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ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 29, 1933.
NO. 14.
SENATE BEGINS WORK
ON APPROPRIATIONS
Measure Approved Calls For
Expenditure Of Nearly
C3 Millions
PAVING WAY FOR
EARLY ADJOURNMENT
Raleigh, March 28.? Mowing down
all opposition on the allotments to
state departments and Institutions,
the senate finance committee today !
maneuvered its amended appropria- j
tkras bill along in committee of i
the whole. The most controversial
sections, those on schools and col
leges, had not bfeen reached.
The senate committee's bill car- J
jnes about $82,775,000 in allotments
the next biennlum, compared
|Bh a total of $78,919,000 carried in
the Hybrid appropriations measure
passed by the house.
Changes in the set-up of the state
board of hospital standardization to
provide for a membership of three
doctors and three nurses was voted
by the house when it passed a bill
oh second reading to change the
requirements for becoming a regis
tered nurse In the state.
The house passed the Smith bill
to allow trial of cases involving
minor violations of automobile or
dinances and laws in courts of jus
tices of the peace. The bilT was sent
to the senate.
Looking to adjournment soon, the
house authorized appointment of a
"calendar" committee to chart the
course of bills without their refer
ence to the regular standing com
mittees.
Appropriations
Raleigh. N. C. March 29. ? Detailed
study of appropriations of all state
funds of the 1933-35 biennium was
started today by the Senate, sitting
as a committee of the whole.
Senator Grady of Johnston was
selected chairman of the committee
of the whole.
The measure before the senate
carries practically $&s,0u0 .TWO Tor the
next biennium; nearly all of the
allotments being based on the ori
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Mr?. John W. Bowen
Dies In Rougemont
Funeral Services Conducted From
Red Mountain Church Sunday
Mrs. John W. Bowen. 79, died at
the home of her son, Gattis Bowen
at Rougemont Saturday night at
6:30 o'clock following an illness of
several weeks. Mrs. Bowen had lived
in the Rougemont section all of
her life.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs.
R. G. Jeffries and Mrs. E. A. Wil
liams of Rougemont; four Son s,
Henry Bowen of Jalong and Gattis,
Rainey and Benny Bowen of Rouge
mont, and one sister, Mrs. Betty
Huff of Roxboro.
Funeral services were conducted
Anday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock
(Bwom the Red Mountain Baptist
church with Rev. C. E. Baker, the
pastor, officiating. Burial followed
in the church cemetery.
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About 100 Years Old
The time has come when the aver
age person is convinced he must
start a systematic program of sav
ing. When you get in the bottom of
another depression your savings in
insurance should be larger. Save
up for a period of disability, old
age, or some future need. Young
men, you may use your insurance
later to build a home with.
We also represent the Mutual Life
of New York. This is the oldest
life insurance company in America.
A" policy holder in this company had
an ordinary life policy for 11,000. He
kept paying the same rate and leav
ing the dividends. At his death the
policy was worth $1,800.
The Mutual Life of New York
pays a large dividend. There is one
important thing about the policy.
You can get your money on de
mand. Some companies have three
months waiting period if they choose
to take it.
If it is insurance you need see
KNIGHTS INSURANCE AGENCY
t\ .
Breaks Shoulder
Mr. A. H. Fox, of the Payne's Tav
ern community, had the misfortune
to break his shoulder yesterday
when an unbroken mule he was
plowing suddenly bolted, throwing
him fceavlly to the ground. In ad
dition to a broken shoulder, Mr.
Fox was considerably shaken up. He
was given medical attention at once
and is now resting comfortably at
his home.
LEADS CANTATA
Mr. J. Howard Tfoung, who will
direct the choir in the presentation
of "The Holy Citjf" at the Baptist
Church Sunday night. He will also
be in charge of the music during
the meeting at the Baptist church.
OAKLEY-BURN S RITES
THURSDAY AFTERNOON
Marriage Of Popular Young
Couple Will Be Solemnized
In Baptist Church
AT FIVE-THIRTY O'CLOCK
An outstanding social event of
this week in Roxboro will be the
wedding of Miss Janie Burns and
Curtis H. Oakley, which will be
solemnized at - the First Baptist
Church Thursday afternoon at five
thirty o'clock.
" Th? ceremony will Be performed
by Rev. W. F. West, the bride
pastor. Miss Isabel deVlaming will
render a short musical program
prior to the ceremony, and will
also accompanfy the sbloist. Miss
Ruth Starling, of Bethel Hill, who
will sing "Calm as the Night" and
"O, Promise Me." Little Miss Anne
Carver Oakley, the daughter of Mr.
| and Mrs.*Cledith Oakley, of Green
ville, will be the flower girl, while
Miss Elizabeth Morris will attend
the bride as maid of honor. The
ushers will be Messrs. Leonard Heff
ner, Barksdale Smith, E. E. Thom
as and Eugene Thompson. The
, bride will be given in marriage by
her father, Mr. A. M. Burns and
the groom will be accompanied by
his best man, Mr. A. M. Burns Jr.,
j vi rwiicvuic.
A number of out-or-town guests
will be present for the wedding.
Following the ceremony, Mr. and
Mrs. A. M. Burns will entertain the
wedding party and out-of-town
guests at a buffet supper at their
home on South Main street.
BMM MEET
ON HOOD PLAN
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Raleigh Session Met To Con
sider State-Wide Commercial
Bank For Those Closed
OTHER BANKS MAY JOIN
Raleigh, N. C? March 28.? More
than 1.000 persons interested in or
\ ganization of a mammoth State-wide
commercial ? bank gathered here
thfs afternoon at the call of Gurney
P. Hood, state commissioner of
banks.
The crowd was so large that the
meeting place had to be changed
from a ballroom of the Sir Walter
i Hotel to the larger auditorium in
the Hugh Morson high school.
It is proposed that banks which
have not been permitted to open
for unrestricted business since the
end of the bank holiday form the
nucleus of the system. Banks now
operating would be admitted how
j ever. Assets would be pooled to se
cure $3,000,000 capitalization and
the remainder would be lecured from
the reconstruction finance corpora
j tion.
Meanwhile, a special committee
! continued work on plans for a meet
ing tomorrow at which progress to
ward establishment of a $2,000,000
S state-wide industrial bank system
will be reported. Proposals' for such
a svstem were outlined to industrial
I bankers at a meeting last week.
INDUSTRIAL BANK
MAY JOIN MERGER
Roxboro Branch Of The Dur
ham Industrial Bank May
Become Unit Of Chain
FIRST MEETING TUESDAY
The Roxboro branch of the
Durham Industrial Bank may become
a unit of the state-wide industrial
bank now in the process of organ
ization, according: to a Raleigh dis
patch.
Consolidation of all industrial
banks of the state into one state
wide institution was considered at
a meeting of bankers held in Raleigh
last Friday. The plan calls for con
solidation of industrial banks that
are now operating in 31 cities and
opening of branches in 15 other
cities. The minimum capital for
such an organization would be $2,
000,000.
Places where there are now indus
trial banks which are being consid
ered in the merger are:
Burlington, Lenoir, Roxboro, Mar
ion, Mount Airy, Greenville, Forest
City, New Bern, Washington, Hick
ory, Rocky Modnt, Greensboro,"
Charlotte, Reidsville, Henderson,
Tarboro, High Point, Durham, Win
ston-Salem, Statesville, Elizabeth
City, Rutherfordton and GoldSboro.
The following 15 cities wil be con
sidered as sites for new offices:
Concord, Gastonia, Ash eboro,
Lumberton, Shelby, Hendersonville,
Hamlet, Sanford, Fa/yetteville,
Mooresville, Monroe, Laurinburg,
Thomasville, Kinston and Oxford.
Another outgrowth of the banking
holiday may be the formation of a
$6,000,000 commercial banking or
ganization in which the North Car
olina Bank and Trust company,
with 17 branches, and the Page
| Trust jpompany with 14 branches,
will have a part.
SPECIAL MEETING IS
SONS
Person Lodge Will Join In
Simultaneous Program
On April 4th
PRAYER FOR PRESIDENT
In accordance with a proclama
tion issued by H. C. Alexander, of
Charlotte, grandmaster of North
Carolina Masons, there will be a
special meeting of Person Lodge No.
ill3 at 7:30 o'clock next Tuesday
night, April 4th, for prayer services
for the divine guidance of President
RocSsevelt in his task of leading the
nation through th'.S grave period in
its history. Simultaneous meetings
will be held for that purpose by all
lodges throughout the state. The
gravity of the probl?m< now con
fronting President Roosevelt
prompted the call for these meet
ings.
All Master Masons are cordially
im ited to join in this service Tues- i
day night. The special program for
the meeting follows:
Opening ceremonies of a lodge of
Master Masons.
Reading of the grand master's
call for Simultaneous meetings.
Prayer for reconsecration of Ma
sons and guidance of public officials, i
Selections from "The Ancient
Charges of Mason." |
The Obligation of a Master Ma- i
son, repeated in unison.
Song, "America."
Eulogy, "Old Glory."
The charges to candidates in the
three degrees read to brethren.
Explanation of the five points of
fellowship.
Selected verses of inspiration and
appreciation.
Delivery of the charge 'at close
of lodge.
i Closing of lodge of Master Masons,
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Orphan Annie
Little Orphan Annie is at the
Palace Theatre this coming Thurs
day and Friday. Please plan to
buy your tickets from the Inter
mediate Department of the Meth
odist Church. Any of the follow
ing people will be glad to fill phone
orders: Prances Critcher, Anna
Catherine Love, Catherine Harris,
Elizabeth Long, H K. Sanders,
Matt Long.
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Minstrel Saturday
Come to see and hear the negro
minstrel Saturday evening, April
1st, at 8 o'clock in the Central
Graded School building.
Admission 10 cents.
TO CONDUCT REVIVAL SERVICES
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Rev. J. C. Canipe, of Siler City, will return to Roxboro to conduc
the series of meetings starting at the First Baptist Church next Sun
day.
Revival Services Begin At
Baptist Church Sunday
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Rev. J. C. Canipe Will Do
Preaching; J. Howard Young
Will Lead Singing
MISS CANNON WILL
DO PERSONAL WORK
Revival services will begin at the
First Banttat, _Church next Sunday
and will continue for ten days or
two weeks. Rev. J. C. Canipe of
Siler City will do the preaching.
Bro. Canipe ig well known here,
having been in a meeting here two
years ago. He has been most suc
cessful in evangelistic services and
for several years evangelist for the
Baptist State Convention. As a
pastor he has also been very success
ful and the church at Siler City
has had a wonderful growth and
a beautiful new house of worship
has been built. Mr. J. Howard
Young, the able director of the
First Baptist choir, will b$ in charge
of the murtc.
Miss Cora Lee Cannon of Dur
ham, who is also well known here,
will be in charge of the personal
work.
THE HOLY CTBY3
GAUL TO BE HEARD
To Be Rendered By Choir Of
The First Baptist Church
Next Sunday Night
BEGINS AT 8:00 O'CLOCK
"The Holy City" is a well known
musical production, having been
composed by Alfred R. Gaul for the
Birmingham Musical Festival in
1882.
The treatment of the subject of
this work is almost entirely reflec
tive, the more dramatic parts of
the book, from which many of the
numbers are taken, viz: the Vision
of St. John, having already been
treated in so masterly a manner by
the great German composer, Louis
Spohr, in his Oratorio "The Last
Judgment."
The first part of "The Holy City"
was suggested by the passage of
Scripture "Here have we no
continuing city," Thy Kingdom
come" and sets forth the desire for
higher life, as expre&ed in the
words, "My soul Is athirst fdr God,"
which desire is followed , by other
passages expressive of the perfec
tion of the higher life, Such as
"Eye hath not seen."
The second part was suggested by
the words, "I saw a new Heaven
and a new Earth for the first Heav
en and the first Earth were passed
away," thus realizing the desflre and :
promises contained in the first part, j
With the exception of two hymns, a ]
verse from Milton, and three verses j
from the Te Deum. the words are
entirely Scriptural.
This sacred cantata of unsual I
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"Antique Show"
Circle No. 3 of the First Baptist
Church wlil have an "Antique
Show" and cake, pie, and plant
sale on Saturday, May 6th.
Any one in town or the county
having anttqoes of any kind who
would like to put them on display
tiring or send tliem to Mrs. Pred
Long before or by May 5th. Prizes
will be given for the oldest, pret
tiest and . most unique articles.
Pictures of any kind, old dresses,
china, or even small pieces of fur
niture can be entered. We hope
every one who has any antiques
will take an interest in the show
and enter them.
Watch for further notice as to J
where the show will be held.
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Gasoline Thieves
Active In Roxboro
Gasoline thieves were active Mqn
day night. They succeeded in break
ing a lock on a gasoline tank at
the filling station owned and oper
ated by A. Q. Smart, located on
North Main street. A large quan
tity of gasoline was taken.
The station sometime ago was
broken into and merchandise valued
at $100 taken. This included a
new slot machine which contained
several dollars.
Cake Sale
Circle No. 1 of the First Baptist
Church will have a cake sale on
Saturday, April 15. Please reserve
your Easter orders for them. If
interested call Mrs. H. M. Beam.
crop1w?quire
LARGE ACREAGE CUTS
Secretary Hyde Announces j
Rules Under Which Funds
May Be Obtained
$300 LIMIT TO ANY ONE
i
Reduction of 30 per cent in the
acreage planted to cash crops will
be required this year of farmers
who procure crop production loans,
Secretary of Agriculture Arthur M.
Hyde announced today in making j
public the regulations governing
the 1033 loans.
In making available for crop
production loans this year $90,000,
000 of Reconstruction Finance Cor- j
poration funds, Congress specified
that the Secretary of Agriculture j
might require, as a condition of any 1
loan, "that the borrower agree to
reduce his acreage or production
program on such basis, not to ex
ceed 30 per centum, as may be de
termined by the Secretary." The
Secretary's regulations, however,
stipulate that acreage reduction will .
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Senate Committee For
Bill Legalizing Beer
By Margin of 10 to 3
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High School Debaters
In Action This Week
On Friday night of this week,
the Inter-high schdol triangular de
bates will be held. At the Central
school auditorium here, Henderson
and Wake Forest High Schools will
meet.
At the same time, the Roxboro
negative team will debate the Wuke
Forest afljrma'tives at Henderson
and the Roxboro affirmative will
meet the Henderson negative team
at Wake Forest. This arrangemen:
provides neutral territory lor all
teams.
The personnel of the Roxboro de
baters follows: Affirmative, Ray
mond Jordan and Mary Elizabeth
Sanders, with Edwin Hamlin as
alternate; negative, James Hunt
and Elnora Raiff, with William Col
lins at alternate. The query for
these contests is "Resolved, that
North Carolina should adopt a sales
tax."
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Change In Policy
A very decided change in business
policy is announced in this issue of
the Courier by Harris & Burns, one
of Roxboro's oldest and best-known
firms. Beginning April 1st, the store
will operate on a cash baste only,
inaugurating an orderly liquida
tion of the business. Present plans
of Mr. A. M. Burns and Mr. W. H.
Harris are to retire from business
as a firm when this liquidation has
been completed, or go back into it
on some plan entirely different
from the policy pursued in the past.
This popular firm has scores of
friends and customers who will un
derstand the economic conditions
underlying this change of policy and
wiil doubtless be glad ttf cooperate
with them in every way. Mr. Burns
in effect generally, throughout the
store.
SUPREME COURT IS
!: ASK ABOUT REPEAL
House And Senate Seek Ad
vice As To Method Of Call
ing Convention
WANTS CLARIFICATION
Raleigh, March 28. ? A resolution
requesting the North Carolina Su
preme Court to hand down an ad
visory opinion on the constitution
ality of two measures calling for
elections to choose a convention with
power to act on the Federal amend
ment to repeal the Eighteenth
Amendment was passed under sus
pension of rules last night in both
branches of the General Assembly.
Wants Clarification.
The resolution was introduced by
Senator Capus M. Waynick, of Guil
j ford, and Senator Angus D. Mac
! Lean, of Beaufort. The latter is
! author of a bill, now on the Sen
j ate calendar, calling for an election
on "convention or no convention,"
j with delegates to be voted on at
the same time, at the regular elec
tion in November, 1934.
The committee on constitutional
amendments reported it out favor
ably in preference to Senate Way
nick's measure under which this
legislature would call the conven
tion and delegates would be chosen
at a special election next Novem
ber, which the committee consider
ed unconstitutional.
However, the House committee
reported favorably a bill similar to
the Way nick proposal, introduced
by Representative Walter Murphy,
of Rowan.
The resolution last night calls for
presentation to the Supreme Court
of both measures, and requests it
to adjudge which, if either, of the
two is constitutional.
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Has Eye Injured
By Acid Dye
Mr. Sidney CBriant, well known
young man and employee at Collins
and Aikman, had the misfortune of
getting some acid dye in his right
eye last Thursday. Although it
has caused much pain he Is now
improving after medical treatment
from Dr. Gentry and at McPher
son's Hospital. His friends hope
he can soon go back to his work. ,
Senate Adopts Substitute Bill
and Early Action Upon Floor
of Both Bodies Planned
WETS BOO DRY SPEAKERS
Raleigh, March 29 ? With the vo
ciferous cheers of beer-thirsty Tar
Heels echoing in their ears, mem
bers of Senate Judiciary Committee
No. 1 yesterday went into executive
sessfion and reported favorably, 10
to 3, a bill to legalize the manufac
ture and sale of 3.2 per cent, beer
in North Carolina after May 15. In
formal polls of both House and
Senate last night indicated major
ities in each branch for the meas
ure.
Their executive session followed
a public hearing which found the
Hall of Representatives overflowing
with hundreds of people who howl
ed their championship or lack of
sympathy with present prohibition
laws.
Last night the Senate adopted the
bill, a -committe substitute, and it
was ordered placed on the calen
dar as a special order immediately
upon disposal of the appropriations
, measure.
Drys who stand unequivocally for
retention of the law as now written
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Woman's Club
To Meet Monday
The Woman's Club will meet Mon
day afternoon April 3 at 3 o'clock,
in the club rooms. Thfe is the last
meeting at which the present offi
cers of the club preside, the new
ones taking charge in May. The
program will be in charge of the
Study Club. We would be glad to
see a large number present.
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District Meeting OF -
U. D. C. In Durham
On Tuesday, April 4, the seventh
district of the United Daughters of
the Confederacy will meet with the
Julian S. Carr chapter, hostess, for
the regular spring meeting.
The session will be held at the
King's Daughters home in Dur
ham, at 11 o'clock, with Mrs. B. L.
Tyree, district leader, presiding.
State president, Mrs. Jane Edwin
Woodward and Mrs. John Huske
Anderson, historian general, will
also attend the meeting.
Included in the seventh district
are Chapel Hill, Roxboro, Dunn,
Pittsboro, Sanford and Durham.
.Luncheon will be sefVed by a cir
cle of the King's Daughters.
All members of Person County
chapter who can attend, especially
those who have cars, will please let
me know at once. ? President.
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Services Sunday For
Mrs. Sarah Bryant
Death Doe To Heart Trouble Fol
lowing: Five Months Illness
Mrs. Sarah Jane Bryant died at
her home here Saturday morning at
8:40 o'clock. Death was attributed
to heart trouble. Mrs. Bryan, who 14
well known in Roxboro, had been ill
for about Ave months. She was 71
years old.
Surviving are one son, Willie
Bryant, two daughters, Mrs. J. M.
Clayton and Mrs. C. T. Duncan and
17 grandchildren and seven great
grandchildren.
Funeral services were conducted
from the Grace Methodist church
in East Roxboro Sunday afternoon
at 2 o'clock. Interment wag at
Stories Creek cemetery.
Stockholders Will
Meet April 6th
Definite plans are now being
formed for the purposie of permit
ting The Peoples Bank to operate
without restrictions.
The plans will be submitted to
the stockholders for ratification on
April 6th, 1933.
J. A. Long, President,
The Peoples Bank.
Death Of Baby
On March 30th, the death angel
visited the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Irving Gentry and took their in
fant son. James Alton was born
March 18, therefore his stay on
earth was short. Let us not grieve
for him but rather let us think of
him as one more blossom added to
God's Heavenly flower garden.