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ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 13, 1935
NUMBER 7
REV. ROBERT JEROME,
BURLINGTON PASTOR,
HEARD HERE SUNDAY
Held Morning Service At
Long Memorial In The
Absence Of Pastor
Rev. Robert Jerome, pastor of the
?Pebb Street Methodist Church In
(urlington, N. C., occupied the pul
it at Long Memorial Methodist
Church here Sunday morning in
?the aRjsence of Rev. J. P. Herbert,
pastor of the church, who is con
ducting a series of revival services
.In Fredericks t>urg . Va. ?
Mr. Jerome brought a sermon
filled with much thought to his
hearers. He pointed oiit i that
there were five ways by which God
Hie Pure Spirit, made Himself
known. Those who were privileg
ed to hear him enjoyed Mr. Je
rome's sermon very much.
At the everting hour Rev. Thom
as Hamilton, pastor of the Rox
boro Presbyterian Church, occu
pied Mr. 'Herbert's pulpit. He
spoke of the Galilean accent, point
ing out that, if we wished to get
a certain accent, it is necessary
to live among the people who use
that particular intonation of the
voice. He applied this illustra
tion to the life of Christian work
ers. If we wish to live in the way
of Clirist, then it is necessary that
we live close to Him.
, All the regular services of the
day were held in their usual or
der Sunday, and it was announced
that the services of the week would
be in their usual order. ,
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Interior Changes
Help Appearances
At Roxboro Drug Co
New Floor Covering, New Prescrip
tion Department Adds To
Looks Of Store
The Roxboro Drug Store has made
quite a few changes in the interior
appearance of their store over the
week-end. A new flrst-class quality
linoleum flooring has been put
down, replacing the old flooring;
the prescription department has
been moved to the rear of the
store, giving much additional need
ed floor space. In ordej to" make
it more convenient for the cus
tomers to get their prescriptions to
the druggist, a window has been
cut in the prescription counter. All
in all this progressive drug store
is better equipped than ever to give
its patrons the best in drugs and in
service.
t On another page you will find
1 theiH advertisement. Read it and see
what attractive prices they are of
fering on everyday needs for the
medicine cabinet. - ,
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Roxboro High Now
Member In Southern
Association
Word was received here last week
that Roxboro High School had
again been jaccorded membership
in the Southern Association of Col
leges and Secondary Schools. Only
sixty-seven schools in North Caro
lina are members of the associa
Pn. Roxboro has been a mem
r heretofore, but on account of
luced budget, which meant a re
ced standard, it was dropped.
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Long Memorial
Services Feb. 17
Sunday School 9:45 A. M.
Morning Worship 11:00 A. M.
Sermon by pastor. Subject: "The
Righteousness of God."
Young Peoples Meeting 6:45 p.m.
Night service 7:30 P. M. Sermon
by pastor. Subject: "The Christ
ian Managing his Religion." 1
Mr .Herbert expects to return on
Saturday afternoon and will -con
duct Sunday services as usual.
STUDY COURSE
Beginning next Monday even
ing (Feb. 18) at 7:30 and continuing
through till Friday night there
will be a Study Course at the First
Baptist Church. The text book used
will be "The Book We Teach" be
ing an outline study of the Bible,
by Dr. J . B. Weatherspoon. There
will be two forty-ffve nflnuTe~period<;
from 7:30 to 8;15 and from 8:30 to
? ?:15. The Pasfor will teach the class
and ' there 'will be additional fea
tures offered as attractions.
Every one is cordially Invited to
attend these classes. ; -
SEVENTY-FIVE CASES
OF MEASLES REPORTED
SINCE FEBRUARY 1ST
The Majority Of These Cases
Are In Roxboro; All Schools
Operating On Schedule
Seventy-flve cases of * measles
have been reported to the County
Health office since the first of the
month, records in the hands of the
County Health Nurse show. Most
of these cases are confined to Rox
boro and its immediate vicinity, al
though there is a scattering thru
out the county.
With the reopening of the Cun
ningham and Indian schools all
Person county are ope raiting on,
tH'eir regular schedule. However, the
attendance has been somewhat im
paired due to the abounding num
ber of measles cases and the flu.
Cunningham and the Indian School
had been closed down for several
weeks, but they were the only,
schools in the county that had to
close. ,
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Basketball Schedule
For This Week
The Rcxboro Athletic Association
I announces the following basketball
games for the week of February
11 to 14. Coaches and players
are anxious to have your coopera^
tion. A side line has more streng^*
th than those who make 'IF" realize.
Come! Be one of the TEAM.
February 12 South Boston there.
Follow us to Victory.
February 13 Semora here. Make
a^oud noise in the new gymnasium.
February 15. Bethel Hill here,
"^eat Bethel Hill" is our slogan.
. Help us with your presence. -
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Attended Wedding
Monday j Night
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Mr. R. B. Smith, father of Barks
dale Smith, Misses Lillian and Nel
lie Smith, and Robert Smith, at
tended the wedding of Mr. Barks -
dale Smith to Miss Mary Pointer
which took place in Washington,
D. C? Monday evening.
Others who attended from here
were: Messrs. E. G. Thompson, C
H. Oakley, D. D. Long. Bill Walker.
Preston Satterfield, Henry Sergeant
and C. C. King.
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PROSPERITY
. The new cigarette. Prosperity,
manufactured by the Farmers Co
operative Tobacco cigarettes were
placed on sale "here~ last week by
Mr. N. T. Davis, who Is interested
in the Association. . Several farm
ers of this County have stock in th?
business, and we trust they will
receive large dividends. The cig
arette is of good appearance and is
by no means a bad smoke, many
saying they measure up in quali
ty with any of the old brands. Get'
a package and see how you like
I them. ? "
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House Badly
Damaged By
Fire T oday
Fire Caught In Flue And
Had Good Headway When
Discovered
The two-story frame dwelling
house that adjoins the Roxboro
Central School property on La
mar Street was damaged to a con
siderable extent about 1 p. m. to
day when fire from a defective flue
broke out between the walls. Two
families, Mr. and Mrs. Buck Strum
and Mr. and Mrs. Sam Lunsford
and their children, lived in (the
house.
Most of the household furnish
ings was saved and everybody, in
cluding two small children ill with
measles, got out in safety. As
j we go to press there has been no
estimate placed on the damage
done to the building itself. Two
rooms, "(Hie upper and one* lower,
suffered the greatest amount of
damage, that being the place where
i most of the fire was. But there
| was considerable damage d&ne to
other parts of the house by smoke
and water.
Only in the central and southern
portions of ??hij|a is rice a staple,
article of "diet.
AROUND THEM SWIRLS THE DRAMA OF LINDBERG CASE
[The Judgel
On the upper left are four close ups of Bruno Richard Hauptmann, whose fate is now in the
hands of the twelve ladies and g.entlemen shown below. At the upper right is the man about whom lit
tle- has been heard during the thunderings of the lawyers in this famous trial. He is Justice Thomas W.
Trenchard who, during these many weeks ,has quietly sat on the bench and guided the trial through all
the intricicacies of legal ethics and technicalities.
The defense completed its plea Monday with Defense Chief Reill^ making an all-day appeal for the
life of his client. The State rested Tuesday after prosecutdr Wilentz ha<} thundered "No ' compromise
with murder" in demanding the life of Hauptmann as the . kidnap-murderer of Charles A. Lindbergh. Jr.
The judge charged the Jury this morning as soon as court convened and the fate of the defendant rests
entirely in the hands of the jury pictured above.
DAVID T. WILENTZ DEMANDS DEATH
OF BRUNO RICHARD HAUPTMANN
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Fiery Attorney General Un-j
leashes Scathing Denuncia
tion of German
JUDGE TO DELIVER
HIS CHARGE TODAY
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Sensational Court Interrup
tion By Brother of Chain- ??
Gang Fugitive
Flemington, N. J., Feb. 12. ? In the
name of all laws, written and un
written, a little firebrand in gay
strode this courtroom today, de
manding that Bruno Richard
Hauptmann be executed as the
worst criminal of all time.
Attorney General David T. Wil
entz raged at the prisoner from the
first moment of court until dusk,
when he leaned across the Jury rail
and asked for a verdict of first de
gree murder and the death of
Hauptmann for the murder of Ba
by Charles Augustus Lindbergh, jr.
"Pwiorrow. the (calm, impartial
vcice of Justice Thomas W. Trench -
ard will be heard under these an
cient rafters, and all passion and
rage and pity will be gone for an
hour or two. He will be instruct
ing the jury on points of law, talk
ing to them in ?hat homely friend
ly way of his, and bidding them go
cut and search for a verdict. The
Jury probably w^lll get the case at
noon. Then there will be nothing
for Hauptmann to do but wait. I
Strongest of All
There have been plenty of things
here to rasp nerves and bring peo
ple Jumping from their seats in a
frenzy of excitement. But the
strangest one of all came today,
late in the afternoon, when the
courtroom was stifling, when per
spiration dripped from the chins
of spectators and smeared the rouge
and powder on Women's cheeks.
Wilentz, weary and spent, was
coming to the close of his summa
tion, speaking the last words of de
wmeiafeion- 4hat can be spok?n-4n
this courtroom. - - "
Abruptly, a man, wearing clerl- (
cal garb, stood up among the spec
tators and shouted:
"If your honor please, a man fn
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Death Claims Aged
Resident Of Dixon's
Store Community
Mr. C. P. Sanford Had Been In 111
Health For Nine Months
Mr. C. P. Sanford, aged 86, died
at his home Saturday afternoon at
4:. 5 P. M. following an illness of
about nine months duration. His
condition had been critical for on
ly a few days prior to his death
Infirmities of old age . were given
as the cause of his demise. He
is survived by one adopted son, L.
E. Sanford.
Funeral services were conducted
from the Olive Branch Baptist
Church, of which Mr. Sanford had
been a lifelong member, Sunday
afternoon at 3:00 p. m. with his
pastor. Rev. Joe B. Currin, in
charge. Burial was made In the
church cemetery. #
Roxboro Splits Twin
Bill With South Bos
ton Tuesday Night
Roxboro Girls Win 21-17 While
The Boys Were Snowed Under
25-6
Roxboro basketball quintets met;
the" aggregation of South Boston
High on the South Boston court
last night and emerged fifty per
cent winners and the <fcther half
losers. The girls licked the So. '
Boston quintette by the score of 21
17. The boys met the South Bos
ton boys and were snowed under
to the tune of 25-6.
Roxboro will meet Semora on the
local court tonight and will play
Bethel Hill here on Friday night.)
Both games will be double-headers
and are called for 7:30 0. m.
Roxboro Preparing to Go
After Worth- While Things
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Kiwanians And Rotarians
Back Movement For Cham
ber Of Commerce
They say Roxboro has been a
sleep for the past some time, and
while this charge is admitted as
pertaining to some things, roads
for instance, and public building,
etc., it is absolutely untrue as to.
the growth of the town, increase
in business generally. Hbwever,
there are two civic culbs here which
have determined chat no grass
shall grow under their feet, and they
propose to see that Roxboro, and
Person county, get the things they
are entitled to. As will be seep, from
reoorts of the Kiwanians and Rot
ariwtt elsewhere- they- have both
taken up the matter of a Chamber
of Commerce ? with big capital let
ters, and are going to see that Rox
bcAfo has an organization which will
mean much to the town. We know
there- are some who will call -our
attention to the fact that this has
been tried here, in fact two times,
and then died. But, be it remem
bered that but for a Chamber of
j Commerce, with a live wire sec
retary, it is doubtful if we would
have that splendid railroad station,
I or the Building & Loan Association.
I If the old chamber of commerce
had done nothing more than to ;
sponsor the building and loon, and!,
it did other worth-while things, it ! i
would have been well worth its .
cost,
The members of the two clubs ,
mentioned feel that right now it
is very necessary that Roxboro
have a chmber of commerce, and
with the help of the citizens of
the County, they- think it will h$-_
an easy matter to put it over; with
out any fiardship or excessive
cost to any one. A committee, com- 1
posed of Rotary and Kiwanis, will i
canvess the town and as many, of I
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Airship Macon
Is Lost At Sea
Tuberculosis Fund
Swelled Through
Periodical Means
Curtis Publishing Co. Conducts
Campaign Here for Subscribers
The Curtis Publishing Co., thru
its representative, Mrs. J. P. O'
Brien conducted a subscription
campaign here for new subscribers
and renewals, a per cent of the pro
ceeds from which went to the Tu
berculosis Fund of Person County.
The percentage that was realized
from this campaign and which wil1
be administered for the benefit of
tuberculosis people in this county
will just about cover the bill of a
child who is now confined to the
State Sanitarium.
Mrs. J. P. O'Brien, supervisor of
this work, stated th^t it was a great
pleasure for her to work with the
people of Person Counay, and the
I County Health office wishes to
j thank all who so graciously contri
| buted to this great cause.
ZEB RILEY DIES OF
A COMPLICATION
OF DISEASES SAT.
Had Been Confined To His Bed
Since First Of The Year
Mr. Zeb Riley, 72. died at his
home in the Rock Grove church
community Saturday afternoon at
6:00 p. m. following an illness of
abcut one year. He had been con
fined to. his bed since about the
first of this 1 year. His condition
was regarded as critical for only
a few days prior to his death. Mr.
Riley is survived by his wife, Mrs
Jennie Evans Riley; two sons, Lon
nie Riley of Person County, and
John Riley of Timber lake; one
daughter, Miss Rozaline Riley
Person County; four sisters, Mrs
Bettie Lee and Mrs. Anna Hicks
of Roxboro, Mrs. Lugy Garrett of
Durham, and Mrs. Mary Yarbrough j
of Blanche, N. C.
Funeral services were conducted s
from the Allensville Methodist j
Church Sunday afternoon at 1:30
p. m? with Rev. R. E. Pittman ,
pastor in charge, assisted by Rev ,
J. B. Currin. Immediately follow- ,
ing the. services Mr. Riley was bur- j
ied in the church cemetery.
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NEW ENTERPRISE
OPEN ON DEPOT ST
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Roxboro Auto Parts Co., Is Open
For Business; Telephone 61
The Roxboro Auto Parts Co. has
opened a store on Depot Street
where they carry a complete sup
ply of automobile parts, both new
and used. On another page you will
find their advertisement. Look over
these prices andi see what you need.
We are glad to welcome to Roxboro
such an enterprise as this; it is
one that lias had no representative
heretofore and will fill a much felt
need in the community. The tele
phone number is 61.
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Two Person Boys
On Honor Roll
M. H. Clayton of Woodsdale and
W. P. Gentry of Roxboro are list
ed in the first semester honor roll
which has just been released at
Wake Forest College. This dis
tinction denotes work between 90
and 100 percent perfect. Mr. Clay
ton, is a son of Mr. and Mrs. W
G. Clayton, is a senior \fhile Mr.
Gentry, a son of Mr. and Mrs. W.
H. Gentry, is a sophomore
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Obediah Likes Them
To My Friends:
I would like to say if you have
not been to The Courier office and
renewed, or subscribed, for the
Courier for 3 years and received
50 pieces set of that pretty China
ware, you have missed a real treat
thejj are dandy. No*one has asked
me to say this: I am Just giving
you an idea of how much I think
3f my 30 piece set. Respectfully,
Obediah Frazier.
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RETURNED -FROM
H OSP IT AL
Miss Nancy Bullock, who under
went an operation for appendicitis
it Watts hopsital recently, has re
turned home and is Improving very
Jlfifife. _
All But Two Of
Crew are Saved
Huge Navy Dirigible Wreck
ed Off Coast of California
During Maneuvers
SHIP IN CHARGE OF
COMMANDER WILEY
Sent SOS Calls And Then
Dropped Into Ocean; Two
Men Unaccounted For
.San Francisco, Feb. 12 ? The $4,
000.000 dirigible Maccn lurched out
of control tonight, plunged 2,500
feet and sank in the Pacific, but
81 of the 83 Navy men aboard her
were saved.
The fate of two men who had
remained aboard the ship ? a radio
operator, Earnest Edwin Dailey,
pnd a mess attendant, Edward
Quinday ? had not been detei^nined
more than four hours after the
erash.
A sudden unknown disaster-pos
sibly an explosion or disabled gear
sent the pride of the Nay's air for
ces into a sickening plunge to the
fog-cloaked watets.
Wfley Saved
Lieutenant Commander Herbert
V. Wiley, skipper of the giant air
ship and only officer who survived
the Akron disaster, was picked up
by refcoue ships which 'were on
maneuvers with the dirigible.
The scene of the disaster was 13
miles southeast of Point Sur, rocky
premotory 110 miles south of here.
Sixty-four survivors were picked
up by Jfce Cruiser Richmond, the
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WINDOW DISPLAY
As you go to the post-office, take
i glance in the window of Knight's *
Insurance Agency. They have
some interesting things on insur
ance.
If you want a life income policy
which will pay you a certain a
mount when you are sick or when
fou reach fifty, go in and see them
ibout it.
The agency sells all kinds of in
surance; fire, auto,, life ? and other
'orms.
KNIGHT'S INSURANCE AGENCY
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NEW RESIDENTS
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Aberne
thy, of Stanley, have moved to
Roxboro and are making their
Home in the Abbltt apartment on
Academy Street. Mr. Abernethy
s connected with The Courier Of
fice, and we welcome these good
people to our town.
IN HOSPITAL
Bill Long son of Mr. and Mrs. E.
S. Long, was carried to Watts hos
pital Saturday for the treatment;
af burns he suffered some months ,
ago. He was given a blood trans
fusion Monday, and at this writ
ing is reported to be improving.
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Bushy Fork Grange
Bushy Pork Orange No. 878, will
meet next Friday night February
15 at Bushy Fork auditorium prom
ptly at 7 :30. We urge every mem
jer to be present at this meeting
it is important.
Onnie Whitfield, Lecturer.
See Them At The
Winstead Whse.
J. J. and S. B. Winstead, who
lave been selling fertilizer at both ?
he Pioneer and Winstead Ware
louses are now located at only the
Winstead Warehouse. For high
;rade fertilizer see these people at
he Winstead Warehouse.
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Vfr. Perkins Improving
Mr. J. D. Perkins, who has been
eriously ill at his home on South
iain Street for the past ten days,
s reported as being vary much im
>r6ved this morning.
rRYOURFLOWERS
Priced -to save money Buy at
iom* and save the difference.
>bhne 30-;FW>xbaro Flower Shop.