IF YOU HAVE A MESSAGE FOB ALL OF THE PEOPLE PUT IT IN THE COURIER WHICH REACHES .. ...? * MOST OF THE PEOPLE. b-ctari Ifiiivn 1 881 PERSON ronvnrs OBDEST AND BEST NEWSPAPER. UNDER SAME MANAGEMENT AND OWNERSHIP FOR 47 YEARS. Best People on Earth; Good Churches and Schools; Where Optimism Rules. J. W. NOELL, EDITOR AND PUBLISHER. VOL. L. HOME FIRST, ABROAD NEXT ======= 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. (Continued on lan page) 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 o ? ? 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. ? O | 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 ( . 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, > 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. | o 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 o 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 I 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. o 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. / - I 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. S ?? O j * i There are 200 known kinds of tropical bamboos. o 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. -*? 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 (Continued on last page) ? o 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 . O ? 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. > ... THE H KG H ? - 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. o; 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. -_7 1 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 (Continued on last page) 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. o 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. ( ? i . - 1 rv? 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 (Continued on last page) 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. o ? 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. f 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 (Continued on last page)