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, 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.