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ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 5, 1933.
$1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE.
NO. 15.
"THE HOLY 0TT
DELIGHTS URGE
AUDIENCE SUNDAY
Beautiful Cantata Well Ren
derd By Choir Of First ...
Baptist Church
MANY TURNED AWAY
An audience which entirely fill
ed every available bit of space
at the First Baptist Church last
Sunday night was delighted with
the presentation of the cantata,
"The. Holy City," by the choir of
the church, assisted by Rev. A. J.
McKelway. Long before- the hour
announced, for the stert of the pro
gram, the churclThad' begun filling
Ikd scores found It necessary to
^rn back. wh?n by eight o'clock not
a seat was available. There were
no services in the other churches
of the town and many members of
other congregations were included
in the audience.
The spirit of this impressive can
tata had been thoroughly instilled
in each member of the choir by Mr.
J. Howard Young, who directed the
presentation. The weeks of prelim
inary training under his leadership
showed up unmistakably as num
ber followed number. TTie demands
of every chorus in the great compo
sition were fully met by every voice.
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Pilot Life Co. Makes
Good Progress in 19321
B. B. Knight, head of Knight's j
Insurance Agency, representing the
Pilot Life Insurance Company in
this vicinity, has just received de
finite information from company
officials giving the financial stand
ing for the year, as based updn of
ficial examination by the insurance
departments of five states.
The insurance examinations em- 4
braced North Carolina, Virginia,
Tennessee, Louisiana and Florida,
upon the conclusion of which it was
shown that Pilot Life made gains in
surplus of $150,000; increased their
total assets for 1932; did more busi
ness in the year than in 1931; had
a very low ratio of mortality to j
the expected (47.4%).
Upon completion of these exami
nations, Commissioner Dan C. Bon- i
ey, of the N. C. Insurance Depart- |
ment,- wrote A. W. McAlister, chair
man of the Pilot Life Board, com
mending the Pilot for its progress.
The Pilot Life insures men ahd
women up to $5,000 without exami
nation. They insure children too.
We would like to talk to you about
your needs.
KNIGHTS INSURANCE AGENCY
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Easter Cantata At
Presbyterian Church
"The Hiorned Crowned King," an
^Jjaster Cantata, will be presented
the choir of the Presbyterian j
^Bnurch, assisted by Mrs. J. A. |
LrOng, soprano, and Mrs. Wheeler
Newell, contralto, Friday night, :
April 14th at eight o'clock.
On next Sunday morning, (April I
9) at the 11 o'clock hour of wor
ship the Communion of the Lord's
Supper will be observed.
LOWER VALUATION
ORDERED BY BOARD
Real Property Ordered Cut
33 1-3 Percent in Valua
i tion For 1933
LISTING l? "POSTPONED
Person county commissioners In
regular session Monday morning af
ter a thorough discussion unani
mously passed a resolution making
a general horizontal reduction of
33. 1-3 percent from the 1932 assess
ed valuation of all real property in
the county, for taxation purposes for
the year 1933. TTiis plan was con-*
sidered preferable to having a gen
eral revaluation of property. The
ruling goes into effect at once and
the tax books for this year will re
flect* the change. Owing to the de
lay in the passage of the Machinery
Act by the present Legislature, all
listing of property, both real and
personal, for 1933, has been -post
poned from April Jst, as heretofore,
and will not begifi until May 1st.
However, it was explained that the
listing of property on May 1st should
be made according to its status on
April 1st.
At the meeting Monday, the com
missioners placed the salary of Mr.
J. S. Walker, county accountant, at
$135 per month for a period of two
years. This amounts to a reduction
of about 191 percent. Several other
items of routine nature were also
disposed of by (the commissioners. !
before adjourning. The full board
was present.
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Tax Listing Date Is
Postponed To May 1
Please take notice that, due to
the delay in passage of the Ma- '
chinery Act by the present Legis- !
lature. all listing of property in
Person county, both real and per- ,
sonal, for taxation for 1933 will be- j
gin on May 1st,, instead of April 1st j
county will not begin this work un- j
til that date.
All property should be listed,
however, according to its status ort
April 1st. By order of the Board
of County Commissioners.
J. S. Walker,
County Accountant.
Mrs. Rosa Owen Dies
at E. Roxborc Home
Mrs. Rosa Ada Owen, age 60, '
died at 9:30 o'clock last Sunday
morning after a very short illness.
Funeral services were held at the
heme in East Roxboro Tuesday
morning at 11 o'clock, conducted by
Rev. W. P, West, assisted by Rev. '
D. C. Whitsett. Interment was at j
Bethel Church. Halifax county, Va.
Mrs. Owens is survived by the fol
lowing children: John Owen, Rob
ert Owen and Mrs. Martha Tatum,
of Halifax County, Va.; Mrs. C. G.
Sander, Ernest Owen, Richard, of
Roxboro, and fourteen grandchildren.
Pallbearers were: Ed Owen,
Johnnie Wesley, Phillip Wesley,
Prank Whisnant. W. L. Carver and
Arthur Tuck. Flower bearers: Mrs
P. M. White, Mrs. Z. T. Hogg, Mrs.
Jennie Martin. Mrs. J. L. Chand
ler, Mrs. Joe Career, Mrs. Henry
Owen, Mrs. J. H. Scarborough, Mrs.
Ben Tuck and Mrs. E. M. Green.
Revival At Baptist Church
Attracting Much Interest j
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. Rev. Mr. Canipe Preaching To,
Large Crowds; Mr. Young
Leading The Singing
TWO SERVICES DAILY
The revival services which began
Monday at the First Baptist Church
are attracting large crowds daily,
especially at the evening service.
Much interest is already being man
ifested \
Rev. J. C. Canipe, who needs no
introduction to Person county folks,
has come from his home at Siler
City to dd the preaching during the
series of meetings. He is a fluent
speaker and delivers his message
with impelling v force. He has had
marked success to his evangelistic
work for the Southern Baptist Con
vention. The singing, which is be
ing led by Mr. J. Howard Young, W
a feature of each service that is
much enjoyed. Members of the
choirs of other churches are cor
dially invited to Join with the Bap
tist choir in these song services.
Miss Cora Lee Cannon is in charge
of the personal work. Miss Cannon,
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who is from Durham, Is also well- !
known In Roxboro, and rendered !
telling service in her last meeting
here.
Services at the Baptist church
will be held Sunday as usual, Bible
School at 9:45 A. M., Dr. H. M.
Beam General superintendent,
preaching at 11 A. M.; the evening
service will begin at 7:30 with the
song service, and preaching at
eight. Young People's organizations
will meet as usual. A cordial invi
tation is extended to all to attend
these services. The revival services
wil continue on Into next week.
Stockholders Will
Definite plans are now being
formed for the purpose of permit- j
ting The Peoples Bank to operate ,
without restrictions.
The plans will be submitted to !
the stockholders for ratification on '
April 6th, 1933. |
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Meet
6th
J. A. Long, President,
The Peoples Bank.
QUEEN OF THE AIR IS WRECKED
Caught to a violent electrical storm over the Atlantic off the ooast of New Jersey, the U. S. dirigible
Akron, largest in the world, dropped into the ocean early yesterday, and disappeared from view. Seventy
three men lost) their lives.
Dirigible Akron Falls
Into Atlantic Ocean
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Pre-School Clinics for j
The Coming Week!
Pre-school clinics will be con
ducted at the following schools on
dates mentioned:
Hurdle Mills ? 1 p. m., Wednesday,
April 5th.
Attend viHe?l-p. nr.,- Monday , April
10th.
Mt. Harmony ? 1 p. m., Tuesday, ?
April 11th. ? j
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At this time physical examina
tions will be given the children who
will start to school for the first
time this fall.
Schick tests and diphtheria vac
cination will be given to all chil
dren from six months to ten yearS
of age.
Bring your children to the clinic
and have them protected against
diphtheria.
R. McCollum, Co. Nurse.
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Methodist Young People's
Union Formed At Meeting
Here Last Sunday
NINE CHURCHES JOIN
The first mass meeting of the
Person County Methodist Young
People's Union was held at the Ed
gar Long Memorial Church April
2, at three o'clock. Representatives
from nine churches of this county
were present at the meeting. Miss
Virginia Sradshaw, director o f
Young People's Work for the Dur
ham district, was present and acted
as presiding officer. She. assisted by
other officers of the conference, pre
sented a program that was an in
spiration to the newly organized
Person County Union. Hre princi
pal address of the afternoon was de
livered by Miss Reba Cousins, pub
licity superintendent of the Eastern
North Caroliqp conference. Other
conference officers who were present
were as follows: Mr. Charles Thrift,
president general assembly; Mr.
John Dailey, vice-president of the
general assembly; Mr. Red Taylor,
president of the Durham City Un
ion; Miss Netta Cooke Robertson,
president of the Alamance County .
Union.
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The following members of the
Person County Ufiion were elected
to serve as itg officers for the com
ing year: Mr. P. O. Carver, Jr., pres
ident; Miss Gladys Lawson. vice
president; Miss Mary Elizabeth
Sanders, secretary and treasurer;
Miss Edna Cole, publicity supt.;
Mr. K. L. Street, adult councilor.
The Brooksdale Methodist church
invited the assembly to hold its next
meeting at their church on May 19.
Upon acceptance of the invitation
the meeting was Adjourned.
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There are 200 known kinds of
tropical bamboos.
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Huge Navy Airship Falls Intq>
Ocean Off New Jersey
Coast
GERMAN SHIP SAVES
OFFICER AND 3 MEN
NEW YORK, April 4.? The
U. S. S. Akron, largest airship
ever flown, crasheff al sea off
the Jersey coast early this
morning with the probable Doss
of 73 lives.
This afternon tjhe little navy
blimp J-3, searching for the Ak
ron wreckage, also fell in the
sea with its crew of 11.
The members of the Akron crew
stuck valiantly to their posts, with
perfect discipline, through a violent
electrical storm that the gerat ship
could not ride.
Pour men were rescued. One of
these died. The body of another
wag found later in the day
Navy Air Chief Dead
Still missing this afternoon were
Rear Admiral William A. Moffett,
chief of the navy's aeronautical
bureau, and 71 others.
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GREENSBORO MAN AMONG
DEAD
Lakehurst, N. J., April 4. ? Ben
jamin J. Thigpen, of Greensboro, N.
C., an enlisted gian, was ??mong
those aboard the ill-fated Akron
when the giant airship met disaster
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Masonic Meetings
For Month Of April
Person Lodge No. 113, A. P. &
A. M? will convene at 7:30 o'clock
P. M. on the following dates:
Tuesday, April 11th: Work in the
Second Degree.
Friday, April 21st: Work in the
Firtft Degree.
Tuesday, April 25th: Regular
Communication.
All Master Masons are cordially
invited to attend these important
Masonic meetings. \
William W. Morrell, Master,
J. Brodie Riggsbee, Sec'ty .
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High School Attend
ance Record, 6th Mo.
7th Grade enrollment to date 70.
7th Grade attendance, 6th month,
97%.
H. S. enrollment to date, 302.
H. S. attendance, 6th month, 96%.
D.
Cecil DeMille's
"The Sign Of
The Cross"
WITH
Fredric Mareh, Elfesa Landi,
Claudette Albert, Chw.
. Laughion, at
PALACE THEATRE
jHbee* ,Jhily 3:00 P. M
Usual admission scale.
1 1 Mil.
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SCHOOL DEBATES
In the triangular debates held
last Friday night, the Roxboro high
school debating teams divided the
winning and losing. Roxboro's af
firmative team was considered the
lcserJn the debate against Hender
son high at Wa ?e Forest, but the.
Roxboro negative received the un
animous vote of the Judges of the
contest between Roxboro and Wake
Forest teams debating in Hender
son.
It is singular that the affirmative
team was defeated in all three con
tests among these three schools.
In the debate between Wake For
est's negative and Henderson's af
firmative in Roxboro, Wake Forest
was winner.
The judges in the local contest
were Rev. G. H. Ellmore, Hon. L. M.
Carlton and Rev. J. F. Herbert.
locaTreiJefneeds
ON PAR WITH STATE
Aid Given To Twenty-Six Per
cent Of Population In
February
MUCH LOWER THAN
CASWELL, GRANVILLE
The percentage of Person county's
population receiving federal and
local aid during February agrees to
the dot with the average for the
entire state, the relative figures
for both having been 26.1 percent.
This figure compares very favorably
with Caswell's 36.7% and Green
ville's 50.6%, but is somewhat high
er than the 15.8% receiving aid in
Durham county,
The lowest percent of the popu
lation given aid was in Pasquotank
with 8.3 ? percent. Counties which
gave aid to more than 50 percent
of their population in February were
Granville, Anson, Scotland, Beau
fort, Bladen, Tyrrell and Duplin.
A total of 165,000 families were
iftded by relief funds in North Caro
lina during February. This total is
practically the same as the number
aided in January, it was pointed
out.
Based on Ave persons to the fam
ily, this number represents only a
little more than 25 percent of the
population of the State, rather than
33 percent as has been reported
from time to time in unofficial cir
cles, the report states.
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U. D. C. Meeting
The regular meeting of Person
County Chapter of the U. D. C.
will be held at the home of Mrs.
E. E. Bradsher April 11th at 3:00
o'clock A large attendance is urg
ed, as plans will be made and dis
cussed for May 10th, Memorial Day.
Pns.
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INSPECTOR READY I
TO HELP FARMERS
APPLY FOR LOANS
Regulations Governing Loans ]
Can Be Had at Field In
spector's Roxboro Office
MUST SPECIFY ACREAGE ]
Regulations for 1933 governing
crop production loarus have been is
sued by the Secretary of Agriculture
and now available to farmers in this
county upon request to Mr. John
S. Ellington, Field inspector of the
Crop Production Loan Office. Mr.
Ellington's office is in Roxboro.
Instead of writing to Washington
or to one of the regional loan of
fices, Mr. Ellington announced,
farmers can obtain the necessary
application blanks for loans, and de
tailed information about the re
quirements, direct from him. Appli
cation will then be reviewed by the
county advisory committee, then
certified and forwarded to the re
gional office at Washington for final
approval and action.
The regulations this year specify
that only those who cannot get
loans elsewhere are eligible for loans
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Bethel Hill Wins De
bate; Enters Finals
| In the triangular debating con
itest held Friday night, March 31,
Bethel Hill was victorious over the
' other two schools in her triangle, ]
; Middfeburg and Wilton.
Prances Featherstone and Riley
iTtrCk, defending the aiBrmative side
for BetH^MJill against Wilton neg
ative at Bethel Hill, won -by a una
nimous decision. Annie Mae Bran
don and William Humphries, up
holding the negative for Bethel
Hill won by a two to one decision
over Wilton affirmative at Wilton.
} As a result of winning both sides
"of the debate, Bethel Hill will enter
the finals at Chapel Hill April 13
and 14. This will be the second
time that Bethel Hill has competed ]
i in the finals at Chapel Hill.
It is interesting to note that three
of the debaters, France^ Feather
stone, Riley Tuck and William
Humphries are juniors; and that
the other debater, Annie Mae Bran
don, is a freshman.
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A Convention to Nom- j
inate Town Officials !
A convention of the voters of the '
town of Roxboro has been called .
by the Board of Commissioners to J
be held at the Court House on
Tuesday, April 18, 1933, at 8:00
o'clock P. M., for the purpose of
nominating a Mayor and Board of (
Commissioners for the election to r
be held on May 2, 1933, at the City ,
Hall. ,
R. B. Dawes, Mayor. (
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Laura Long U. D. C. j
The Laura Long Chapter of thej<
U. D. C. will hold its regular month- j 1
ly meeting Thursday, April 13th at j I
the home of Eloise Newell at 4 ;
o'clock. All members are urged to 1
be present and to bring this year's !
dues, which are 10c. ? Secretary. '!
ROOSEVELT WILL
OFFER MORTGAGE
RELIEF PROPOSAL
Message On Refinancing Of
Farm Mortgages Expected
To Go To Congress Today
VEW INTEREST RATE
WOULD BE 4 1-2 PCT.
Washington, April 2. ? Legislation
0 reduce the overbalanced debt
jurden upon American farmers by
1 billion dollars or more will be pro
posed by Congress tomorrow by
President Roosevelt, t
In one of his most ambitious at
;acks upon the economic crisis, the
President will propose a swapping
3f present mortgages for new cer
tificates of indebtedness to be based
)n a greatly reduced interest rate.
While details of the far-reaching
neasure were withheld tonight,
pending their presentation to Con
gress, it is known that instead of
:he present rates of 6 and 7 per
;ent on agricultural mortgages, a
maximum rate of 4*4 per cent will
>e provided.
The same relief will be proposed
jy Mr. Roosevelt very goon to small
lcme owners who are bearing much
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Mrs. Marv Hall Dies
Of Heart Attack
Mrs. Mary Velline Hall, age 80,
lied last night, April 4th, at 11
j'clcck from a heart attack suffered
'our days ago. Mrs. Hall was the
rife of Mr. Nelson* Hall of the Cald
vell Institute and was a descend
ant of families which for years have
?endered exceptional service in the
lelds of religion. . and education.
She, also, was outstanding in these
endeavors and was always concern
ed about all things for the upbuild
ing of mankind. It can be truth
fully said she was a founder of
Berry's Grove Church.
Funeral services will be held to
norrow, Thursday, afternoon at 3
3'clock at Berry's Grove Baptist
:hurch with Rev. J. C. McGregor
jfflciating. Interment will follow
n the church cemetery. Pall bear
erg will be S. W. Andrews, J. J.
Lawson, Dr. H. M. Beam, R. E.
Wilson, N. Y. Rhew, J. H. Mc
Hutcheon.
Surviving Mrs. Hall are the follow
ng: Mrs. W. R. Rickman, Rose
and, Va.; Mrs. H. L. Swain, Dur
lam; Miss Willie Hall, Greensboro,
ind Miss Mary E. Hall, Rougemont.
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Miss Martha Frazier
Dies This Morning
Miss Martha Lee Frazier, age 54,
Jaughter of Stephen S. Frazier of
nmberlake, died this morning at
ibout 3:00 o'clock at her home fol
lowing a serious illness of about
:hree months.
Funeral Services will be held at
the home tomorrow afternoon at
2:00 o'clock by Rev. E. S. Usury, of
Dxford, a former pastor. Interment
(rill be in the Frazier family ceme
tery following funeral services.
Miss Frazier is survived by two
brothers, H. S. Frazier of Fuquay
Spring, and Thomas Frazier, at
State Hospital.
Beer Forces Sweep To
Triumph In House
THINK THIS OVER!
If you save ag much money in the
next 16 years as you did in the
past 15 years (some of which were
the most prosperous ever exper
ienced) will you be any nearer your
retirement goal?
Moral:
Buy Retirement Income Insurance
in the Jefferson ?
NOW!
SATTERFIELD INS. AGENCY.
"Old and Tried"
Grade Commencement
The primary and grammar grades
of Aliens ville High School will
present their commencement pro
gram on Friday night, April 14th,
at 7:30 o'clock.
Play At W.O.W. Hall
Be sure you see "He's My Pal,"
a play given Friday night, April 7,
at 7:30, in Woodinen's Hftll, sponsor
ed by the Young People of stem.
The admission is 10 and 15 cents.
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Francis Measure Rides Vic
toriously Through House
Test
LEGALIZES BEER MAY 1
RALEIGH, N. C? April C?
Beer today was kpUiMd in
North Carolina effective May 1.
The house pawed the Francis
Mil on final reading after mak
ing minor changes in the meas
' ure and the senate concurred in
aU the amendments.
Senator Francis, introducer of the
act legalizing sale of alcoholic bev
erages in the state for the first time
sinoe 1908. asked adoption of all the
house changes. This was done with
out dlscuaeflon.
Hie mere formality of ratification
kept the bill from being a law of
the state.
Raleigh, April 3.? Beer swept its
way through the North Carolina
house tonight by a 72-25 vote on sec
ond reading and only 24 hours stpqd
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