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Wednesday, September 27, 1933
WHATS WRONG
WITH ROXBORO?
Now don't let the above head
frighten you, for we want to say
right at the beginning that we do
not think there is any particular
I
sore spot on Roxboro; certainly,
there are some things, perhaps
quite a number, which might be
bettered, but as a whole we believe
it is one of the best towns, has suf
fered less from the depression and
stood the test better thah the best.
Still, there are some tihngs which
you may think needs attention, and
it is for this reason that we have
asked the above question.
Recently we saw a questionnaire
in one of our exchanges and It
struck us as a good thing, so we de
cided to adopt the same proposi
tion for Roxboro, and are printing
the questions below. We want every
reader of this family journal to
write us telling just what they think
is wrong with Roxboro. Be honest,
be frank, and express yourself just
as you please, regardless of whether
your opinion is favorable or other
wise, and we will print your letter,
and print it without yotir even
signing your own name, if you
prefer. But there is just one rule
we will adhere strictly to, and that
is, we will not print any letter
which deals in personalities. Keep
clear of this phase and we will
print your reply.
Read the following questions and
then give us your answers. We want
to know Just what you think is
"wrong with Roxboro." Send in
your answers at once:
1. How do you feel about Rox
boro as a place to trade?
What do you think about the
stores here in general? Why?
3. How could these stores be im
proved?
4. What criticisms or complaints
have you of Roxboro stores?* Which
ones? Why?
6. What difficulties do you find
In trading in Roxboro?
7. What articles do you buy else
where because you cannot get them
In Roxboro?
8. How often do you go to Dur
ham?
9. Do you prefer to buy on credit
or for cash?
10. Have you been refused credit
by any of the stores here? Which
ones?
11. Would you trade in Roxboro
if offered more credit?
12. In what way can the local
papers be improved?
13. What advertisements do you
read in The Courier?
14. Are they reliable or unreliable?
15. What improvements would
you like to see made in the com
munity?
16. What roads would you like
to see improved?
17. What improvements would you
like to see in the schools? In amuse
ments and recreation and social fa
cilities?
18. What do you think of Rox
borO as a place in which to live?
19. What does Roxboro need to
make it a better place in which to
live?
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When, and if, tobacco averages
seventeen cents a pound, we will all
have a better feeling towards the
world generally.
TOBACCO PRICES
The markets In South Carolina
and eastern North Carolina having
been closed for three weeks, await
ing the outcome of the sign up for
crop reduction, opened again on
Monday. Naturally, after such a
prolonged closed season, right in
the midst of busy marketing, it was
expected the floors of all ware
houses would be taxed to capacity,
and this being true, one could
^hardly expect prices to be very
strong. On all of the large mar
kets sales were blocked, and on
smaller markets- the buyers could
hardly care for the offerings. How
ever, all things considered, the price
was just about what all unbiased j
judges thought would prevail.
On one market, Wendell, there
was some trouble and the sales were
called off for the day; deputies were
called from Raleigh to prevent trou
ble, but the morning papers stated
sales would start off as usual on
yesterday morning, ^u could form
no real opinion as to just what the
farmer might expect from the open
ing sales, but the general opinion,
seemed to be that the better grades I
were going to command a better
price, with slightly better prices for
the more common grades. As a
whole the average for Monday's!
sales were just a little higher than
when the markets closed down, but;
no where near the parity price of!
seventeen cents. Here's hoping that
the reports of the sales for today,
Tuesday, will be better and that a
more favorable report will appear in '
the papers Wednesday morning.
That is no idle dream of the Wom
an's club about building a commun
ity house here, with the Legion ;
boys, the Rotarians and the other
civic clubs of the town united on
the project. We care not what the
project Is, when the women get be
hind it you may just bet it will be
put across.
We have two communications on
our hook, but notwithstanding our
request to make such brief, these!
two will probably hang on the hook
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for a week or two yet, for, we are
glad to say, our space is not as
plentiful as it once was. Business
is picking up and our good mer
chants, and they are good mer
chants in every sense of the word,
are using more space to tell their
prospective customers about their;
many bargains. Watch these col
lumns for such notices.
Allen Nevins, forseeing the repeal
of national prohibition, concludes
an article in the New York Times
by saying: "After the first jubilition
is over we shall find that it also
means the re-opening of an old era
of responsibilities and effort. If we
do not prepare betimes for these j
responsibilities, we shall have to pay
something for the delay."
Every opponent of prohibition ?
or nearly every one ? has declared:
that "the saloon shall never return,"
No doubt many will fight to preVent
its return, but those who oppose its
return should now tell the people
what they propose to put in its
place. If not the saloon with all
its known ills ,what?
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Four Powers Ap
proaching Accord On
Arms Control
Unifed States, France, Britain and
Italy Near Agreement. ? U.
S. Opposed
Paris. ? A close approach to a gen
eral agreement among the United
States, France. Great Britain and
Italy for the limitation and con
trol of armaments, it was author
itatively learned, was made today in
talks between negotiators of the first
three powers.
A French official reported "sub
stantial progress" has been made to
ward the forming of a solid front of
the four nations at the resumption
of the world disarmament confer
ence, with the four powers on a
common ground of understanding
concerning the disarmament ques
tion.
It was learned that apparently
only the outstanding point of sanc
tions remained to be solved.
France- has been furthering the
cetlihg up of penalties against any
nation guilty of a breach of any dis
armament agreement which might
be reached.
Great Britain was understood to
i be holding back from such a plan.
Norman H. Davis, American ambas- 1
sador-at- large, told both the French 1
and the British representatives that ?'
the United Stqtes will not Join In |
the Imposing of any such penalties.
This stand was made plain In a
conference which lasted one hour
and a half.
Prance, it was said! showed a will
ingness for her great army to be
substantially reduced step by step
n line with the conversion of the
German reichsweh (standing army)
into a militia.
American quarters indicated that
the role of the United States would
be that of prodding Europe Into
settling the details and signing a
convention at Geneva.
Hie four powers, it was added,
aeree that the convention should be
divided Into two parts. The first
would comprise a transition period
during which an inventory of the
existing arms and man power
would begin preparatory to trans
forming the armies into militias and
to cease arming. The second would
include the disarmament phase,
when the nations would start abol
ishing certain weapons.
The American quarters said there
are "a lot of hurdles yet" but "the
mere faot that the European situa
tion ha* become so serious Is bring
ing about decisions which we could
not get otherwise."
Italy and Prance were described
as closer together than ever In Iron
ing out their differences.
The major problems remaining to
be solved at Geneva In addition to
the sanctions question were the
method and the duration of the
period of arms supervision, the num
ber of troops the MacDonald dis
armament plan accords to Prance
and Italy for their colonies and the
giving of the status of military avia
tion.
The details of the supervision
plan were particularly knotty, It was
said, in informed quarters, with the
Prench believing 0t impossible to
accomplish a transition program
within a year as suggested by the
British. Hie British were understood
to hare indicated willingness to dis
cuss the details further providing
they got "a constructive and worth
while disarmament treaty."
In Prench quarters It was said a
tentative agreement to support the
Prench plan, subject to the ratifi
cation of the respective govern
ments, was reached with Mr. Davis
and the British, while Italy's ap
prooval was received by telegraph.
The Prench hope an accord mn
be completed with Germany's ap- j
proval before October 9, allowing the '
drafting of a treaty to begin when I
the conference reconvenes at Geneva
October 16. I
It was said the negotiators agreed
to a three or four years duration for
each of the disarmament periods, '
with a permanent commission of the
disarmament conference in charge;
of the supervision. This was taken
to indicate that some of the prob- j
lems had been solved.
RECOGNITION OF
RUSSIA BEFORE
END YEAR SEEN
Says Roosevelt Has Decided To Ex
tend Hand ? Move To Dispose
American Goods In Country.
New York. ? Indications that the
United Spates would recognize Sov
iet Russia before the year's end
went hand ih| hand today with
talk of vast business deals in the
offing.
Sources in New York considered
trustworthy represented Presidfent
Roosevelt as having decided to ex
tend the hand of recognition to
Russia, ignored by America since
the communists took command.
At Washington the President de
signated Henry Morgenthau, Jr.,
governor of the farm credit admin
istration, to direct and co-ordinate
negotiations of vast scope for. dis
posal of American goods to Rus
sia. *
A large part of the farm admin
istration's effort to raise commod
ity prices may depend, observers be
lieved, on success in carrying the
Russo- American deals through. The
R. P. O. has been dickering with
Amtorg, Ruga's trade Agency,
about the sale of 500,000 bales of
cotton and other products.
May Sell More Cotton
If an agreeable market can be ob-_
tained Russia is regarded as a prob
able market for 1,500,000 more bales
of cotton, and a vast quantity of,
other goods, including butter and
meat products and machinery.
The soviet union however, has
taken the position that heavy trade
with America must depend on the
establishment of normal relations ?
diplomatic and business.
WANT ADS
FURNISHED ROOM FOR RENT,
two blocks from post office. Mrs.
W. O. Miller. ltp
FOR SALE OR RENT: Several
good farms nfcar Raleigh, also
City property. Chas. B. Wilker
son, M. D., Raleigh, N. C. ltp
NICE LOT of good, sound barrels
for sale. Fresh shipment of water
melons. Apples and all other
fruits in season. Roxboro Fruit
store. Next door to theater. pd
SEVERAL GOOD FARMS To Rent
or work on shares. See ?
H. W. W1NSTEAD.
FOR SALE AT AUCTION? 50 cords'
of wood will be sold at auction on
Saturday, Sept. 30th, at Ebenezer
Church house, at 2 o'clock. Terms
of sale. Cash. E. C. Oakes and W.
H. Duncan, trustees. 3ts
FOR SALE ? Several good Electric
Ranges. Cheap. See them before
buying.
1 MORRIS & LEDBETTER.
FIANO LESSONS TAUGHT IN
your home. Call Mrs. Wallace
Woods, phone 20197, Roxboro, N.
C. tf
BEST 8EEDS ? Abruzzi Rye, Ful
ghum and Virginia Gray Oats,
Beardless Barley, Choice Clovers
and Grass Seeds. Phone 79, High
Woods, Roxboro. N. C. 2ts
Every woman would like to have
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ris & Burns will be the greatest
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Why
Liquid Laxatives
are Back in Favor
The public is fast returning to the use
of liquid laxatives. People have
learned that the properly prepared
liquid laxative will bring a perfect
movement without any discomfort
at the time, or after.
The dose of a liquid laxative can
be varied to suit the needs of the
individual. The action can thus be
regulated. A child is easily given the
right dose. And mild liquid laxatives
do not irritate the kidneys.
Doctors are generally agreed that
senna is the best laxative for every
body. Senna is a natural laxative. It
does not drain the system like the
cathartics that leave you so thirsty.
Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin is a
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Prices are up from the summer level, but
they are not as high as they are going.
Act now. Give us your order today for
the winter s supply of coal.
CENTRAL SERVICE CORP. -
Phone 137
WILLIAMS EX
PLAINS TOBACCO
PACT DELAY
Spokesman For Manufactur
ers Believes Careful Consid
eration Is Being Given
? 1 ? mv
IS PLEASED WITH PRICES
Washington, Sept. 26. ? 8. Clav
Williams, president of the R. J.
Revn^lds Tobacco company, said to
night he thoueht delay in an
nouncement of the tobocco market
ing agreement was due probably to
the careful consideration the gov
ernment is giving the proposed con
tract.
Williams, spokesman for domes
tic manufacturers at the . recent
hearing on the trade agreement,
said he was much pleased at the
increased prices paid for flue-cured
tobacco on the Carolina market to
day as compared with prices yes
terday. He Indicated he thought!
much of the tobaccd offered yester
day had been damaged during the
three weeks marketing holiday.
"I feel certain," Williams said,
"a satisfactory marketing agree
ment will be worked out shortly.
The chief object Is to give the
farmers an average price of $17 a
hundred pounds and I don't sup
pose many of them care what me
thod is used so long as they get
this average."
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When the North Carolina Crop
Improvement Association was or
ganized in 1929, some 250 farmers
joined the organization. At present
there are 506 members who pro
duced 102,000 bushels of certified
seed last season.
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Georc ia Seeking
Help In Rat War
Wants Government To Give Almost
Half Million To Exterminate
DS-wase Carrier.
Manning S. Yeomans, Georgia
state entomologist, anounced Sat
urday a grant of $450,000 will be
asked of the public works adminis
tration for a campaign against the
spread of typhus In Georgia through
eradication of rates.
The entomologist said the eradi
cation plan, for which the outright
grant of funds will be asked by the
United States Public Health Service
and the Bureau of Biological Sur
vey, was approved Saturday by Sec
retary Wallace, of Agriculture.
Typhus fevyr has been on the In
crease throughout the state some
time. the proposal for eradication
set forth, although fatality in the
308 cases reported last year was only
2.6 per cent. It was pointed out that
the cases recorded last year more
than doubed the number for either
1930 or 1931, and the number this
year already totaled 274. While the
mortality from typhus in Georgia
has been low, the eradication pro
posed said, it should be borne in
mind that under favorable condi
tions for spread the disease may
become more virulent, spread more
rapidly and carry higher mortality. I
Two species of rat fleas have been
found to transmit the disease In
Georgia, and their destruction on a
large scale can be accomplished
only through eradication of rats,
ou are con
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$3.50
Harris & Burns
Roxboro's Best Store
it was explained.
Under the proposal, now being
drafted for prescentation to the pub
lic works administration, the eradi
cation work would be through the
State Department of Public Health
and Department of Entomology,
with the co-operation of the federal
agencies.
The destruction of rats would be
undertaken from two angles, one
through trapping by mobile anti-ro
dent squads and another by use of
poison. It is planned to divide the
state into units for the campaign.
The work would center principal
ly in the peanut growing section of
Georgia, where rats are most prev
alent. Of the $450,000 to be request
ed, 76.4 pe rcent was listed as labor
cost
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After NRA Slackers
Raleigh. ? Investigations are be
ing quietly conducted here and In
other cities of the state in.aneffc
to run down those who have
1 effor^_
agre^
ire vil^B
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to abide by NRA codes and are
lating their agreements. Reports
i have been received of a number of
incidents of this nature, but names
were not made public. It is under
stood that those found to be viola
ing the code will be given an op
portunity to live up to their obli
gations before any action is taken.
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