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The Family News paper, with some thing for every member of the family. ?)c J?oxbcrf0 Courier ESTABUSHED 1HL PERSON COUNTY'S OLDEST AND BEST NEWSPAPER. UNDER SAME MANAGEMENT AND OWNERSHIP FOR 50 YEARS. J. W. NOELL, EDITOR AND PUBLISHER. ? ? HOME FIRST, ABROAD NEXT $1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE. VOL. LI. ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 23, 1934. NO. 21. FRANK HANCOCK'S ATTITUDE TOWARD TOBACCO FARMER Hancock Friends Quote Tele gram Sent To President Sept. 28, 1933 OTHER CONGRESSMEN RACK OF HANCOCK j The following telegram sent by Mr. Hancock to the President on Sept. 28^.1933, shortly after the closing of th? tobacco warehouses should fully answer every statement or advertisement which is being circulated or published regarding attitude toward the farmers, es jially the tobacco growers, says -~.e Hancock campaign committee of Person County. Read the telegram: Oxford, N. C.. September 28, 1933. Honorable Franklin D. Rosoevelt, Hyde Park, New York. A large portion of southland fac ing horrible situation account low prices flue-cured tobacco. All have utmost faith in your courage and determination to see that they re ceive fair price as established in Agricultural Adjustment Act. Offi cials of Agricultural Adjustment Ad ministration working night and day to reach practical and effective so lution and are considering two plans, one a marketing agreement for cer tain portions of tobacco and the other the fixing of minimum grades and licensing of buyers, both of which are provided in the Act. Many perplexing factors involved make problem very complicated. Person ally question seriously workability of marketing agreement under consid eration or its effectiveness to ac complish purpose and objective in view. Growers have completed about ninety percent acreage reduction program for next two years, upon assurance from Government officials that its fullest powers would be used to secure for them parity prices this year. Since markets being flooded with tobacco because of actual ne cessity for money to live on. adop tion and announcement of best plan under present emergency circum stances should not be delayed an other minute. Present acreage prices give growers not more than eight cents tui hour for their labor. Am ~ so unhappy and fearful of dread ful happenings that I felt forced." by deep sense of duty to bring this matter to your attention confident of your instinctive sympathy and active genuine interest. Respectfully " urge that you instantly inform your self of situation and give' Depart ment benefit of your sound Judg ment and wise counsel. Nothing less than parity prices, as dflned in Act, in keeping with your program for restoring purchasing power to growers, will enable them and those who do business with them to be come partners in Recovery Program. ^ Frank Hancock. Member of W Congress, Fifth District of North Carolina. Also Congressman Fred Vinson of Kentucky. Chairman of Sub-Com mittee considering tobacco question said that Frank Hancock from the first day he entered Congress up to the present hour had waged a bat tle in the tobacco grower's interest. Hancock's friends suggest that if there is anyone in the Fifth Dis trict that questions how he stands with the President or the Admln istartion leaders that they can eas ily find out by writing to Washing ton and not by reading the claims of a prejudiced opposition. VOTE FOR ^HANCOCK FOR CONGRE88. This article Is furnished by and paid for by the supporters.of Frank Hancock In Person County. o PASTOR CALLED Rev. Walter L. Lingle filled the pulpit at the Presbyterian church Sunday night. Dr. Llngle is a preacher of note and delivered a sermon of rare power and beauty. After the sermon a congregation meeting was held and Rev. Thomas H. Hamilton of Sykesvllle, Md? was tendered a call to become pastor of the church. Mr. Hamilton is a na tive of this State, having been rear ed at Davidson College. SMALL FIRE AT PICK'S SIDING ?r Fire destroyed a residence be longing to Mr. A. V Hudglns at Pick s Siding early Saturday morn ing. It was a small building, but was a total loss. No insurance was .mr.cti on it. so we are Informed. VEXTER GOSS CHARGED WITH MANSLAUGHTER At Tuesday's session of the Coun ty Court Vexter Ooss was bound to the Superior Court charged with manslaughter in connection, with the fatal stabbing of Henry Bowling on the afternoon of May 12 at Mo riah. Hie affray occurred as the result of an argument about the ball game, and since a few hours after the stabbing Goss had been in jail here awaiting the hearing that took place yestejday. After the hearing he was released under bond. GOVERNMENT IS GOING TO MEASURE ALL RENTED ACRES County Agent Urges Farmers To Stake Rented Acres So Committee May Check Up MUST BE REPRESENTA TIVE TOBACCO SOIL The details of this work have not yet been worked out. Instructions i to county agents will be sent out from the Washington office in re gard to the committers who are to do the measuring. Many farmers want to know what they can plant on those rented acres. Paragraph 8, on page 2 of the contract reads as follows: The producer shall use the rented acres only as follows :A11 or any part may be left idle or planted to soil-improving or erosion-preventing crops or to forest trees or to pas ture; one half may be planted to food crops for home consumption on this farm, or to feed crops for livestock (or livestock products) for home consumption or use on this farm." Paragraph 9 reads as fol lows: "The rented acres must not include waste, gullied, or eroded land, but shall be tillable land suit ed to growing of tobacco and fair ly representative of the tobacco land on this farm. The rented acres shall be posted by the producer, or may be posted by an authorized agent of the Secretary, in such man ner as the Secretary may direct." I feci that it will be to the ad vantage of each and every farmerthj stake out his own rented acres so that when the committee comes he staked out. It will save a great deal staked out. It wil lsave a great deal of time and embarrassment if each farmer will stake out his own rent ed acres. I suggest that each man drive up stakes to distinguish his rented acres from the other part of his farm. You do not have to in clude all of your rented acres in one block. If you are renting the government 5 acres, you can stake off one acre in one place, three in another, and one more acre some where else on your farm?just so the land staked off is representa tive of the tobacco soil on your farm. These matters are left en tirely in the hands of the land owner. or of the tenant acting un der the direction of the landowner. Stake off your own land, whether it is in wheat, corn, or other food crops for home consumption, for man or beast, and other land in clover, lespedeza or any soil im proving crops such as peas, soy beans, etc., or whether it is idle land. ATTENDING THE DIS. CONFERENCE The following delegates from Rox boro and the County are attending the District Conference of the Methodist Church held on the Mil ton Circuit today and tomorrow: W. R. Hambrick. Mrs. Margaret Teague, W. A. Sergeant. O. B. McBroom, O. M. Pox.. Jr., B. O Crumpton. C. O. Daniel. W. T. Carver, Robert Daniel. J. B. Satterfleld^N. M. Jor dan. J. H. Fousheg^D J. Robert sen, Mrs. A. S. Hassan. W. T. Wal ter, Mrs J. R. Puryear and Mrs. E. M. Green, also the following pas tors: J. P. Herbert of Dong Memo rial, E. B. Craven of Person Cir cuit. R. E. Pittman of Brooksdale Circuit, and Rev. Kelly of Grace ATTENDS MEET'NG Mr, H. K. Sanders attended a meeting for the county agents In Beaufort last. week. This was a state-wide meeting and was held for consultation with he agents. THE DEATH OF A GOOD WOMAN Mrs. Louie Winstead Satter field Died Friday Morning At 3:40 O'Clock FUNERAL ON SATURDAY| Mrs. Louie Winstead Satterfield, widow of the late Mr. S. P. Satter field. age 81, died at her home on South Main street Friday morning 'at 8:40. Mrs. Satterfield was pre ceded to the grave by her late hus band by almost a year, both of j them having ? passed their four I score and ten years. Two more lov ed and honored citizens never lived in this section, 'and their going causes deep regret. Mrs. Satterfield was a woman of great personalities, had- for years suffered from a com plication of diseases, but she was patient and loving throughout It all; only about two weeks ago did she give up, when it was known that she could not last for many days, and when death came it was i a relief to her to go and be with her loving and faithful husband. For many, many years she was a faith ful and conscientious members of the Edgar Long Memorial Metho dist church. She leaves to mourn her departure one daughter. Miss Maude Satterfield of Roxboro, and three sons, Messrs. M. W. and Pres ton Satterfield of Roxboro. and H. C. Satterfield of Durham. Funeral services were conducted at the home at 11 a. m. on Satur day, her pastor. Rev. J. F. Herbert, assisted by Rev. W. F. West, con | ducting the services. The active pall bearers were E. V. Webb, M. R. Long, Harry W. Winstead, D. W. Ledbetter, E. E. Bradsher and S. Byrd Winstead. Honorary pall bearers: J. C. Pass. Dr. E. J. Tuck er, N. S. Thompson. F. J. Hester. J. A. Long, 'Dr. B. E. Love, Dr. A. P. Nichols, R. L. Wilburn. A. M. Burns, G. C. Davidson, Geo! W. Kane. Geo. W. Walker, J. W. Noell, D. W. Long. W. C. Bullpck, J. S. Harvey; Walter G. James, . T. E. Austin. Lawrence Hall and F. O. Carver. The song selections were "Abide With Me." and "Jesus Savior Pilot Me," sung by Mrs. J. A. Long, Mrs. Wheeler Newell. Dr. E. J. Tucker and Mr. k. L. Street. Tnterment was in Burchwood cemetery. SENIORS PRESENT -DELIGHTFUL PLAY On last Friday night the Seniors of the Roxboro High School pre sented "The Brat," a three act com edy, in their annual presentation. Miss Ann Long Bradsher portrayed the part of the brat in a very real istic manner. The plot of the play w-as built around the life of an au thor seeking to personify a type that he had created in a book, the author's part being ably portrayed by Bick Long. William Miller, as the worthless son of the family and Bill Harris as Tlmson, the family servant, and Margaret Per kins as the housekeeper, were ex ceptionally fine roles and were done in an excellent manner. Jean Mor ten as the mother and Reade Gen try as the Bishop brother of Miss Morton, with Cleo Fox as the wife of the Bishop and Helen Thomp son. their daughter, a budding young debutante, were roles that were admirably suited to those taking the parts. Margaret Han nah Critcher and Isadore Long, as the very sophisticated ladles of the younger social set, carried out their parts exceptionally well. This play was directed by Mrs. A. F. Nichols and Miss Texys Morris. , STATE BUYING TOLL BRIDGES Chairman JefTress of the state highway commission, has been au thorized to negotiate with private owners of three toll bridges' in the eastern part of the state, gfter Gov ernor Ehringhaus urged the com mission to purchase the projects and add them to the state highway system, "because it is contrary to sound public policy" to permit these privately owned bridges to be op erated on the state highway. The three partciular bridges to be ne gotiated for are the Wrlghtsville Beach-Wilmington causeway. More head City-Atlantic Beach bridge and causeway, and the Point Harbor project extending across Currituck Sound to Dare County. o . ? Those who come early to avoid the crowds make the crowd* . MISS LUNSFORD AWARDED CARR MEMORIAL PRIZE Roxboro Young Woman Is One Of 18 Graduating From Watts Training School Miss Poy Lunsford, Roxboro, one of the 18 members of the graduat ing class of Watts hospital, last night was awarded the A. G. Can memorial prize for excelling in prac tical nursing and executive ability. The announcement of the award was one of the features of the an nual graduating exbrcises held in the auditorium on the East Duke campus. Dr. Francis F. Bradshaw, dean of the University of North Carolina, was the principal speaker. In presenting the award to Miss Lunsford it was pointed out that "it is fitting that the nurse who re ceives the A. G. Carr memorial prize should have successfully fol lowed the teachings of Dr. William Osier who said "treat the patient but don't forget the human side." Dr. Carr was both a great physi cian and a great friend to human ity and it is appropriate that the nurse receiving the award should, not sacrifice her nursing service for technique." - Several other prizes representing scholarship? and awards to nurses in each class who have done out standing work in'the" class room and in nursing service during their per iod cf training were announced last night. Margaret McKee, of Hillsboro, won first prize in the senior class. Sarah Norwood, of Norwood, won second prize, while Eunice Mangum, of Moriah won third honors.?Dur ham Sun. TABLET PLACED NEAR OXFORD IN HONOR OF PENN A- bronze tablet, recently placed on a large boulder, marking the spot where John Fenn's home stood about 16 miles from Oxford, was present ed to the state federation of the Daughters of American Revolution by Mrsj E. G. Moss at a meeting of the drford chapter in the local grange hall. It was accepted by Mrs. W. H. Belk, stgte regent, who represented the state federation. The meeting was to have been' held on the site of the home of John Penn, Granville county's signer of the declartion of independence, for whom the local chapter is named. Miss Jeanette Biggs, regent of the local chapter, presided. The invoca tion was conducted by Rev. C. K. Proctor, followed by the flag salute and the singing of "America." FIRST MEETING OF CORN CLUB BOYS Interested Parties Urged To Come To The Courthouse i At 2 P. M., May 26th WILL ELECT OFFICERS The first meeting of the Person j County Corn Club boys will be held in the courthouse Saturday after noon, May 2?th, at 2 P. M. This meeting is held for the purpose of organization and the election of of ficers. A president, vice-president and secretary must be elected from the boys themselves by their own votes. All those who have not yet re ceived their Nitrate of Soda (100 lb. bag for each member) will please come prepared to take this soda home. It is to be broadcast over the corn when it is knee high. At this meeting the boys will be given preliminary Instructions on the cultivation of the corn. They will also sign their application cards and study their record books. Each boy will be required to meas ure his acre himself and then have some older person check It for him. This is done to give each boy some evperience in keeping farm records. 'Continued on last page) NOTICE Pay your currrnt water ac count promptly. Delinquent water accounts must be paid now. Pay your privilege taxes and' avoid penalty. Action will be taken on delinquents at once. W. F. Long, CKy Manager. SEVERAL HUNDRED TOBACCO CHECKS HAVENOTYETCOME County Agent Advises Those Not Receiving Checks Not To Become Alarmed WILL BE NOTIFIED BY MAIL WHEN TO COME About two weeks ago several hundred checks were sent from Washington for the farmers who signed tobacco acreage reduction contracts. Nearly five hundred more are expected any day. The Wash ington office does not notify any one when these checks are coming. There are a number of states sign ed up under these contracts, and checks are written for all of them according to some plan which seems most feasible to those in charge of the work. This may mean that your neigh "Bor across the road has received his check, and yours has not come. The County Agent, who has charge of the distribution of these checks, does not know why some checks have come ahd others have not; but those who have not received their checks may rest assured that they will come in due time. So far. the Washington office has been very prompt and very efficient in hand ling all matters pertaining to the tobacco contracts. When these checks come, Mr. Sanders will mail a card immediate ly to each one who has a check, and the farmers may call at once. To those who live outside of the county, checks will be malied di rect, together with a receipt which must be signed and returned im mediately. Mr. Sanders is glad to have any farmer call at the office at any time and ask for Information about his check. He advises, however, that some go to unnecessary trou ble and expense to come to town just to see about their checks. Each cne who has not already received his check is advised to watch his mail box every day. He will re ceive a card just as soon as the check reaches Roxboro, and if he does not come for it within a few days a second notice is sent to him. Call at the office whenever you are. in town; but rest assured you wili be notified by mail just as soon as there is a check for you. NEITHER BALL TEAM INVOLVED Mr. H. B. Clayton, manager of the Moriah base ball team, requests us to state that neither team were in volved in anyway in the unfortu nate disturbance, which resulted in the death of Mr. Henry Bowling. One of the State papers in writing up the affray stated that the dis turbance started over a dispute of the umpire ,etc. This is not cor rect, as no one in the game had any dispute as to any decision, and neither of the clubs playing were involved in the fight. Those en gaged in the fight were outsiders, simply witnessing the game, and Mr. Clayton feels that a wrong has been done the citizens of Moriah in the statement above referred to. The club at Moriah has been play ing ball for a number of years, and the club has never been charged with picking a disturbance of any kind. While the disturbance is very much regretted by the Moriah citizens, as it occurred on their grounds, still they feel they were in no wise the' cause, as the party to the fight did not live in Person county. CAKE SALE The Ladles' Aid of the Helena Methodist church will hold a cake sale at the Carolina Power & Light Co. building on Saturday morning. May 26, between the hours of 10 and 12 o'clock. Come and get your Sunday cake. Visiting Old Home Mr*. Jennie Cothran. who 1* now living at Ashley Heights, near Aber deen. Is visiting at her old home near Rougemont. We enjoyed a most pleasant visit from her this WILL GRADUATE Miss Lois Norfleet Hays of Bethel Hill, who will graduate In June at East Carolina Teachers ? College, sends us an Invitation to be pres ent. The exercises will begin June 1st and close Monday, June 4th. , Roxboro High Graduates Class With 39 Members k-l! REV. MR. CARR AT BAP. CHURCH Rev. W. Bryan Carr Ailed the \ pulpit at the First Baptist church here Sunday night. His sermon was much enjoyed by the congregation, and he received many compliments. | He has Just completed his course j at the Southern Baptist Seminary, Louisville, Ky., and gives promise of great usefulness. He and Mrs. Carr are visiting -in the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Moore, Mrs. Moore being a sister of Mrs. Carr. o BEGIN REBUILDING LIVESTOCK YARD RAZED BY FLAMES Army Of Workmen Busy In 1 Area Swept By Chicago's Worst Fire Since 1871 SEEK TO DETERMINE CAUSE OF DISASTER Chicago, May 20.?An army of workmen today began speedy re construction at the scene of Chi cago's worst fire since the conflag ration of 1871. Meanwhile, City Fire Attorney Thomas J. Sheehan and others were carrying on investigations in efforts to determine the cause of the $10,000,000 blaze that swept through the Union stock yards and environs late yesterday and last night, consuming more than a doz-, en major buildings and scores of small business houses and homes. Sheehan said that he was con vinced from his preliminary inves tigation that the fire was accidental and not incendiary. "We investigated reports that i there had been labor agitation in the yards, but we were unable to find any evidence of any recent la bor troubles. We did hot find any thing to lead us to believe the fire was not accidental, probably start ed from a carelessly-tossed match or cigarette." Many Injured. About 1,500 persons received treat ment for injuries suffered during the raging four and one half hour fire. Some 400 required hospital treatment. Most of the injured were firemen. More than 1,000 men went to work cleaning up wreckage and rebuild ing in the stock yards today. They worked by artificial light tonight to rush coinstruction so that business at the world's largest meat center i could carry on almost as normal to morrow. The blaze started apparently, ac cording to latest belief, irr a cattle pen at Morgan street and Exchange Avenue Inside the yards late yester day. Tinder-dry pens and barns in the yards were razed rapidly and before firemen could control the | blaze, it had leaped across Halsted i Street outside the yards?an ava-1 lanche of flame borne on a stiff wind. Until midnight the skies flared red and even today there were spo radic minor fires bursting out oc casionally from smouldering ruins. Sixty-two engine companies still poured water onto ruins. o ' J. W. COFIELD DIES IN DURHAM J. W. Cofleld died in Durham last night following a long illness. Death was attributed to a complication of diseases. He was formerly a real-1 dent of Roxboro and has many' warm friends here. He is survived by his wife, three daughters, Mrs. i J. A. White of this city, Mrs. Lukc| Wilklns and Mrs. Robert Ash by, of Durham; four sons, Oscar Cofleld of Raleigh. Henry Cofleld of Rox boro, Elbert and Thomas Cofleld of Durham. Veasey Re-elected Mt. Harmony Head The Mt. Harmony school com mittee elected Mr. E. L. Veaaey to Serve as principal of the school for 193<-35 Other teachers elect ed were; Joe Fogleman, Mrs. John Moore, Mrs. Sim Clayton, Miss 1 Jewel Fogleman. The high school j < teachers and the extra grade < teacher will be elected at a later 1 date. !| itev. vv. L. Lingie Delivers Baccalaureate Sermon On Sunday Moriiing LITERARY ADDRESS ON MONDAY EVENING On Sunday morning at the eleven o'clock hour the congregations of Roxboro gathered at the High School building to hear the bacca laureate sermon preached to the graduating class this year by Rev. W. L. Lingle, D.D., president of Davidson College. Dr. Lingle took his text from the thirteenth chapter of Acts and the thirty-sixth verse: "For David served his own genera tion." From this point Dr. Lingle developed one of the most power ful sermons that it has ever been thep rivilege of a Roxboro audience to listen to. He pointed out that the best service "in life came in the rendering of good deeds to others, and the heeding the call of the Di vine Father for his plan- of. our lives. He exhorted the seniors to heed this call early in life and not to wait until all the best of then lives had been spent to offer the fragments to his will; he stated that he would be the.last person to ad vise a person to stay away from the healing influence of help from on high, but it Is so much better to go when you are young Beautiful music was furnished by the combined choirs of the First Baptist and the Presbyterian churches, with a quartet by Messrs. W. L. King. James Kinkaid, Strange and Rev. A. J. McKelway. Henry Dwire Addresses Graduates Mr. Henry Dwire, Director of Public Relations of Duke University, delivered a very inspiring address before the graduating class on Mon day night. He was introduced by Hon. W. D. Merritt, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Rox boro City School. Mr. Dwire pleas ed his audience very much not only by assuring them in the beginning that his address would be short and to the point, but also the message that he had for the graduates, and the simple, direct way in which he delivered that message. He pointed out that education was not simply the process that one goes through in a school curriculum, but that it was "that indefinable something that fits the indiivdual to do the thing for which that .Individual is suited to do." He showed the three (Continued on page four) DANCING CLASS RECITAL MAY 31 Mrs. Horace Cheek will present the pupils of her dancing class in a recital Thursday night. May 31st, at the Palace Theatre. As great artists. Miss Grace Cox of the Cox Studio in Durham, and Miss Marie Hill, popular dancer ot_ the same -city, .will add much to the' program. Each will present a solo dance. The program is varied, covering many phases of dancing Including acrobatic, character, musical com edy, ballet and tap. The pupils are well trained and the costumes are lovely. Mrs. Cheek will present two solos, the first a snappy tap routine, and closing with a lovely ballet number. The school had its opening in July of last summer, and since that time has added much to the enjoy ment of the public. Many local clubs have been entertained by va rious numbers from the studio. GROUP OFF FOR FISHING TRIP Messrs. Cliff Hall, Maxte Daniel, Irvin Brooks, O. O. Davis. S. A. Oliver, Lawrence Harvey of Max Meadows, Va., and Russell Seate of Virgilina. Va., left here last Sun day morning for a week's fishing on the Atlantic Coast. It is re ported that they were accompanied by a decent and capable looking negro man to do the cooking. They left here expecting to go to Hav lock, N. C. and from there to More head City. We know that there will be a lot of big fish caught; at least in the stories that will be told when these fellows get back. ENTERTAINS Mr. R. P. Burns entertained ? a number of friends at Ms home on Lamarr street Friday evening at a dinner party. After dinner two tables vrre placed for bridge and the gen tlemen enjoyed a number of pro-, gressions.