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IF YOU HAVE A MESSAGE FOB ALL OF THE PEOPLE PUT IT IN THE COURIER WHICH REACHES MOST OF THE PEOPLE. ESTABLISHED 1881. PERSON COUNTY'8 OLDEST 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. HOME FIRST, ABROAD NEXT $1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE. VOL. L. * ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 20, 1933. NO. 39. PALMETTO MARKETS WILL NOT REOPEN BEEORE NEXT WEEK Warehouses Won't Take Ad vantage Of Governor Blackwood's Move TO BACK NORTH STATE P*: Florence, S. C., Sept. 18. ? Although the gubernatorially-proclaimed to bacco holiday expired on the South Carolina belt at midnight today, It was virtually assured that none of the Palmetto markets would open until next Monday. Governor Ehringhaus of North larolina has lifted the tobacco holi ,y in that state to become effec tive next Monday, ? and warehouse men of South Carolina moved quick ly today to bring about a simultan eous re-opening of the markets in the two states. Call All Members After consulting warehousemen in the various South Carolina markets, W. H. Daniels of Mullins. president of the South Carolina Warehouse men's association, tonight issued the following statement: "We are calling on all ware houses in the South Carolina belt to remain closed until next Monday, feeling that the interests of the farmer will be better protected thereby. "Our view is taken in the Interest of the farmers in the hope that con ferences in Washington will be suc cessfully completed whereby higher prices will be paid for tobacco." Warehousemen in Mullins asd Lake City, the two largest markets j In the South Carolina belt, decided not to reopen auction sales until next Monday, while at Timmons ville, Conway, Darlington and) Kingstree it was indicated that a similar course would be pursued. TEMPERANCE PEOPLE ORGANIZE Yesterday afternoon Mr. George Burnett, chairman of the Anti Saloon league, addressed the peo ple on the temperance question. He explained the object of the meeting, which was to organize for the com ing election on the 18th amend ment. The following officers for the county were named. Rev. W. P. West, county chair man. Vice chairmen, Hon. R. L. Harris and Mrs. E. B. Craven; sec retary, Mr. Sam Merritt; treasurer, Mrs. W. T. Pass; advisory commit tee, Rev. W. P. West. Rev. J. P. Her bert and J. W. Noell. This organization is expected to get actively r: work and thorough ly organize the countv. Principal of Person Co. Training School W. H. Williamson, a graduate of North Carolina Agricultural and Technical College at Greensboro in the class of 1928, and more recent ly a graduate from Cornell Univer-J sity with a master's degree, has been elected principal of the Per son County Training School. For three years ,1928-1931. he was farm agent among his pe ople In South ampton county, Virginia. He left the work there in order to pursue advanced study at Cornell. The new principal is well fitted for his position here, and it is be lieved that he will make an excel lent record in his work in Person county. Wiliamson is a native of Caswell county, and he comes here not en tirely as a stranger to the school and community. Mrs. Clayton Will Observe Birthday On the 1st Sunday in October the children of Mrs. M. T. Clayton (Jane Clayton) will meet at her home and serve dinner In honor of her 89th birthday. We'd be glad for all or as many of her friends and relatives as possible to be pres ent, <Mice more. Each one is ex pected to bring lunch. ? N. ? -o Standard Co-operates W. S. Parlsrh, chairman of the board of the Standard Oil company of Hew Jersey, has assured the ad ministration of his co-operation in the $12,000,000,000 oil code and now all opposition has been smothered. The code is designed to prevent un fair competition and any dealer found guilty of cutting prices U subject to lofcf his equipment. MEETING FOR NRA WOMEN TO BEHELD Will Begin House-To-House Canvass During The Next Week EVERY WOMAN INVITED Mrs. Geo. A. Duncan, chairman of the Person county N. R. A. house to house campaign, has called a meeting of the women for Saturday, September 23d, in the courthouse at 3 o'clock p. m. While every woman in the town and county is urgently requested to attend this meeting, the men will be welcomed. Mr. v R. P. Burns will address the meeting, and ; it is hoped a parade may be worked up to take place at 2 o'clock, p. m. I The object of this meeting is to get the ladies interested in the campaign which will be put on dur ing the coming week, looking to the signing of every housekeeper in the county joining the NRA and pledg ing themselves to patronize only those merchants who have joined I the NRA. Mrs. Duncan says a house to house canvass will be. made and she is very anxious to get a 100 per cent i sign up. WAR DECLARED ON DEPRESSION Everybody ought to be able to see conditions getting better. The have resolved to do their part. In main reason is because the people unity there is strength. Our nation is fast outgrowing the slump be cause the faith of the people has been strengthened. We are not as afraid as we have been. If we pull together we will continue to see bet ter and better days. Faith in our county, our people and ourselves. Now lets keep in harmony with the N. R. A. move. Pay more, save 1 more and buy more. If every em ploye receives more he can buy more and we can all save more. While you are making more money take an income policy with us that'll pay you $50.00 per month. INDIANOPOLIS LIFE INS. CO. KNIGHTS' INSURANCE AGENCY I All Of City Schools Opened Last Thursday; Exercises j Held On Monday MANY VISITORS PRESENT On Monday morning the Roxboro high school students and a consid erable number of parents and friends enjoyed an hour filled with i good speeches and delightful music. The occasion was the formal open- j ing of the new school year. Rev. J. P. Herbert, pastor of Ed- 1 I gar Long Memorial church, con- ' ! ducted the devotional part of the program, and he 'also brought a pointed and interesting message to the students on the rigl^t use of time. Hon. W. D. Merritt, 'chairman of the Roxboro school board, made a spirited and inspiring address upon the proper use of our talents. He always drives home some wholesome thoughts. Hon. R. L. Harris was present and addressed a few remarks to the school upon the inportance of the school's having and observing a code of worth-while effort and co- 1 operation in helping to come through the present crisis successfully. Two pleasing vocal solos were fur nished by Mrs. Wheeler Newell, with I Mrs. Kendall Street as accompan ist. These two musicians provide great pleasure for the students of our schools, and are always warm ;ly received. Programs were given in the other schools and will be reported direct- ! ly by the principals in charge. Enrollment Roxboro Schools Cavel School 171 jLonghurst School 181 Central Grammar . . 500 East Roxboro 74 7th Grade at High School .... 78 Total Elementary 1004 Roxboro High 8ehool 260 Total white Person Co. Training School: Elementary . . . .. High School Total .1204 355 . 95 450 REVIVAL BEGINS AT METHODIST CHURCH OCT 1 The special revival servies will be gin at Long Memorial church ori Sunday morning October 1, to con tinue through 10 or 12 days follow j ing. . Rev. J. F. Herbert, the pastor, will preach for these special services. Rev. Ralph E. Johnson, of Nash ville, Tennessee will direct the sing ing for the meeting and will direct the special work among the young people of the church and commun *?? . LAWN ? PARTY. ' There will be a lawn party at Mt. Tirzah Methodist church Saturday night, September 23. 1933. Barbecue, ice cream, and Brunswick stew will be served, the proceeds will be for the benefit of the Methodist Orphanage at Raleigh. A cordial in vitation is given to every one to come and help us enjoy the eve ning. B. E. STANFIELD, Pastor. PERSON COUNTY SIGN UP GOES OVER BIG Farmers Meet Speakers And Sign Up Almost To A Man 93 PERCENT ENROLLED | Last Thursday and Friday almost every one was interested and at work helping secure the signatures of farmers to the contract agreeing to reduce their tobacco crop for 1934 and 1935 thirty per cent, if such a reduction was necessary. For one time it looks as if the farmer was really in earnest and was willing to co-operate with the government in an effort to secure a better price for their tobacco. Meetings were held in every township in the County, Mr. Sanders having arranged for a speaker at each point. Of course, j many of these speakers were not i orators, but each one had made pre parations and explained the con tract to the best of (hilr ability. Did they ask some harifrquestions? They did, and like every other speaker who has talked on the subject, they could not answer, but the farmers accepted the costracts by faith and signed up almost to a man. It was our pleasure to attend three of these meetings and there I was not a single farmer present who refused outright to sign, -but every one seemed interested and wanted to do his part. There were some present who did not sign, but it was because of the fact that they had cut their crop for the past two or three years, and to cut further was simply out of the question. One farmer, and there is not a better man, or better farmer in the Coun ty, stated that he had four boys ? and he himself is strong, hearty and healthy, able to carry his end of the stick in any and all occasions, and his crop was less than 50.000. Of course, we could not advise him to sign under the circumstances, and believe some way will be provided where such occasions arise, and there are quite a number of such, so j such may sign up, and not be con sidered as opposed to the drive. On Honday afternoon Mr. Sand ers informed us that 93 per cent had signed contracts, and we are quite sure by the close of the cam paign, this afternoon, at least 95 per cent will have signed contracts In this county, and had provision been made to take care of the small planter, as mentioned above, we honestly believe almost 100 per cent sign up would have been achieved. MR. W. R. CATES IS APPOINTED Mr. W. Roy Catea, one of the best known and most popular men of Roxboro, has received an appoint ment with the conservation camps, and Is, for the preaeqt, located in Greensboro. ? o Wage Boost Allowed Kins ton. ? Wage lncreaes of 50 per cent", in exceSs of NRA code re- j quire men ts. have been allowed work- j ers of the Atlas Manufacturing com pany ,of this city. The company, which is rushed with orders, says that a misimum force of 350 *Hl be employed during the fall. FIVE AUTO ACCIDENTS IN THE PAST FEW DAYS | Our Si ge Says The Moon Was Wrong, But We Suspect | . ? ?-*" Carelessness ? MR. HASSAN IN HOSPITAL Just the other day we were tajk.- | ing to one of the local sages and he i said that the moon is wrong when we hear of so many automobile ac cidents. All that we have to say about this is that it certainly must < have been wrong this past week end. It has been a long time since | we have heard of so many auto mobile accidents occuring in such a short space of time. Mr. A. S. Hassen and his family started to Durham just after lunch on Sunday. While enroute he at tempted to pass another car and in so doing his wheels slipped from the concrete, causing the car to sway and ending in it turning over. Mr. Hassen was more serioulsy hurt than any of the other occupants of ; the car: he is now in the hospital suffering from a broken rib and other minor injuries. The other oc- j cupants were taken to the hospital but were released after receiving treatment for such cuts and bruises that they received in the accident. Agais, Mr. Bill Walker started out to visit some friends in Milton last Sunday afternoon. Owing to the slick condition of the roads he turn- : ed his car over but fortunately neither he nor the car was dam aged to any extent. In fact he was able to proceed to Milton after he had managed to set the car on its wheels. But this is not all ? On Sunday night Mr. R. V. Martin of South Boston, Va., collided with Mr. J. R. White, Jr., of Roxboro on Gallows Hill. Mr. J. R. Hill of Virgilina, Va., had parked his car on the highway and Mr. Martin, going into town, pulled around the parked car in order to pass it and met Mr. White's car which was going south, or away from town. Both cars were torn up considerably but no one was , seriously injured. And to top the climax ? On Monday at the noon hour one of the school busses in attempting to turn the comer at the intersection of | Broad street and Reams avenue ap pears to have had too much speed for the brakes to hold. At any rate it tinned over on its side with no re sulting injuries to any of its occu pants and very little to the truck, caused these various accidents or We do not know whether the moon not but we do say that Dame For tune or Old Lady Luck must have been spending the week-end in our community, or else we could not have had such numerous casualties with no fatilities and but one serious accident in the entire lot. : r\ * DeDuty and Prisoner Mr. Heyward Williams, son of i Mr. Green Williams, who is now a deputy sheriff located at Miami, ; Fla., passed through town on Tues- 1 day and stopped over to say hello to the home folks. One of the in teresting features about Mr. Wil liams' visit was the fact that he had with him a prisoner who was wanted in his home county In Florida for murder. Mr. Williams had been to Washington, D. C? and was carrying him back to Florida for trial, and he lodged him in our jail for the night, leaving early Wednesday morning for his home in Miami. SHARKEY LOSES lO-ROUND BOUT i A T CHICAGO, Chicago. Sept. 18.? (AP)? King i ' Levinsky won the decision over Jack Sharkey, former world's heavyweight ' champion, in a savage 10-round bat- , ' tie tonight. ?Hie verdict of the two judges and Refreee "Litte Phil" Collins was un animous. Sharkey was credited with winning only one round out of the 10. " Levinsky, the wild-swinging ex fish peddler came dangerously near j knocking Sharkey out in the first J two rounds. He dropped the former , champion with a heavy right to the . head for a count of seven In the first round and had him in danger again in the second. In the remits- ( tag rounds Levinsky had the Boston ex-sailor in distress several times. Misses Maxine and Kathleen ; < Clayton spent last week in Durham 1 visiting Mrs. L* E. Kinney. * Night Here v MORE INTEREST MANIFESTED IN NIGHT SCHOOLS The appeal which the night school officials made to the communities in which they are operating had a very pleasing effect. On last Fri day night there was a very notice able increase in attendance and again last night a larger number were present than at any time pre vious this year. Mrs. B. B. Man- 1 gum, director of the Longhurst i school, stated that there was an in crease of more than sixty percent over the attendance on last Friday night. The enrollment on the first night of the school was only six students; on the second night, last Friday night, the enrollment was ten students and last night this school had thirty students. The school at East Roxboro had a sub stantial increase also. They started with a higher enrollment than did the Longhurst school but they showed an increase of five students last night. This brings their en rollment to a total of fifteen stu dents. It is hoped that the inter est will keep on the upgrade and will not lag during the entire ses-| sion. o I ROXBORO FOOTBALL SQUAD AT WORK Begins Practice On Monday Afternoon ; Short Talks Made by Coaches PROSPECTS LOOK GOOD The Roxboro High School foot ball team started off in earnest! Monday afternoon at 3:30 P. M. The afternoon was spent mostly in light practice. Coach E. N. Jones and L. T. Heffner gave short talks on the fundamentals of football. The team was put to running sig nals and light dummy practice. The team that started the first signal drill were: Ends: R. Gentry, E. Morton; Tackles: John W. Brew er, M. Spencer; Guards: Capt. Mich aels, H. Roberts; Center: B. Miller; Backs: B. Long, J. Abbitt, J. Brooks. W. Fox. Prospects look very good for Rox- 1 boro this year although the team has a very hard schedule. The following reported for prac- ; tice: Capt. Bob Michaels, John W. Brewer, Bick Long, James Abbitt, James Brooks, Reade Gentry, Boone Oliver, Poy Jones, Wiley Fox. Wm. Shotwell, Matt Long Jr., Joseph King, Carol Carver, Billy Miller, Hubert Roberts, Harold Wilkerson, Logan Jackson, Marshall Spencer, Thomas M. Bumpass, Arch Brad- [ sher, Errol Morton, Charles Green, and manager Bill Harris. Coach Jones is working two or three men at the flank positions because at the time it seems that these are the weakest in the line. Michaels, Brewer, Roberts are like ly to be the mainstays in the line and Long and Abbitt in the back fleld. Fox showed up well in the j backfleld in Monday's practice and he is supposed to be the fastest man behind the line. The first game is with Alexander Wilson, Sept. 29. ? o Wonderful Values In Wahl F. pen and Pencil sets we have the last word in these sets. Wahl Eversharp has reached the top when it comes to giving you more value for your money. We have some of the Eversharp sets on dis play and we can honestly say that never, in all the years that we have j done business, have we seen its equal in value. These pens and pen- j 1 cils are beautiful in design, sturdy In workmanship, and each one car- ' ries a guarantee of satisfaction. The ' prices are as low as $1.65 set. THE NEWELLS !< JEWELERS ' Roxboro, N. C. j1 0 , Attended Rotary Meet Dr. B. E. Love and Messrs. W. A. Sergeant, W. C. Bullock and Wal lace Woods attended a Rotary | meeting in High Point Tuesday, re- , presenting the Roxboro Rotary. i o ) Jewish Stores to Close J On account of a Jewish holiday, ' ill of the stores operated by Jews in Roxboro will be closed on Thurs iay and Friday of this week, but j prill be open for business as usual < >n Saturday. , Red Cross Battles Hunger, Disease In Coast Storm Area i "w~ ~~ * Sinclair Company Will Launch Huge Newspaper Camp'n New York, Sept. 18.-(AP)-Sln clair Refining company today an i^nCed tbe la"nchin? of "the most intensive advertising campaign ever undertaken by the company Becatise ?f their effectiveness, a havp^!I official said, newspapers have been selected to carry the bulk * th? company's sales messages tc he public. He said the new Sinclair campaign will employ more news paper advertisements than the company ever used before In anv one sales drive. y Roxboro Rotary In Regular Meeting it/rol ,Ro.xboro Rotary club held ts regularly weekly meeting Thurs day evening at the new Hotel Jones The program was In charge of Mr and Mrs. Wallace Woods. Their program consisted of songs bv a Tn?f? ?f y0Ung men wh0 are ^own in this community for their excel lent singing ability. The group Con sfcted of O. B. Riley, Wallace Woods, Charlie Wade, Rev. A. J. McKel way. Dewey Young, and J. h. Young. Their program was composed of negro spirituals including among nVTteS "JaC?b'S Ladder" a"d Ive Gotta Code." . ? At th? conclusion of the singing talk !U,eX Se,rgeant made a splendid Paying trl ute t? that which was classical He discussed his subject In a most Pleasing and interesting manner, and it was also very instructive. He explained the many advantages and benefits derived from music "?B * eer*ter ,u-j man to ride "NIRA" CHARIOT TO STATE FAIR ? New Bers.-OUbert S. Waters, of ZeZ, - Pi0neer bu^ and auto mobile manufactuer, is going to stage a little "recovery act" all of his own with "Nira" the automo e he built here 30 years ago as one of the nation's first. :^?rS^1fSS carriase re-chris- ' ned Nira is to be renovated and i driven to RaJeigh under its ows power during state fair week.' just! to offset, as Mr. Waters puts It the popularity which the "h?k? lot gained in eastern North Caro lina two years ago. ^ While the "Hoover chairot" was ?i a Kasless automobile Sta? win vT'' mUle 0r ?xen . be a gas carriage symp tomatic of the return of ?ridin' money to the Pocain. a 7?" n an adaPt*d buggy with * . tw7"gaUos *as tank, which will take it 60 miles at the rate of 30 nnw hour however. Is not troubling Mr. Waters who says he -i MR. JOYNER HURT Mr. .Tovn?r. partner of Oriffln Joyner Chevrolet Co., was the vic tim of an unfortunate accident a f?w days ago. It seems that John Tillman, head mechanic for the firm, was backing a car out of the driveway of the garage, and in or der to s?e where he was going he had his head turned around to the left and toward rear of the car. Mr. Joyner, walking down on the ooposite side of the drive and to the right of the car, did not hear nor see Mr. Tillman approaching. In fact the first thing that cither knew of the other's presence was when the car bumped Mr. Joyner. j The impact knocked him to the i around, spraining his shoulder and 1 bruising and shaking him up con siderably. Other than this Mr. Joy ner was not seriously Injured and tie will soon be himself again. Another Mile Post Last night Mr. E. O. Long, pro- j jrietor of the New Hotel Jones, ( 1 celebrated his forty-eighth birthday jy entertaining a few friends at a 'our course dinner. Those enjoying ' :he hospitality of Mr. Long were, >s. E. J. Tucker and J. H. Hughes, | ind Messrs. Geo. W. Kane, R. P.j Burns and J. W. Noell. .. , , ? o i 1 The sideshow freaks at Coney i island would like to enjoy some of i he N. R. A. They complain of small talarles and long hours. 3 20 Persons Known Dead And Many Others Believed Vic tims of Coastal Storm RELIEF WORKERS GIVING AID TO VICTIMS New Bern, Sept. 17. ? Federal money for relief in the storm devastated areas of Eastern North Carolina will .be available in the amounts needed, Mrs. Thomas O'Berry, of Raleigh, - SPate administrator of Federal relief said tonight after a tour of the affected area. The money wHl be used in connection with Red Cross re lief and local woTters will esti mate the amount to be needed from the Federal government. Morehead City, Sept. 17. ? A bright sun beamed on the desolate coastal country today as the natives set about clearing the wreckage left by Friday night's storm and count in* their casualties. With reports seeping through slowly indicating terrific damage on the eastern tip of Carteret county, relief workers here confirmed ac counts of the death of four persons and from Tyrrell county came word that four more were drowned when a lumber barge capsized in the gale that swept this section of North Carolina's coast. They brought the storm's j known death tol lof 20. a while seaman and a negro fisherman pre ! viously having been reported as I drowned off the coast. Eight More Deaths. When their home was swept into i the creek, two daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Elijah Dixon, who live on Back Creek where it empties into the Neuse river about 20 miles from tiere were drowned. Their bodies jbad not been recovered today. Feta Carraway, 17-year-old daugh ter of Herbie Carraway, was crush ed to death at Merrimon when the home of her uncle, Henry Carraway, was demolished by the tempest, and Mrs. Ella Delamar. 5t. was drowned at South River near the home of her brother, Sam G^skill. Caught in the gale while trans porting lumber on the Albemarle Sound hear Columbia, two white men and two negroes met death in the swirling waters when the wind upset their barge, according to a re port made by Harold Atkinson, field representative of the American Red Cross, who has been making a sur very of storm damage in Martin, Washington and Tyrrell counties. The bodies of the negroes have been found but there has been no trace of the other two occupants or the barge. Names of the dead were not available. Pitched Into tfie River/ Water from the Neuse flooded the Dixon home at Merrimon, forcing the family to the second floor. About the time the angry river reached the 16-foot mark at the Dixon dwell ing. the structure was tumbled into Back Creek. When the house went to pieces the Dixon daughters, ages nine months and eight years, were torn iaway by the torrent and drowned. A three-year old son swung fran tically to his father's neck as the parents clung to pieces of wreckage. They managed to catch hold to top limbs of a pine tree and remained there until they were rescued, about 24 hours after the storm began. Relief workers fear other deaths will be reported from out-of-the way points before the full story of the storm's havoc is told. Red Cross Busy. Emergency Red Cross relief head quarters will be set up today in Morehead City, Beaufort and Atlan tic, and word has been scattered throughout the countryside for des titute victims of the storm to apply there for aid. (Continued on page six) o WIND FURNISHES POWER FOR CAR Morehead City, Sept. 18.-~One of the prize stories of the storm which struck New Bern was told tonight by H. L. Pulcher, ? fireman. During the height of the Wow, Fulcher went nome In his automo bile to take five of his family to the fire department, building to safety. His car engine was drowned out by the heavy rain, but Fulcher. nothing daunted, pushed the car around, opeped the doors to offer more wind resistance and the six were blown along by a 90-mile wind " to the fire house four blocks away.
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