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ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 22, 1933. #
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Best People on Earth;
Good Churches and
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Schools; Where
Optimism Rules.
50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE.
NO. 9.
FINANCE GROUP SUGGESTS
GENERAL OR COMMODITY WX
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Either Method Would Give
State Balanced Budget
TWO SALES TAX
PROPOSALS MADE
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Adoption Of Either Form
Should Be Abandoned As
Soon As Possible
IS EMERGENCY "MEASURE
Raleigh, Feb. 20.? The new reve
nue Bub-commlttee of the legisla
K's joint finance committee to
recommended that the general
mbly enact either a two percent
general sales tax or a selected com
modity excise tax based on the,
Hinsdale "luxury bill" to balance
North Carolina's budget for 1933-35.
The sub-group estimated its gen
y eral sales tax would raise $6,000,000
and that the whole revenue propo
sal. with this plan included, would
raise $25,146,000 a year.
It estimated the commodity tax
yield at $6,600,000 and the whole
bill under this plan at $25,446,000/
Commissioner of Revenue A. J.
Maxwell expressed the opinion, how
ever, the committee over-estimated
the commodity yield by about 10
percent and said the wholte bill
under this plan would raise less
than the whole bill under the gen
eral sales tax provision.
Considered Emergency.
Adoption of either form of the
sales tax was recommended only as
"an emergency" and the committee
expressed the opinion that this me
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? Methodists Attend
Raleigh Gathering
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- On Wednesday, February 15,
four automobiles of Roxboro Meth
odists attended the convention on
missions and the spiritual life at the
Edenton Street Methodist Church
in Raleigh. This convention, which
was' for the Raleigh and Durham
districts of the Methodist church,
was a most interesting and inspir
ing conference under the direction
of Dr. Edwin D. Mouzon, Bishop of
the North Carolina and Virginia
conferences.
Among those appearing on the
program were: Dr. Stanbury, of
Duke Memorial Methodist Church,
Durham; Rev. H. B. Porter. Pastor
of Grace Methodist Church, Wil
? mington; Dr. W. P. Few, President
of Duke University, Durham; Rev.
F. S. Love, Presiding Elder of the
Raleigh district, and Bishops Mou
zon and Paul B. Kern. Dr. Kern
gave the closing missionary address
Wednesday evening, a masterful
portrayal of the needs of the
g^^xhurch in the Far East. Bishop
Btern is the bishop in charge of
M^Khe missionary work of the church
* in the Far East.
The pastor of the local church
reports that the group attending
from Roxboro was the largest in at
tendance from such a great dis
tance and one of the largest at the
convention from near or far.
T wo' Cups Given
In The Contest
In the vocal music contest this
spring Mr. B. B. Knight, the local
manager of the Pilot Life Insurance
Company, will give two cups in
stead of one as formerly. One will
go to a high school and the other
* to an elementary school. This may
mean that in the future it will be
found necessary to have two con
tests on different nights.
The elementary schools need not
enter but three numbers. The reason
for this ig that it is difficult for
them to use numbers with bass.
We are glad the Pilot Life Insur
ance Company is taking this inter
est in the contest. J. B.C.
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Recent Poundings
Much Appreciated
It la wonderful to haye a good
church like East Roxboro Methodist, |
which re me be red Mrs. Whitsett and
myself in a pounding week before
last. But it's better to have two
churches and be remembered by
both. Af the close of a social given
by the Adults' Division of the Ja
long Methodist Church, a surprise
pounding began and continued un-j
til Die woe supplied with everything
good to ?at. We certainly ' and
sincerely appreciate their kindness.
Rev. and-Mrs^D. C. Whitsett.
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Local Tobacco Market
Closed Last Friday
The Roxboro tobacco market
closed ffr the seaoon with sales of
last Friday, February 17th. This!*
is somewhat earlier than the usual
closing date, but owing to the short
ness of the crop general throughout
the state, the selling season was
shortened. Sales held up remark
ably well, however, up to the fthal
day.
Final official figures for the lo
cal market have not yet been ob
tained, but it is known that the
volume for the season is around
two and a quarter million pounds.
Considering the drastic reduction,
providential and qfcherwise, in the
crojr last summer, this is considered
well in line with other markets of
[the belt.
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Second Effort
To Assassinate
Mr. Roosevelt!
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The Courier has just learned
by long distance telephone that
apparently a second attempt
has been made to aasasstnabe
President-elect Franklin D. Roo- i
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prvelt. Late news dispatches
state a (ightly- wrapped wire
i
bound package addressed to Mr.
. Roosevelt fell oat of a mail sack
in the Washington postoffice. <-\i
On investigaticn, it was found
to contain a 12 guag* shot-gun j
shell, so placed a<s to explode on
being dropped or jarred. The
package was mailed from Wat
ertown, N. Y.; port al experts at
. work on the case are inclined
to ascribe the clumsy attempt to
amateurs seeking sensation.
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Longhurst Council
Jr. O. U. A. M.
Will have a home coming day Sat- |
urday, March 11th, at 7:30 P. M.
All Juniors are invited. Come andj
bring your family and a basket.
S. M. Murray, Councilor, j
ZANGARA DRAWS 80
YEARS IN PRISON
j Assassin Gets 20- Year Sen
tence On Each Of Four
Counts; Asks For More
ALL VICTIMS IMPROVING
Miami, Fla., Feb. 20 ?As scorn- j
ful of the law as when he tried
with fanatic zeal to assassinate
President-elect Franklin D. Roose
velt last Wednesday night, Giuseppe
Zangara today pleaded guilty to
four counts of attempt to murder
and was sentenced Ur 80 years. 1
Zangara is 33. His sentences of i
20 years in each case, running con
secuyvely, constitute life imprison- 1
ment at Raiford state prison or
hard labor in the Florida road i
camps. i 1
Today's sentences were for trying 1
to kill the president-elect, Russell , i
Caldwell, Coconut Grove Fla., Miss i
Margaret Kruis, Newark, N. J., and
W. J. Slnnott, New York policeman,. 1
and bodyguard to Mr. Roosevelt.
The latter three were slightly
wounded by the bullets Zangara's
pistol -sprayed-into the crowd whlch4
surrounded the car occupied by the
president-elect in Bay Front Park, j;
Louis Twyman, defense counsel,
said his client had Insisted he was
guilty. "He days, 'No, no, I not i
crazy,' when we ask him if 1*
.thinks he is Jnsane," Twyman tpld.i
the court. I
Stomach Pairs. / 1
Taking the witness chair, uncon- j.i
oernedly, Zangara gave stomach i
pains and hatred of capitalists as
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Secretary Of State
Senator Cordell Hull of Tennessee,
whosfe appointment as Secretary of
State was announced last night by
President-Elect Roosevelt.
LOCAL MAN SPEAKS
TO DUKE LAW CLASS
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S. F. Nicks, Jr., Gives His Ex
periences In Starting
Law Practice
Mr. S. P. Nicks, Jr., Roxboro at
torney and newest member of the
local bar, delivered an address* Mon
day before the legal aid clinic
classes of the Duke University
school of law. The invitation was
extended to the local man through
a desire on the part of Prof. John S.
Bradway, director of the clinic, to
obtain a speaker whose experiences
in establishing a practice are re
cent, The purpose of the instruc
tion was to assist the students in
Bridging the_ gap between the the
ory of law school study and the ac
tual practice of the profession. Mr.
Nicks graduated from the Duke law
school last year and his experiences
along this line are sufficiently fresh
to make his selection as Speaker
logical.
Mr. Nicks stated that he thor
oughly enjoyed the opportunity of
a return visit to his Alma Mater.
While there, he was luncheon guest
of Professor Bradway. He was also
a guest at the Sigma Alpha Epsi
lon banquet and initiation Monday
night.
B. & L. Meeting
Of Stockholders
The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Roxboro Building
and Loan Association will be held
at the office of the association on
Saturday morning, March 4, at 11 J
o'clock. At this meeting Directors
will be elected for the ensuing year
and a report of the affairs of the
association will be submitted to.
the stockholders. Every person who ;
has any funds in the Roxboro
Building and Loan Association is a
shareholder and is entitled to attend
and take part in the proceedings of
this meeting.
J. S. Walker, Secretary,
Roxboro Building and
3-1 Loan Association. |
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O. H. Benson to Ad- ,
dress Scout Council
On next Tuesday evening at 7:30
o'clock, O. H. Benson, National Di
rector of Rural Scouting, will be
In Roxboro and will address the lo
cal Executive Council and assembled
guests in the- Rotary rbofti at Hotel
Shirley. This will be an unusual
opportunity for every person in any
wiste interested in the Scout Move
ment to hear a leader in his field
of the work. The parents of boys in
every community of Person county
are invited and urged to attend the
meeting next Tuesday evening at
Hotel Shirleyr There will be no
charge. D.
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Masonic Notice
Person .Lodge No. 113-A...F, & A*!
M. will meet at Hotel Shirley on
February 28th, at 6:30 o'clock P. M.
for dinner.
At 7:30 o'clock- Person Lodge will
convene in a Regular Communica
tion. This, the second Regular Com
munication for the year, promises
to be of unquestionable value and
interest to those present. All M. M.
in this vicinity are earnestly urged
to attend this meeting.
William W. Morrell, Master,
J. Brodie Riggsbee, Secretary.
C. A. SHEFFIELD IS
SPEAKER AT MEETING
OF RELIEF GROUP
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Discuss Plans For Establish -
' ing Community Garden
For Needy
OTHER SUGGESTIONS
BROUGHT FORWARD
A very interesting and timely^ad
dress by Mr. C. A. Sheffield, asr
slstant to the dean of State Col
lege, featured the meeting of the
County Relief organization, held
last Saturday at the courthouse.
Mr. Sheffield was invited to attend
the meeting to discuss the proposed
plan of the Relief Committee for
establishing a community garden.
The meeting was well attended,
there being over .30 present, from
practically every township in the
county. Chairman S. Q. Winstead
presided. Present also were Coun
ty Agent H. K. Sanders and A. G.
Bullard, who gave valuable sugges- .
tions during the general discussion
which followed.
Mr. Sheffield presented two main
ideas: first, that an effort should
be made to prevail on landlords to
permit tenants to stay on their
farms, wherever possible, instead of
turning them loose on the Relief
Committee. If a vacant house is
available, and such tenants are re
quired to raise a garden for their
own use, ? much of the demands
made on the welfare office could be
eliminated, it Was pointed out. Sec
ondly, Mr. Sheffield emphasized the
value of a large central Commun
ity Garden. This should be a plot
of about 25 or 30 acres, not too i
far from town, to be cultivated by
relief labor paid at the regular rate
bv the Committee, all crops so pro
duced to be used by the Committee.
Tha prime requisite of this plan is,
necessarily, the tender of the proper
land by some public-spirited citizen.
Various matters were discussed at j
the gathering, concerning mainly
the garden plan and details of the
meetings being held over the coun
ty this week. It was stated that
colored people are welcome to at
tend these meetings, which are be
ing held at certain central points.
Before the end of March, it was
stated, the individual case cards
now being used by the County Re
lfef . Organization will be entirely
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Unusual Rotary
Meeting Thursday
At Hotel Shirley last Thursday
e'-enin? a most unusual and unique
St. Valentine's day program was
provided for the Rotarians by the
chairman of the Fellowship Com- 1
mittee; Rev. W. F. West. Mr. West's
talk was evidence of considerable
thought and reference, and he spoke
rpost interestingly and most ins true- \
tivelv on the origin and history of !
9t. Valentine's day. Outlining in some
detail the origin of the day in hon
or to St. Valentine, sometime dur
ing the third century, when he was
generally recognized a dissemmi
nator of messages of good cheer and
optimism and good will and later i
of food and gifts to the needy and
worthy. He was finally imprisoned
by his emperor who became jealous
of his universal popularity. From
prison he was able to continue send
ing his messages of cheer and op
timism by carrier pigeon, thus the
establishment of a custom that ,
lingers today.
A delightful reading, "An Old
Sweetheart Of Mine" was rendered
by the talented and accomplished
Miss Mary Marshall Dunlap, ac
companied by Mrs. Wallace Woods,
at the, piano. At the conclusion of ,
this rendition, with the words "I !
Heard Footsteps At The Door," a
group of thirty-five or ftirty chil
dren, Rotaryettes and Foster-Ro
taryettes. gaily decorated in St.
Valentine'# costumes, burst through
the curtains and into the hall and
found their way to the various sur- i
prised Rotarians. After several gay 1
and cheerful songs, whose volume 1
was swelWd .by the surprise visitors,
ice cream was served the littlfe visi- I
tors and it was -voted by tooth vtei- J
tors and guests to have been one
of the most delightfully enjoyable
meetings of the year. -
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Banks Observing
Legal Holiday
The Peoples Bank and the Dur
ham Industrial Bank of Roxboro are
observing O e o r g e Washington's
birthday today. February 22nd is a
legal holiday.
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TWO CABINET
MEMBERS NAMED
BY ROOSEVELT
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Cordell Hull, Tennessee, And
Wm. H. Woodin, New York,
First To Be Named
New York, Feb. 21. ? Two tried 1
and successful veterans in the field1
of politics and business were an- j
nounqed tonight by President-elect
RooSeVelt for his premier cabinet J
posts ? Senator Hull, of Tennessee,
for secretary of state and William
H. Woodin, of New York, lor sec
retary of treasury.
The announcement came sudden
ly from" the Roogevelt residence on
East Sixty-Fifth street tonight af
ter the president-elect had spent a
swift moving day in international
affairs. ,
Impending developments in war
debts and world economies impelled
Mr. Roosevelt to make his an
nouncement of these two council
lors. They will go to work imme
diately with foreign envoys on the
Roosevelt program to bring a revival
of world trade and prosperity.
FINAL SERVICES TOR
MR. THOMAS W. PASS
Prominent Business Man and
Citizen Passes Away Sat-*;
urday Morning
WAS NATIVE OF COUNTY
A crowd numbering several hun- j
dred taxed the capacity of the Bap
tist Church at three o'clock Sun
day afternoon to attend the funeral
services conducted for Mr. Thomas
W. Pass1, who died Saturday morn
ing a few minutes before 6 o'clock.
Pinal rites were In charge of his
pastor. Rev. W. P. West, assisted by
Rev. i. F." Herbert "of Edgar lymg
Methodist church. The short but
sympathetic eulogy was delivered by
Mr. West, following "The Old Rug
ged Cross," softly sung^jy the church
choir, and a beautiful prayer by Mr.
Herbert. The service closed with
that hymn of Satisfied submission,
"It Is Well With My Soul." In
terment was in Burchwood ceme
tery, immediately following the ser
vice at the church.
Pallbearers were Messrs. H S.
Morton, Kenneth Oakley. J. Y.
Blanks, B. G. Clayton, W. T. Kirby,
and O. Y. Clayton. Honorary pall
bearers were as follows: Messrs.
Hugh Woods, T. D. Winstead, R. L.
Wilburnt> J. W. Noell, Dir. AT P.
Nichols, G. C. Crowder, Dr. H. M.
Beam, Dr. B. E. Love, J. E. Daniel,
N. Lunsford, J. S. Walker, L. L.
Lunsford. G. . W. Walker. D. W.
Long, D. E. Peatherston, W. P. Long,
W. T. Daniel, A. M. Burns, I. O.
Abbitt, Dr. E. J. Tucker, J. A.. Long,
W. R. Hambrick, S. H. Jones, Jas.
Paul Woody, C. C. Garrett, C. W.
Woody and Prank Willson. Flower
bearers were Messrs. W. A. Seargent, I
Rev. D. C. Stone, J. H. Moore, T. A.
Long, S. E. Barnett, G. J. Cushwa,
O. B. McBroom, C. Emory Win
stead, R. A. Bullock and S. B.
Davis. ;
The death of Mr. Pass was not
a surprise to his many friends, as
he had been ill fbr a long tim?,
and his condition had be*n very
serious for. several days. He was a
native of this County, and had been
a most popular and deserving citi
zen of the town for many years.
He, associated with "his son, Mr. W.
Y. Pass, had conducted a large and
successful furniture store here for
a number of years. JuSt two months
ago his wife died, and his friends
who were familiar with the beau- 1
tlful affection of the two doubted
if he would long survive her, for
when she was taken he seemed ut
terly lost and longed to go and be
with her. He was a faithful and
consistent member of the First Bap
tist Church of Roxboro and wag a
real help at all times to his pastor.
He is survived by one daughter, !
Mrs. T. H. Clay, of Helena; arid
three sons, Messrs. W. Y? Owen and '
Garland .PasS, all of Roxboro. and
a number of other relatives in the I
County and town.
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Funeral Services Fcr
Mr. James Bennett i
1
Funeral services were conducted 1
yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock at i
Antioch Church for Mr. James ,
Bennett, of Orange county. Mr. <
Bennett died Monday at his home;
he was 63 years of age. Services 1
were in charge erf Rev. J. C. Mc
Gregor, interment following in the ]
Antioch Church cemeterjl. J
Fate Of Dry Law Falls Into
Hands Of States As Repeal
Sweeps To Victory In House
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Local Negro Bound
to Court For Robbery
. Charlll Kidd, 17-year-old Negro
youth, was bound over to Superior
Court at a hearing in Durham yes
terday on a charge of highway rob
bery. Kidd is alleged in the com
plaint to i be one of three bandits
who- last j November held up and
robbed a Durham Negro of $16.66 and
a gold watch. Kidd admitted hav
ing been present at the time of the
hold-up but disclaimed any part in
the robbery. His bond was set at
$500.
Another Roxboro Negro. Craw
ford Bumpass, was tried latft De
cember for his part in the same
robbery and was serving a three
year sentence but recently made his
escape from the highway force.
Bumpass was located in the Gallows
Hill section Monday and late Mon
day afternoon was taken in cus
today by local officers after mak
ing strenuous efforts to resist ar
rest. Durham officers came to Rox
boro yesterday to carry him back,
probably to face an additional
charge of escaping.
Paralysis Fatal To
Person County Man
Following a stroke of paralysis
suffered one week earlier, Mir.
Leeandrew A. Jones, age 73, died at
his hbme here early Sunday morn
ing, February 19th. He was the son
of the late Robert Jones, of Guil
ford county. .
Funeral services were conducted
at Mill Creek Baptist church Mon
day afternoon, by Rev. J, C. Mc
Gregor, Rev, W. F. West and Rev.
Harvey. He had teen a member of
thf Mill Prrrlr rhnrrh for SA vPftrR
VUL atx xi i v7l vva vllUi til rtn w jvttro-.
Surviving are two sons, John G.
Jones* of Durham and Roy Jones,
Roxboro, and one daughter, Mrs.
Silas M. Gentry of Danville. Sev
enteen grandchildren also survive.
Pallbearers were Dameron Long,
Jewel Oliver, Ira Norris', Lester Oak
ley, Thomas O'Briant, and Talmage
Clayton. Flower bearers were Mrs.
Lemon Oliver, Mrs. Harvey, Mrs.
Dameron Long, Mrs. Ira Norris,
Mrs. David Stone, and Mrs. Lottie
Stone. Interment followed in Mill
Creek cemetery.
donatedIrinkets
TO BE REFINED TO
PAY CHURCH DEBTS
Details Of The 'Crucible Plan'
Outlined At The Baptist
Church Friday
VISITING SPEAKERS HERE
At a meeting of pastors and Wo
men's Missionary Union workers of
the Beulah Association, held in the
Baptist church last Friday morning,
an unusually fine address was de
livered by Dr. Arch C. Cree, pastor (
Of the First Baptist church of
Salisbury. Mr. M. A. Huggins. gen
eral secretary of the Baptist State (
convention wa? also present and he
and Dr. Cree outlined the Crucible j
Pjlan, which will be in effect in
Southern Baptist churches probab- j
ly during March and April.
The speakers explained the means
by Yfhich the plan would be carried
out, involving the giving of trinkets,
heirlooms and other articles of
Jewlery which will be refined in or
der to reicover the gold or silver i
content. This precious metal will
then be turned into cash at pre
vailing prjceg and used for liqui
dation of the debt of the Southern
Baptist Church. The name "Cru
cible" is of course derived from the
refining process.
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Geo. W. Kane Is
Restoring Library
Greensboro, Feb. 21. ? The library
building at the Woman's college of
the University" of North Carolina, 1
badly damaged by fire last fall, is I
?t present rapidly being restored. 1
According to' contract the structure t
will be finished in four months. 1
George W. Kane, of Roxboro, is i
:he builder. I
The building is being made fire- t
proof and is also being modernised 1
throughout. I
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In Lightning - Quick Drive,
Wets Crash Through Pro
hibition Defenses For
289-121 Triumph
NATIONAL FIGHT LOOMS
Washington, Feb. 20. ? Congress
today proposed to the states that
national prohibition, after its 13
years of turbulent trial, be done
away with by repeal of the 18th
amendment.
The house by a vote of 289 to 121,
15 more than necessary, approved
the repeal resolution ppssed last *
week by the senate. Under it for the
first in American history, conven
tions of the people are to decide
whether the states shall ratify or
reject a change in the constitution.
Thirty- Six Must Ratify.
Thirty-six of the 48 states must
ratify to carve the 18th amendment
out of the national charter and sub
stitute for it. a twentv-flrst. By its
terms, also, the ratifications must
all occur within seven years from
today. With repeal, the amend
ment carries a specific prohibition
of importation of intoxicating liq-^*
(Continued on page five)
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PROHIBITION
We have heard a great number .
of people say that this law would
be changed and that it would only
be a very short time before whiskev
would be flowiner freelv. If you jus'-,
stop and think that it will take 3?
states to do away with the 18th
amendment, even if they were to
ratify it, I predict it will take sev-,
eral years.
Insurance companies are Vm
careful about issuing policies to
honvv drinkers.- btrt I- am gteti-that
we are not bothered very much now
about getting "people through on ac
count of drinking. Because of the
favorable things like prohibition,
companies have accepted more risks
than usual.
I want to Say that one of my
mutual life companies decided to
let children who have passed 6 >4
years of age be covered for the
full face amount of the policy. If
the child is near seven and you
have $1000 insurance on it, in case
of death the full $1000 is paid. We
have an attractive policy. See us.
Do not wait until the child is 10.
It pays big dividends and has a
hieh cash value.
Mutual Life, N. Y., Pilot Life.
Greensboro, N. C., Indianapolis
Mutual Life.
KNIGHT'S INSURANCE AGENCY
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Roxboro Garden -Club
* Offers Two Prizes
The Roxboro Garden Club is of
fering this year two prizes of five
dollars each ? one to the high school
and one to the grammar School of
the county that makes the most
improvement on their school
"rounds during the school year,
1932-33. It is not necessary for the
competing schools to incur ex
pense in this contest. It is rather
to be hoped that the enterprise may
encourage using to the best advan
tage resources already at hand ?
contributions from th4 home gar
dens of the community and wise
selections from the beautiful treeS
and flowering shrubs of our native
forests. Some of the schools of the
county are making interesting head
way on this undertaking.
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To Give Play
A play, "Sophronia'rf Wedding,"
will be given at East Roxboro school
louse Friday evening, February 24,
it 7:30 o'clock. The cast includes
17 women who spend the evening
gossiping about everything and
everybody. Come and save your rep
utation) Proceeds tc be given to
3 race Methodist church. Admission
10 and 15c.
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Young Men Have _
New Pressing Club
Messrs. James Thomas, R. M.
Liong Jr. and Burley Day announce
Jiat they have formed the Young
Ken's Cleaning and Pressing Club
ind will be glad to handle any calls
'or work in this line. They are us
ng modern equipment for cleaning
ind pressing and are located just
o the rear of the Woman's Club.
Joth men's and ladies' apparel are
ncluded in the present low prices.