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ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 9, 1933.
NO. 33.
COTTON CROP OF 12
MILLION BALES PLUS
FOR 1933 INDICATED
This After Four Million Bales
Is Plowed Under By
Agreement
CHECKS BEING HELD UP
Washington, Aug. 8. ? The bureau j
of agricultural economies ? crop re
porting board ? today described the
condition of the cotton crop as ol
August 1, as 74.2 per cent of nor
mal, as compared with a ten-year
average of 67.9 per cent, which
?promised of crop, on the reduced
bpreage, of 12,314,000 bales; the ex
|cutive council, or super-cabinet
T" recently established by the Presi
dent, failed to make a decision to
day, as had been confidently ex
pected, on the vitally important
question whether it would be nec
essary, under an old law which
appeared to have a direct bearing
on the instant case, to deduct I
amounts due the government by
planters, on seed and production
loans, from the benefit payments
which are to be made to cotton and
wheat producers who have agreed to
reduce acreage.
It is the broad policy of the ag
ricultural adjustment administra
tion to curtail production with re
spect to these basic crops, and to
increase the buying power of the
farmer.which, in tuny. would be
expected to set the wheels to turn- ?
ing in industry. Not to make these
benefit payments would disappoint
those engaged in the crop reduc
tion campaign as much as it would I
the farmers, and there is not much
' doubt that a way will yet be found |
to carry out the government's part
of the agreement.
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Father Of Mrs. Robt. I
Whitfield Succumbs
News has been received of the ,
death of Mr. G. B. Overton on
Tuesday night at the home of his
daughter, Mrs. C. B. Jackson, in
Durham.
Mr. CH'erton suffered a stroke of
paralysis on last Sunday, from
which he never rallied.
He was a member of the Primi
tive Baptist church in Durham and
his kind personality and love of
his fellowman endeared him to all
who knew him.
Mr. Overton was the father of
Mrs. Robert Whitfield and had
spent some time here in Roxboro
where he had a number of friends.
The funeral party left this morn
ing from Durham at eleven o'clock
for Stokes, Pitt county, Mr. Over
ton's former home, where the fun
eral will take place some time this
afternoon.
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^WMrs. Wilson Receives
w Bite From Moccasin
Last Saturday morning when Mrs.
Prank Wilston reached into the
wood box to get some kindling to
start a fire in her cook stove, a
highland moccasin, one of the most
poisonous snakes that is found in j
this section, bit her on the fore
arm. Mrs. Wilson rushed to Dr. A.
P. Nichols' home, which is nearby,
and he administered first aid
treatment. Although painfully in
jured Mrs. Wilson is not thought to
be Suffering any serious wound, and
all of her friends are wishing for
Tier a speedy recovery. It is not
known how the reptile got in the,
house.
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12th Annual Field Day
:
The regular Field Day was held
at the tobacco station of the N. C.
Department of Agriculture, Oxford,
last Thursday. Mr. E. O. Moss was
in charge of the program, and gave
the large crowd a fine and interest
ing program. The speaker of the
occasion was Hon. John H. Kerr, j
of Warrenton, N. C. His address
wsa timely and full of inspiration
for all Tar Heels, as he spoke of
their fine line of ancestors and the
great work accomplished in all fields
by North Carolinians. The crowd
was estimated at several thousand,
and all seemed to be perfectly hap
py, and out for a good time.
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Tonsil- Adenoid Clinic
Next Wednesday at the new Hotel
Janes a tonsil and adenoid clinic
wiH be held. For information and
appointment please see Mr. E. O.
Long, manager Hotel Jone6. The
clinic is for children and adults.
SALES TAX WILL
NOT APPLY WHEN
TOBACCO IS SOLD
Sales Tax Exempts Products
of Farms, Forests and Mines
When Sold by Producers
Raleigh, Aug. 7. ? Sale of^tobacco
by producers on warehouse floors is
exempted from the provisions of the
3 per cent general sales tax. Harry
McMullan. director of the sales tax
division of the department of reve
nue. ruled today.
Many inquiries had reached Ra
leigh on the subject, McMullan
said, from tobalco centers where it
was feared the law did not exempt
the weed. A movement had been
launched at Reidsville to call upon ;
Governor Ehrnighaus to isSue a
statement on the question.
"The sales tax act exempts en
tirely from taxation products of
farms, forests and mines when sold
by the persons or members of their
immediate families or by employes
forming a part of the organization
of persons who produce such pro
ducts in the original state or con- )
dition or preparation for sale," Mc- ;
Mullan ruled.
Under this provision the sale of .
tcbacco by farmers on the ware
house floors through North Caro
lina, is totally exempt from the
sales tax, both wholesale and retail."
North Carolina tobacco markets
will begin operations this month.
? -Sale of cotton and tobacco by ?
other than the producers will bej
considered a wholesale sale, Mc- '
Mullan said, and the wholesale rate
of $10 on each $2,500 sale will be
levied, with the minimum being
$12.50 for each six months period, j
HOSIERY WORKERS
DO BACK TO WORK
Approximately 2,000 Out Of
5,000 Resume Activities
In Mills
TO GET HOURS DESIRED
High Point, Aug. 7. ? High Point's
striking seamless hosiery workers
went back to their posts today, end
ing a strike for shorter , hours and
higher wages begun July 17th.
The resumption of work was
voted at a mass meeting last week
and today approximately 2.000 of
the 5,000 operatives resumed theiT
posts. Mill officials explained that
due to cessation of activities, some
parts of the 21 mills here and one
at Thomasville would be idle until
matefial could be furnished after (
being made in other sections.
While ^he workers will get the j
same pay for 40 hours as they did
for 55, they did not get the 25 per
cent wage raise they demanded.
They went back to work under the 1
provisional code effect for the silk i
Industry, ' 1
"Yesterday difference arose and e
for a time threatened to split the
ranks hut a mass meeting called to
protest the settlement was trans
formed Into a peace meeting and
the worker decided to go back to
work.
Approximately 300 workers at the
Pickett Cotton Mill went back to
work, also, following an agreement,
leaving only 600 strikers idle at the
High Point Overall Company. t
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Protect Your T obacco i?
It is admitted that Person Coun- 1
ty has the best tobacco that we
have had in years. For this reason
you cannot afford to take a chance
on not marketing this crop. If you
db not protect your tobacco with
fire insurance during the time it
is being cured and also the time It
is in the packbarn, the chances are
that the ever lurking hazard of fire ) |
will prevent you from realizing for
your labors. We can protect your'
crop against fire for any length of
time you desire. The premuim is ,
very small.
See us today; tomorrow may be
too late. I
SATTERFIELD INS. AGENCY
"Old and Tried"
E. O. Thompson, Mgr. ' ?
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Privilege Tax
A penalty of 10% will be Imposed
on all presons who do not obtain
their License by August the 15th. .
Town of Roxboro.
Asked For Teamwork And Getting It
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Wl DO OUR ?A*T
President Roosevelt, and Recovery Administrator Hugh S. Johnson,
demonstrated exactly what they meant about teamwork in their launch
ing of the National Recovery Administration program and are now
watching with much satisfaction as one after another industrial di
vision adopt codes and start operation. Photo shows the President
receiving congratulations of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh S. Johnson on his
recovery address.
Rotary Club Entertained
Tobacco Board of Trade
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FOUR INJURED
BY LIGHTNING
A white girl, a Negro woman and
tier three children are recovering
from the effects of shock suffered
when lightning struck the porch on
which they were sitting last Thurs- |
lay afternoon. The Injured are : j
Fannie "Bailey, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Bob Bailey; Helen Baird, wife
3f A. G. Baird, well-known Negro
resident of the Woodsdale section,
ind three children of the Baird cou
ple. The four-room dwelling was
badly damaged as the lightning
:ore its way through the wall and
floor of the house.
The five were sitting on the porch
when the bolt struck a flower pot.
Breaking up, the lightning played
>ver the bodies of those nearby and
then knocked a huge hole in the
side of the house. Objects within
he home were knocked around like
so much paper before the lightning
struck an iron stove and tore out
i section Of the flooring.
Helen BSird wa5 the most severe
y Injured, but is recovering. The
Jthers, although stunned and un
ible to speak for several hours,
nTcre not considered seriously hurt.
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Baptist S. S. Annual
Picnic Next Tuesday
The annual picnic for the First
3aptist Bible School will be held
lext Tuesday, August 15th. The
Inal arrangements will be announc
!d next Sunday morning at the ?
3ible School hour. Parents and pu
Jils wiH please he present next j
Sunday to Team plans. All pupils
ire invited.
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Virgilina Road on List
It will be good news to our friends
>ver in the Mill Creek and Dixon
3 tore communities to know that
he road from Roxboro to "Virgilina
las been placed on the list by
Chairman Jeffress and permission
isked to allow it to be Included in
he next letting.
Efforts Being Made- in Bring
The Market Back To
Old Days
10,000,000 LBS. THE GOAL
The meeting of the Roxboro Ro
tary club last Thursday evening
was of unusual interest, as the
club lhad as guests the Tobacdo
Board of Trade, consisting of the
buyers on this market and the
warehousemen. Hie purpose of
the meeting was to see if something
could not be done to put new life
in our tobacco market. After lunch
Mr. N. Lunsford made a splendid
tak on the subject, giving many of
the excuses given by the farmers
why they did not sell tobacco in
Robboro, and offered some sugges
tions as to ways and means of over
coming these excused. It was a
splendid talk, and while some
might have thought he was bor
dering on personalities, he simply
called a spade a spade, -and did not
mince his words. We believe his
talk will result in good.
Mr. J. D. Mangum, ROtarian In
charge of the program, then called
on the buyers and warehousemen
to tell what they thought would be
of benefit to the market, and while
several responded. Mr. J. S. Harvey
was the real spokesman for the
buyers: he told of his long exper
ience in the tobacco business, and
said he was asked by a young buyer
on one occasion how long It took
to learn the tobacco business. He
replied, that he had been in the
business about fifty years and still
he had not learned It. He was very
optimistic over the market this
year and believed we would have a
satisfactory year, offettng some good
advice both to the seller, the busi
ness people of the town as we,l
as to the buyer.
Altogether, It was a most Inter
esting meeting, and we believe steps
we^e taken which will mean much
to the market. It was announced
that the slogan for the Roxboro
market this year will be "Ten Mil
lion Pounds." This can be, and we
hope will be, reached.
Tobacco Agreement
In keeping with the statement of Secretary of Agriculture
Wtllace that his department Is ready to devise a domestic allot
ment plan for flue-cured tobacco, when and if there is sufficient
sentiment on the part of the growers, The Roxboro Courier pre
sents the following agreement blank through which the growers
may express their sentiment:
"Secretary of Agrienlture, Washington, D. C. ? I understand
the government wants the tobacco farmers to receive money
enough to buy as much as they could with the average of to
bacco prices from 1919 to 1929 (parity price).
"In consideration of payment t? me of money to be raised
from a processing tax in tobacco factories? ao that my buying
power as a tobacco grower may be Increased? I am willing to
agree to cut my tobacco acreage the next three years the (same
as the cigar tobacco growers).
"I have acres in tobacco this year.
Signed:
Name
Town Route No. ....
These signed blanks may be returned to the Roxboro Courier
and will be forwarded to the proper authorities.
GIVES FIGURES ON
GEORGIA TOBACCO
Prices Range From 11.90 To
14.75 Cents Per Pound For
The Opening Week
9,153,547 LBS. IN 4 DAYS
Atlanta, Aug. 7.? Tobacco sales In
Georgia during the first four days
of the marketing season totaled 9,- ,
153,547 pounds ? about 2,740,000 !
pounds under the entire 1932 sales
? at prices ranging from 11.90 to
14.75 cents per pound on 12 of the
state's 15 markets.
H. K. Ramsey, statistician of the
State Department of Agriculture, in
announcing the official figures to
day, said detailed information had
not been received from all of the
markets, and that a state-wide av
erage of prices could not be calcu
lated. He said average prices would
be announced at the end of the
Season.
Last Year.
Average prices during the first
week of the 1932 season were re- j
ported last year at 10.15 cents, for
2,254,000 pounds.
Meanwhile, a delegation headed
by Speaker Ed Rivers, of the State
Housfe of Representatives, was en
route to Atlanta from Valdosta tOj
demand the closing, by martial law
if necessary, of all tobacco markets
in the state by Governor Engene
Talmadge, because of what growers
claim are poor prices.
Price Averages
Tifton led the state last week In
pounds sold ? 1,346,468 ? at an aver
age of 14.347 The- top price "honor
went to Nashville, Ga., where 1,
016,563 pounds sold at an average
of 14.75. Moultrie sold 1.036,082
pounds at an average of 13.30, and
ValdoSta had sales of 1,266,310
pounds at prices ranging from 11.77
to 13.29 cents per pound.
The markets on which Ramsey
announced official average prices
today were: Adel, 13.49; Baxley,
13.02; Blackshear, 13.74; Douglas, i
12.08; Hahira, 13.12; Hazelhurst, !
12.90; Moultrie, 13.30; Nashville,
14.75; Statesboro, 12.90; Tifton,
14.34; Vidalia, 11.90; and Waycross,
12.62.
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Two sons-In-Law
Undergo Operations;
While operations for appendicitis
are numerous, it is not often that
two from the same family are op
erated on the same week; but such
was the case when Mr. Eddie Per- I
kinS, who was operated on at Watts
hospital and Mr. Gilbert Carver op
erated on at Rainey hospital, Bur
lington, last Friday. The case of
Mr. Perkins was very serious, and
his condition is Still grave, but Mr. |
Carver has returned home and is
doing well. These gentlemen are
both sons-in-law of Esquire J. T. i
i Newton, of Roxboro.
Visit* Old Home
Mr. Lou Harris, a native of this
County, now making his home In
Belmont, N. C., favored us with a
pleasant can yesterday. Por a num
ber of years he was connected with
the railway mail service, but has
been retired on account of age.
Prior to entering the service of the
Government he was connected with
the Pioneer Warehouse here, and
was exceedingly popular.
STOCK
Quotations
The following are today's closing
prices on some of the more popular
stocks on the New York Stock Ex
change. Every effort Is made to 1
keep the lWt absolutely correct;
however the Courier does not hold
itself responsible for typographical
or other errors therein.
American Tel. and Tel 127%
American Tob. B 90%
Anaconda 17% ,
Chrysler . . . ?. 39 1
Cities Service 3% i
Collins and Alkman 17% ]
Com. Solv \ 37%
Gen. Motors 31% i
Int. T. and T 15% |j
Liggett and Myers, B 96%
N. Y. Cent. ... 46%
Otis Elev 18%
Packard . . 6%
Penn Dixie Cement 6%
Reynolds. B 48%
Radio Corp 8%
Southern Ry 28%
U. 8. Steel * 55%
Lorillard 22%
Texaco 23%
North Amer. Aviation 6%
More Workers Placed
Under Wings of Eagle
By NRA Administrator
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CATTLE CLUB
HOLDS MEETING
The Person County Cattle club
met in the courthouse at Roxboro
on Tuesday morning at 11 o'clock.
There were a number of things' for
the club to dispose of in this meet
ing. One of the most interesting
things that this club did in its
meeting was to accept a blooded
bull calf presented by Mr. W. R.
Kenan, Jr. This calf was presented
to the club for use in the county.
Mr. Kenan has a million dollar
herd in New York State and this
bull calf was taken from the herd.
The Cattle Club and the county as
a whole are deeply- appreciative for
the generous gift of Mr. Kenan.
Not only was it a most generous
thing for him to do but by ob
taining possession of such a fine
young bull Person County will be
able to lead the State in cattle
raising. One of the club members,
in an interview, said that undoubt
edly it was one of the very best
specimens in the state.
Other matters of business were
taken up as follows:
The club made plans to organize
a Four-H Cattle Club. Any boy be
tween the ages of eight and twenty
years who is living in the county
is eligible to join.
? It if> also the intention of the
club to make a survey of the coun
ty on Sept. 22, for the purpose of
determining the kind and quality
of cattle we have here in Person
county. The Schedule of this sur
vey will be announced at a later
date.
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FIVE HURT WHEN ~
CAR HITS TRUCK
Mr. And Mrs. John Gr. Jones j
Among Those Injured In
Collision Near Roxboro
ON THE OXFORD ROAD
Five people enroute to Scotland
Neck on an outing were injured
Tuesday afternoon shortly after
frur o'clock when the car in which
they were passengers ran into the j
rear of a Carolina Power and Light
company truck parked on the Tar
river bridge on the Oxford j?fcd.
The injured are: Mr. and Mrs.
John G. Jones, their two children,
John Andrew and Precious Pearl,
and Roy Jones, brother of John G.
Jones and the driver of the car. All
sustained cuts and bruises about
head . and body and were treated by
a Roxboro physician.
According to John G. Jones the
car ran into the rear of the truck
when it rounded a curve and found
the bridge passage entirely blocked
bv the Carolina Power and Light
truck and a state highway depart
ment truck parked side by side.
Mr. and Mrs. Jcnes are the par- 1
ents of Mfefc Prances Jones who was
killed last week when struck by a
truck while crossing the Hillsboro j
road about 9 miles from Durham.
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Notice To The Public
In support of the principles of
the National Recovery^ Administra
tion. there has been adopted
UNIFORM INSURANCE CODE to j
which every agent in the State has;
subscribed.
The Code embraces principles of j
"mnloyment, hours of work, me
thods of business conduc t, non
discriminatory rates and forms,
credit terms and efficient insurance
service.
The public is respectfuly re
quested to join with us in making j
the Code effective as our part in the i
jusiness recovery. program of the]
President.
The full text of the Code may
ie seen at any of the undersigned
nsurance offices:
Satterfleld Insurance Agency, |
Walker Insurance Agency
Nathan Lunsford, Agent
Knight's Insurance Agency.
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WATCH FOB TOE BIG
GOLD DAY
It start* next week. Full de- J ,
tails fa next
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Johnson Renews Offensive To
Enlist Wage Earners Under
Temporary Code
PUBLICITY WILL BE DI
RECTED AT SLACKERS
Washington, Aug. 8. ? Hundreds of
thousands more wage earners ? bar
bers and beauticians, retail coal
handlers, lithographers and metal
workers ? today were drawn within
the wage and hour regulations of
of the National Recovery Adminis
tration.
Marking the. beginning of the re
newed offensive ordered by Hugh S.
Johnson, the recovery administra
tor, to blanket the country with
agreements reaching every employe,
he approved modifications of Presi
dent Roosevelt's re-employment
agreements for five additional in
dustries.
Concurrently, It became Known
that the powerful weapon of pub
| lishing names is to be the first
Swung against violators^ of the
codes and agreements.
The decision to make known in
every community those who display
the Blue Eagle of the NRA without
fulfilling its terms was revealed
with the appointment of Mrs. Hugh
S .Johnson as chairman of the
complaint committee of the con
(Continued on last page)
Snakes Plentiful
On Lamarr Street
In another column Is an article
concerning a snake biting Mrs. Wil
son; yesterday morning another
victim was littlteShields Clarice, son
of Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Clarke. The
little fellow wa? playing around
when the snake, a highland mocca
sin, bit him; he was rushed to the
doctor and it is hoped nothing ser
ious will result from the bite. This
is the second victim of snake bite
on Lamarr Street, and it seems a
snake killing is in order.
Collins And Aikman
Adopt Cotton Code
On yesterday, Tuesday, the local
plant of Collins and Aikman Corp.
posted a notice to the effect that
beginning next Monday morning
this plant would operate under the
Cotton Code as a temporary meas
ure; that is until the Plush Code
can be worked out and approved.
Under the terms of this code Col
lins and Aikman will operate three
eight-hour shifts per day with the
minimum wage level of thirty
cents an hour.
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Notice of Meeting
Of Person County
Board of Education
There will be a meeting of the
Person County Board of Education
on Monday, August 14th, 1933, at
10 o'clock A. M., in the office of
the County Superintendent. The
purpose of this meeting is to lay
out and determine the route io be
followed by each of the school
trucks to be operated in the coun
ty, for the scholastic year, 1933-34.
This the 2nd day of August, 1933.
S. G. Winstead, Superintendent.
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Rev. Mr. Herbert
Will Return Friday
Rev. J. P. Herbert will return to *
Roxboro on Friday, August 11th, and
will occupy his pulpit at both
morning and evening services on
the coming Sunday, August 13th.
Mr. Herbert has been away for
three weeks. He has spent two
weeks in Chicago, where he preach
ed on July 23rd in the Austin Con
gregational Church, of which he
was pastor from 1923 to 1928. The
last week he has spent with friends
at Leasburg, Va.
On Week's Outing
Mrs. J. H. Hughes and sons. Jack
and Charles, Mrs. Raymond Bailey
and daughters, little Misses Rachael
Ann and Sarah Bailey, and Mrtf.H.
M Beam and daughter. Patsy, arte
spending this week at Bay View,
N. C.
Dr. J. H. Hughes and Dr. H. M.
Beam accompanied the party to
Bay View, returning home in the
svening after spending the day
uritta the member*. Dr. Hughe*
ays Ashing was fine.