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VOL. LI. ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 9, 1934. NO. 19.
New Tobacco Exchange To
Offer Year-Round Market
May Prove Very Popular With
Growers And Others Inter
ested In Golden Weed
STATE-WIDE MEETING IN
DURHAM THIS MONTH
Although tobacco is the third
largest agricultural crop produced
in the United States and is second
only to cotton as a "money" crop,
until the recent establishment of
the New York Tobacco exchange [
there has never been an all year
around, ready, convenient, active
market for both spot and future
countracts. all selling in the past,
ing confined largely to the ware
|Ouse auction system.
Considerable interest in the to
bacco exchange has been manifest i
with the announcement that a
state-wide meeting to discuss the op
eration of the exchange probably
will be held in Durham about the
middle of this month.'
Sponsors of the exchange claim
that the present method of market
ing tobacco is antiquated &nd un
satisfactory alike to the planter, the
middleman, the manufacturer, ex
porter and the banker, and that the
new exchange will, for the first time,
provide for the orderly marketing
of this valuable crop.
Three major causes contribute,,
exchange sponsors sav. to dissatisfac- 1
ticn at the open auction sales. They
are variation of light in the ware
houses : weather shifts which cause |
a quick change in the condition and
appearance of the leaf; and the I
rapidity of sales with from 300 to
400 lots oftentimes going in an
hour to the highest bidder.
Other disadvantages pointed to are
the heavy buying expenses entailed,
which in the end are costly to the
farmer since he probably would re- ]
ceive more for his tobacco were the
expense to the manufacturer of buy- '
ing the leaf less. Farmers also ob- |
Ject to the fact that existing mar- \
kets are predominated entirely by,
buyers: that competion is seldom
pronounced and that the seller
must "take or leave" what 'is offer
ed him; that prices between simi
lar lots on the same floor and be
tween different markets fluctuate
unduly; and that the larger mar
kets have a decided advantage over
the smaller.
Sponsors of the tobacco exchange
claim that it will stabilize prices at
all times; provide a world barome
ter of tobacco prices, present and
future, offer opportunity for hedg
ing or price insurance; assure an
orderly market governed entirely by
the law of supply and demand; en
force rigid adherence , to the grades
of tobacco as established by the
United States department of agri
culture; ahd disseminate accurate
tobacco crop information.
- Th? exchange will be operated
Just ai- other commodity exchanges
are operated and will be controlled
a board of governors. It will of
fer an opportunity for future and
spot trading and dally quotations
-will be available on all grades of to
bacco at all times of the year in
brokerage office over the entire
country.
INSURANCE
BENEFIT ADDED
BY THE B. & L.
Keeping step with progress, the
Rcxboro Building and Loan Asso
ciation has added a new and at
tractive feature for the benefit of
its shareholders. This plan Insures
the installments of the shareholders,
so that in case of death, the amount
still due will be paid and the shares
delivered paid-up to the beneficiary.
The cost of the insurance becomes
leas eaeh year as the investor pro
ceeds with his payment on shares.
This plan applies to the borrow
ing share holder or the investing
shareholder, and can be taken on
shares that have bene in force for
seme time as well as new shares.
Frequently a citizen who would
like to own a home is timid about,;
borrowing money because he fears
in case of death, his family would
not be able to keep up the pay
ments. This Building and Loan in
surance plan removes this fear.
When a shareholder makes a pay
ment he can rest assured that in
case of his death all subsequent pay
ments will be handled by the in
surance company.
The Roxboro Building and Loan
Association is to be commended for
taking this forward step.
Will Rogers earned his first money
as a cowboy.
GEORGE BRANN
RECEIVES INJURY
IN AUTO MISHAP
I
George Brann Is In Watts Hospi
ttl suffering from a severe srm In
jury sustained when the car in
which he was riding Friday night
sideswiped another car on the Rox
boro-Durham highway near Rouge
mont. Thomas CTBriant was with
with Mr. Brann at the time but he
escaped with only minor Injuries.
The occupants of the other car
were Messrs. Reginald Williams,
Jack Curry and Lewis Moore; they
escaped with only minor injuries.
The accident occurred on a straight
stretch of road.
MOTHER'SDAY
I EXERCISES FIRST
BAPTIST S. S.
| Next Sunday the First Baptist
Sunday school will present a most
.interesting program in honor of
Mother. The Koinonian class, com
posed of young merT, of which B. B.
Knight is teacher, will be in charge
of the exercises. Plans are being
made for the largest attendance in
the history of the school. The pub
lic is cordially invited.
FILE APPLICATION
Democrats And Republicans
BotK Have Practically A
Full Ticket
LADY CANDIDATE FILES
At 6 o'clock Saturday afternoon
the following had filed their appli
cation for County positions;
Democratic Ticket
For House of Representatives?R.
L. Harris.
For Clerk of Court: C. L. Brooks and
S Miss sue Bradsher.
For Register of Deeds?W. T. Kirby.
For Sheriff?M. T. Clayton.
For Treasurer?S. B. Davis.
J For County Commissioners?R. D.
Bailey, D. M. Cash, F. D Long, ?
Ed Gentry and F. T. Whitfield,
i For Coroner?Dr. A. F. Nichols.
' For Surveyor?T. C. Brooks.
Republican Ticket
For House of Representatives?T. B
i Davis.
For County Commissioners?J. C.
| Pass and J. T. Woody. \
For Coroner?Joe Hamlin and W.,
T. Buchanan.
There are two contests in the
Democratic ticket, County Commis
sioners and Clerk of Court. On the
Republican ticket, one contest, that
, for Coroner.
Little Girl Dies Of
Blood Poisoning
i
Ruth Hester Wagstaff. eight year
old duaghter of Mrs. K. C. Wagstaff
and the late Mr. Wagstaff. died yes
terday morning at 5:45 o'clock in
Watts Hospital after an illness of
only two days.
She is survived by her mother and
two brothers, Kenneth and Lindsay
Wagstaff.
Funeral services were conducted
1 this afternoon from the Concord
Methodist Church at 3 o'clock with
1 Rev. E. B. Craven in charge, as
sisted by Rev. W. L. Maness of
! Snow Hill, N. C. Mr. Maness is a
former pastor of the church.
I ft? ??
A Letter To Parents
Dear Mother and Dad:
Graduation is not far off. If you
I want to give me something that I
' will always appreciate, then give me
! a watch. I believe that I would rath
er have one than any other thing
I that you could give me.
Lovingly yours.
THE GRADUATE.
_____
See us; we carry a complete line
of Elgin and Oruen watches for
1 men and women.
THE NEW ELLS
Jewelers
I "jewels from Newells"
Roxboro. N. C.
IMPROVING
Mr. J. J. Wlnstead, who suffered
a severe heart attack last week, is
very much Improved. He is recuper
ating at his home on North Main
Slush
FEDERAL GRAND 1
JURY REFUSES
TO CITE MELLON
Flat Rejection Of Govern
ment's Evidence Ends Effort
To Collect Two Millions
1931 TAX WRANGLE
Pittsburgh, May 8.?A grand jury
which heard evidence in the An
drew W. Mellon tax case refused to
indict the former secretary of the
treasury today.
The government had presented
charges that the internationally
known banker underpaid his income
taxes in 1931. Mellon himself, in a
statement last Friday, disclosed the
government was seeking to col
lect approximately 82,000,000 from
him. He had charged the action was
a move to discredit him and the
administrations he served . under
three presidents.
Mellon. 79 years old and one of
the country's wealthiest men, said
he actually had overpaid his 1931
income tax.
The jury reported its finding at
10:10 o'clock this morning to Fed
eral Judge R. M. Gibson.
Five witnesses were heard by the
grand Jury in a five-hour session
yesterday. They were Robert H. Mc
Guire and Donald Banks of the
Pittsburgh internal revenue office;
Lee R. Pennington of the depart
ment of justice, at Washington;
Carl R. Korb, vice president of the
Union Trust company and H. A.
Phillips of the Mellon National bank.
BASEBALL
Ca-Vel will play Ervin on the
home diamond Thursday afternoon
at 4:30. These boys have been play
ing good ball this year, and have
been gaining for themselves a repu
tation in the Central State Loop.
This should be a very interesting
game as Ervin is reputed to have a
good nine.
THE BRAT
She is clear .witty, and interest
ing. However, she is one too much
for the Bishop. You will get a good
lesson and a good laugh as you watch
Reade Gentry, the Bishop, try to
lure Annie Long Bradsher. "The
Brat," from worldliness to a higher
plane. She firmly believes in the
Bishop practising what he preaches
and does not fail to say so.
May 18. high school auditorium. 8
o'clock. Admisison 35 and 20c.
Delegates Named Bv
Roxboro Rotary Club
The Roxboro Retary club met
Thursday night in the Woman's
club room on North Main street.
Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Woods had
charge of the program and furnish
ed an Interesting and enjoyable mu
sical program.
Guests of the club were: C. O.
Crowell. Rufus Woodard. Dr. Page
of Raleigh. T. A. Richards, formerly
of Durham, and C. T. Hall ot
Woodsdale.
Delegates were elected to the
Greensboro convention which is to
be held on May 10 and 11. They
are: President-elect, Dr. J. h.
Hughes and Secretary Walker
Bourne, alternate.
IN HOSPITAL
Mr. Teague Kirby is confined to
Mcpherson's Hospital in Durham
with nose trouble. He was operated
on Tuesday morning and at this
writing is resting as comfortably as
could be expected.
May Meetin? Of
S. School Teachers
The regular May meeting of the
teacher and officers of Long Memo
rial Sunday school will be held at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Strum on Monday evening. May 14.
at 7:45 o'clock.
MUSIC RECITAL
Miss Kathertne Hatchett's mu?
class will be heard In recital Tue
day evening. May 15th. at 8 o'clo<
at the Central graded school.
RECITAL
The music pupils of Mrs. Whet
Newell will give a recital in
graded school auditorium Thurs<
evening at 8 o'clock. May 10 7
pUBIlt 14 60rdl&lly InVUM. :
T. A. RICHARDS
Roxboro and Person County ex
tends a cordial welcome to Mr. T.
A. Richards, manager of Huntley
Stockton-Hill, who have just open
ed with a large line of furniture.
Many Person County
Students At Wake
Forest Summer Sch'l
Wake Forest, May 14.?A check
up of alumni files at Wake Forest
College preliminary to the celebra
tion this month of her 100th birth
day shows that Person county has
had thirteen representatives at
recent session of the Wake Forest
Meredith summer school, which is
held at Wake Forest.
Eight of these students are from
Roxboro, three are from Woods
dale, one is from Hurdle Mills, and
one from Jalong.
They are?from Roxboro: Riley
Satterfield, E. P. Walker, F. S.
Woody, D. S. Brooks, Jr., S. B.
Davis, Jr., T. F. Davis, Mary E. Gen
try and Mabel L. Montague.
From Woodsdale: Willie Mate
Whitt, R. H. Bailey, Jr., and M. H.
Clayton.
Mary E. Whitfield is from Hur
dle Mills and X. E. Morrell is from
Jalong.
The school will open this summer
on June 11, the six-week session
ending July 20 and the nine-week
session August IX).
Wake Forest will continue its co
operative policy of allowing students
certain considerations in deferring,
when it is necessary, payment of
part of fees. There will be no tui
tion charges to any group of stu
dents this summer, except a matric
ulation fee of $22.50 for the nine
week and $15 for the six-week
courses.
ANNE CANNON IS
FREE ONCE MROE
First Wife Of Smith Reynolds
Receives Second Divorce
In Hot Springs, Ark.
Hot Springs, Ark., May 8.?Mrs.
Anne Cannon Reynolds Smith was
granted a divorce decree today from
F. Brandon Smith. Jr., a hardware
salesman of Charlotte, N. C. Mrs.
Smith, daughter of Joseph F. Can
non,- prominent business man of
Concord, N. C., was not in chan
cery court when the decree was
granted.
The former wife of the late Smith
Reynolds of the North Carolina to
bacco family obtained the decree on
the grounds of general indignities
and incompatability.
Mrs. Smith, with her father, es
tablished residence here three
months ago for the purpose of in
stituting the divorce action. Since
the suit was filed, her husband has
sued her father in North Carolina
for $250,000 for alienation of her
affections. < |
LONG MEMORIAL
M. E. CHURCH
Services for Sunday May 13:
Sunday School at 8:45: W. A. Ser
geant. General 8upt.
Morning worship at 11 o'clock.
Sermon by the Pastor. Subject:
What A Son Owes His Mother "
Young people's services at 7 p. m
Evening worshp at 8 o'clock. Ser
mon by Mr. Herbert. Subject: "Ood's
Family."
MOTHER'S GIFT
Mother would certainly appre
ciate a wrist watch as her gift on
Mother's Day.
THE NEW ELLS
Methodists Bar
Women Castors
Mob Violence And Lynching
Are Condemned Also In
Quadrennial Assembly
Jackson, Miss., May 8.?A pro
posal to obtain women in the min
istry was defeated, lynching and all
mob violence was condemned and
efforts to reduce membership in the
annual and the general conferences
were rejected today in the final ses
sion of the 22nd quardennial assem
bly of the Methodist Episcopal
church. South.
Ordination- of women was voted
down 130 to 197 against. The action
was taken on a motion to adopt a
minority report from the commit
tee on intinerancy whose majority
members reported non-concurrence
in appeals for equal rights.
AGED LADY DIES
OF PNEUMONIA
Mrs. J. A. Painter died at her
home in the Olive Hill section Sat
urday night about 8:40. Mrs. Painter
had been ill only a few days, al
though she had been in feeble health
for several years. She contracted
pneumonia Just a few days before
she died. At the time of her death
she was about seventy-eight years
pld. Her husband died on Sunday,
April 29. and was buried one week
before Mrs. Painter was buried. Mrs.
Painter was Miss Sarah Mitchell be
fore she was married; she was born
and has been all her life a resident
of Person County.
Funeral services were conducted
from the home on Monday at 2:30
P. M. The pall-bearers were the
same as those who served in the
funeral service for Mr. Painter.
Burial was made in the family plot
near the home.
SERVICES FIRST
BAPTIST CHURCH
MOTHER
"God sent the birds and sunshine
To gladden all the world
He sent the foliage and flowers
In radiance unfurled
He sent the June, the stars, the moon
The pearly dewdrops sweet;
And then he sent you, mother dear.
To make it all complete."
Bible School 9:45 A. M. Dr. H. M.
Beam. General Superintendent.
Special Mother's Day program.
Preaching 11:00 A. M. Subject:
"Consecrated Motherhood,"
B. Y. P. U's 7:00 P. M. Miss Lo
rena Wade, General Director.
Preaching 8:00 P. M. Subject:
"Hungry Souls."
A cordial invitation is extended to
all. W. F. West. Pastor.
S. S. CLASS OUTING
the Sunday school class of Mr.
Kendall Street of the Methodist
Church went over to Mountain Lake
yesterday afternoon for a steak fry.
You'd be surprised at the way those
boys Jumped in and cooked that
steak (although you probably would
not be surprised at the way they
ate it). But all in all the
class reported a good outing. Those
enjoying the fry were: Mr. Kendall
Street, Roger Wilkerson. Jack Cra
ven, Jack Price, Bick Long. Billie
Harris, James Newman, Elliott Par
ker, Carl Winstead and F. O. Car
ver, Jr.
Pre-School Clinics
Scheduled as Follows
Bethel Hill, Thursday. May 10, at
10:00 A. M.
Mt. Harmony, Monday, May 14,
at 1:00 P. M.
Central School clinic will be con
ducted at the courthouse 10 A. M. to
4 P. M.. Tuesday and Wednesday,
May 15 and 16.
Mrs. O'Briant, Co. Nurse.
Will Observe Holiday
Tomorrow. Thursday, being a legal
holiday the Peoples Bank will be
closed. You are kindly requested
to get your requirement in the
way of change, etc., today.
NOTICE
Pay your current water ac
count promptly. Delinquent
water accounts must be paid
Pay your privilege taxes and
avoid penalty. Action will be
taken on delinquents at onee.
W. F. Long,
City Manager.
Tobacco Rental Checks
Should Be Given Mosv
Careful Consideration
By H. K. SANDERS
Within a few days we hope to mail
you a notice that your rental checks
are here. I am taking advantage
of this opportunity to warn you be
forehand of a situation that might
cause trouble. i
There may be a few cases In the
county in which a landowner has
unknowingly reported his acres too
high. This is especially true in the
case of a landowner who has a num
ber of tenants and has kept no ac
curate records of his crops during
the three years covered by thecon
! tract. He has had no way of report
ing his acerage except by estimat
ing same. The great majority of the
landlords have been very conscien
tious in this matter and have made
their reports to the very best of
their knowledge and belief. These
people need not worry.
If. however, there is a landlord
who has knowingly and purposely
reported too high an acreage, either
in the hope of getting a bigger ren
tah cheek or a greater allotment of
acres he should consider the mat
ter carefuly before accepting or
cashing the check which has been
sent from Washington. It would be
a case of getting money under false
pretense, and the government would
have grounds for punishing the re
cipient. Uncle Sam spares no pains
and no expense in reaching out for
anyone who attempts to defraud.
TOBACCO CHECKS
DOE NEXT WEEK
Producers Asked To Donate ">
Cents Per Acre Allotment
For National Expense
I WAIT UNTIL NOTIFIED
When you are advised to come to
the County Agent's office to receive
your rental check, you will be ask
ed to donate 5 cents per acre to an
j expense account to help partly de
fray the actual cost of our State
Committeemen In attending upon
meetings held at Washington to put
this tobacco sign-up over.
The sign-up did not come with
! out much committee work tn Wash
ington. No public funds are avail
able to defray expenses of these
committeemen. Our own committee
man. Mr. Claude T. Hall, spent more
than $300 of his own money helping
to put this program across. The
people of this county state that
they are glad to donate five cents
per acre far the acres they are to
plant in tobacco to help reimburse
the committee to some extent.
When you receive your check,
hand over to Mrs. K. L. Street your
donation at five oents per acre to
help defray part of the expense the
committeemen were put to.
Do not come to the office to get
ycur check until you are notified to
come. You will be notified when
your check comes. Bring your con
tract with you when you come and
know your number. When more
than a dozen people are In the office
trying to get their checks, you will
need your contract with you.
o
Expressions Of Es
teem and Love For
Mrs. A. J. McKelway
We, the Thursday Afternoon Lit
erary Club of Roxboro. deeply re
gret having to give up Mrs. McKel
way to Plnehurst. We feel that we
have lost one of our most valued
and valuable members.
Mrs. McKelway Joined our club
won after coming to Roxboro to
live and has been with us ever
since She has presided over the
club in the most capable and gra
cious manner, as its president.
We will miss her in every' waV'
the music in her beautiful golden
voice that has delighted us so many
times, her charming personality, and
most of all will we miss her kind
gentle, christian character which
envelopes all that she says and does.
To use a much worn but expres
sive expression, "our loss is Plne
hurst's gain."
We pray Heaven s richest bless
ings upon her and her equally gift
ed and consecrated companion in
their new field of labor In the Mas
ter's vineyard.
The Thursday Aft. Literary Club
tt - I
June?And why did Bess break her
Lngagement?
Belle?He was so hateful. Why,
the poor fish seemed,to
U. 8. MAY SLASH
INTEREST UPON
ALL WAR DEBTS
Reduction Of Finnish Rate To
Nominal Figure May Be
Sign Of New Policy
FLAY TOKEN PAYMENTS
i Washington, May 8.?A new Fin
j nish debt agreement, slashing its
present high interest rate almost
to the zero point, awaited President
Roosevelt's approval today.
The draft, if satisfactory to the
President, would give America's on
ly paid-up-to-date debtor an inter
est rate of .03 percent as compared
! to the present 3.5 percent.
Although Finland's remaining
debt is a comparative trifle?*8,726,
646?this definite and official sug- ?
gestion assumed considerable impor
tance when dropped into them ud
dled situation Involving debts run
! nlng to a total of more than twelve
i billion.
May Serve As Example.
President Roosevelt intends to dis
patch to congress shortly a mes
sage on war debts at least part of
which will deal with the Finnish ob
ligations. Responsible officials said
today the more favorable terms to
i be offered Finland could not be con
sidered any standard formula for
solution of the entire tangle. There
were no denials, however, that the
agreement would be held up as an
example to other powers.
If finally approved, Finland's ? in
terest rate would drop from the
highest to the lowest. Great Brit
ain also snares a 3.5 percent rate
The scale runs down to a persent
1.0 rate by France and an .04 figure
for Italy.
Johnson Assails Token Payments
The war debt situation flared in
to high relief yesterday with an as
sertion "by- Senator Johnson (R-.
Cal.) author of the act banning fi
nancial transactions with defaulters,
that further token payments would
I not be accepted on the next judg
ment day?June 15.
Johnson, angered at Attorney
General Cummings' ruling that
token payees were not defaulters
and thus were outside the scope of
the Johnson bill, hit particularly at
Great Britain in his senate speech.
He asserted it was absurd to accept
a smaller than agreed upon payment
from a nation that boasted a sur
plus in its treasury.
SCHOOLBOARD
RE-ELECTS ALL
OLD TEACHERS
The board of trustees of the Rox
boro City schools paid a high com
pliment to the officers and teachers
by re-electing the entire school
force. Prof. G. C. Davidson. super
Intending principal, with all of the
teatchers were re-elected for the
year 1934-35.
I The following white teachers
were re-elected: G. C. Davidson,
Superintending principal; Mrs.
Grace Osborne Clayton, Leonard T.
Heffner, Miss Mary Foy Hester, E.
N. Jones. Miss Texys Morris, .Mrs.
Mildred S. Nichols. Frank B. Nims,
Miss Lucy C. Thomson, Miss Rox
anah Yancey. Mrs. Rena Allen Bla
lock, Mrs. Irene Goode Bowen, Miss
Inda Collins. Miss Marie Garland.
Miss Rosa Claire Harris. Mrs. W. F.
Long, Miss Sue Merritt, Miss Maude
L. Montague, Miss Musette L. Mon
tague. Miss Carrie Sue Vernon, Miss
Blanche Winstead. Miss Nellie Bird
Woods. Miss Emily Barnette. Miss
Mollle L. Whitted, Mrs. C. W. Phil
lips, Miss Margaret Carlton, Miss
Mabel Montague, Miss Helen Stan
field, Miss Nell Armisteadr- Miss
Minnie Allgood, Mrs. Mildred L.
Montague, Miss Kathleen Williams.
Music teacher: Miss Katherlne
Hatchett.
Colored teachers re-elected were:
J. R. Thomas, vocational teacher
and principal; Rosa Belle Allen,
Alice B Ford. Hilda H Hayes. Bar
bara C ?I, Mattie E. Owens.
Earle Talley Brooks, Leonid as W.
Brocks, Pearl E. Burton, Beatrice
L. Harris. Luc- T. Harris. Flossie 8.
Humphrey, Maggie U. Johnson,
Rubv E. Moore. Pearl H. Plttman.
Adams.Chapel: Mabel H. Dickens.
County Ecir.e school: Elsie H. Sat
terfleld.
Lee Clay school: Clarence E. Lytle,
Mary C!*v Harris.
TO S ANTTORIUM
Mr. W. F. Long left this morning
for the State Sanitarium Sanitar
ium. N. C., where he will receive
treatment. Mr. Long has for sev
yvar. h~~" popnlat k?4
efflctent City Manager for R,oxboro.