS, tor
their money was perfectly safe and
they could get it at any time they -
desired. His convincing words sat
isfied many who left without with
drawing their money.
While there was a steady demand
all day the withdrawals were in
small amounts, and at the close of
business Monday afternoon the de
posits were in excess of the with
drawals. On yesterday there was
no sign of any uneasiness about
the bank, business went on as us
ual, with only a very few with
drawals by those who simply were
withdrawing on account of fear.
It was very gratifying to the offi
cers that the people showed no
more fear than they did, for when
a run starts it is usually very hard
to stop, but in this instance, it was
clearly shown that the public at
large were satisfied with the con
dition of the bank, and Showed
their confidence by their acts.
School Enrollment
For First Month
Central Grammar School 450
Seventh Grades (H. S.) 56
East Roxboro 7#
Roxboro High School 288
Total white pupils 870
Person County Training School:
Elementary Grades 371
High School 135
Total negro pupils 50?
Total, all schools 1376
Average attendance In Central
school was 97%.
Percentages for other schools are
not available today.
One of the most significant ac
tivities In the grammar schools is
the Junior Red Cross work on the
part of the pupils in the Central
Grammar School. Of the four
hundred and fifty pupils in that
school all except thirteen are ac
fcively enrolled in the Junior Red
Bro* activities. This is a 07% en
rollment. Miss Norma Maynard is
3 lrec ting this work.
Sales Better At
Pioneer Warehouse
The Pioneer Warehouse. Messrs.
Hunter. Perkins tc Long, propriet
ors. have an ad In this issue, and
sordially invite you to bring them
rour next load. This is a strong
Jrm in every way, and they will
?ake pleasure in looking after your
nterest.
?
Roxboro Garden Club
The regular meeting of the Rox
>oro Garden Club will be held in
he club room*, i Monday. October
9th, at 2:30 o'clock. An taterest
ng program has been prepared. A
ull attendance is urged. Please
lotie change in the hour ?Pres.