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CALL PHONE 39 And Insert A Want Adv In The Courier For Results J. W. NOELL, EDITOR VOL. LII. THE COURIER Covers The News Of Person County. READ IT ! ESTABLISHED 1881. PERSON COUNTY'S OLDEST "AND BEST NEWSPAPER. UNDER SAME MANAGEMENT AND OWNERSHIP FOR 50 YEARS. HOME FIRST, ABROAD NEXT $1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE. ROXKORO, NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 6, 1935 NUMBER 10 v I - NUTSHELLS OF NEWS HPUSE KILLS BKTIt BfrX Raleigh ? The House ioted, Wednes day, 61.46, to kill the bill to raise the legal alcoholic content <5f beer from 3.2 to 5 per cent. Drys claimed ?^and wets feared ? that the vote ^gainst the stronger beer forecast Hfcat would happen to the Hill Liq Rr Bill when it comes up for dis cussion and vote. ? ?*??? UNCLE SAM LOSES COURT BATTLE OVER SECTION 7-AOF THE N I R A | Judge John P. Nields of Deleware held Wednesday that section 7- A of the NIRA could not be applied to the Weirton Steel Company. He held that the plan of employe rep resentation ? a sort of company u nlon ? in effect among the employes of the defendant affords a lawful and effective organization^ of the employes for collective bargaining through representatives of their own choosing. The bill reiterated that Congress may pass laws regulatihg business of an interstate or foreign nature and held that the Weirton Steel Company was not engaged in such business "except to a negligible ex tent." The government had con tended that the Weirton business was interstate. I JOHN H. BLACKSTOCK IS FATALLY INJURED] Lynchburg, Va.? John Henry Blackstock. of Lynchburg, for many years conductor on the Lynchburg Durham branch of the Norfolk and Western railroad was found fatally injuried Wednesday beside the tracks two mile north of Brookneal. Sphere the Virginian crosses the Nor folk and Western. While a coupling was being made at this crossing, Mr. Blacks tock was seen walking on the top of his train toward the locomotive. Soon afterward he was found lying ; unconscious nearby. The crew hastily picked him up and the traih was backed into BroOkneal, where an ambulance was waiting to take him to a hospital in Lynchburg. He died in the mean time. Both legs had been severed ? ????? MINISTER ACCUSED OF POLITICS IN PRAYER BEFORE THE SENATE Rev. H. L. Arnold, pastor of the Johnson Memorial Baptist Church in Raleigh, was accused by Senator John SprunUHlll Friday of ejecting politics into his prayer at the open_ ing of Friday's Senate session. Rev. Mr. Johnson prayed "Lord God do not permit this body of men to sell the characters of the boys and girls of this state for revenue, by legalizing the sale of | Intoxicating liquors in North Caro lian; thereby taking bread from the mouths of helpless children, while their mothers wail under the ty rant's hands." Senator Hill, who had glared at the minister through the latter part of the prayer, heatedly declared his resentment of it. "Mr. President," he said. 'T resent this. I resent it as deeply as anything that has e~er happened in my life, and I cannot stand here and permit this Senate to be humiliated by a political speech offered in the gutea of a er." ^RtE DRIVERS' LICENSE LAW EFFECTIVE NOV. 1 The 1935 General Assembly passed the long awaited Drivers' License Bill. The provisions are as follows : ; All drivers of motor vehicles, except j those expressly exempted, shall be licensed. An operator's license shall] not be issued to anyone under six- 1 teen years of age; no chauffer's j license to anyone under eighteen: operators of public passenger vehi cles shall be twenty-one. Parents or guardians must sign license appli cations for minors, those between I sixteen and eighteen years of age This law becomes effective on Nov- 1 ember 1, 1935. and will cost $1.00 for] operators and $2.00 for chauffers Lost licenses may be replaced for fifty cents. o Newest Accessory To New Ford V-8 Newest accessory addition to the; 1935 Ford V-8 car is a vanity mir ror, oval in shape, which is attached to the sun visor by small decora tive .bolts, and Is invisible until the visor is pulled down. ? ? Thgynlrror. because of its po^i-, tlon, may be utilized by either front | or rear seat passengers, rt is made of dear, hefcvjr glass with beveled - edgfes. - -- ^ k . AN HONOR ROLL WE ARE PROUD OF In looking back over our flies for the past ten years we And that fire following Arms have carried an advertisement every issue, and in the same position, save when occas ionally the space used was more than could be cared for in their regular position; Harris & Burns, Roxboro Lumber Company, Ser geant & Clayton, and Wilburn & Satterfield. One other firm, Wat kins & Bullock has not missed a single issue during the ten years without having an advertisement of some kind, but not in the same position. These Arms are among the most representative, progressive and prosperous, and doubtless much of their success is due to the fact that they believed in the saying, "keep ing everlastingly at it brings suc cess." PROMINENT DURHAM CITIZEN VISITS AND TAEKS TO KIWANIANS Mr. W. L, Foushee Speaks Before Kiwanis Club In Very Thoughtful And Learned Vein TWO NEW MEMBERS ARE WELCOMED Mr. W. L. Foushee a p.rominent lawyer and citizen of Durham, and a -native of Person County, address ed the Roxboro Kiwanis Club at the weekly session held in the base ment of the Methodist Church on Monday night. Mr. Foushee talked of the economic and political situ ation now existent in the United States. Touching briefly on econ omic upheavals in countries of Eu rope in recent years he said that Italy and Russia were an uncultured people who had been lifted almost unwillingly into a better state of living, but that in Germany, a coun try filled with some of the world's most learned men, there existed a strange situation, in that this peo ple had allowed one man to dom inate them. Speaking of the fram ing of the constitution of the United States he pointed out that in the beginning the Federal government had certain powers delegated to it, but that every once in a while the people and the states had given it an entering wedge into the affairs of the individual states and its citi zens. The one, Mr. Foushee said, should be kept separate >nd invio late from the other. Some matters of business were discussed, and two new members, Allan Griffin and William Price, were welcomed by the club. Dr. Ri ley Hambrick, "the grand old man of Person," according to his intro ducer, was a guest. Baxter Mangum reported to the group that the com muftity house was <?>mptete and would be ready to be occupied in a short time. JOINT MEETING OF KIWANIS AND ROTARY (W MONDAY NIGHT Merchants Will Be Invited And A n Effort T o Organize C. Of C. On Monday night, March 11th, the Kiwanis and Rotary clubs will hold a joint meeting, with members of the mercantile and other bad ness enterprises of the town as quests, the object being to see if a chamber of commerce can not be organized in Roxboro. This organi zation is being formed for the pur- j pose of bettering cndltions both in town and County, and it is hoped that quite a number of our pro. gressive wiade-a-wake farmers will Join. This subject has been discussed for several weeks by the two clubs and it is felt the time is now ripe to proceed with the organization. An out of town speaker has been se cured and whether you take part in the organization or not, you will find the evening profitably spent in listening to the discussions. .IMP ? L Very few thunderstorms occur along the Pacific coastal regions: TO RETIRE S. CLAY WILLIAMS S. Clay Williams Re signs As Member j Of Recovery Board At Request of President Agrees to Stay Another Two Weeks. The first break in the adminis trative board of the NRA came yes terday when S. Clay Williams ten dered his resignation in a letter to the President. He said that the press of personal affairs in connection with his capacity as active head of the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. made it necessary that he reassume active charge. Both the President and Williams stressed the fact that he had accepted the position on the understanding that he was not to remain permanently. They also. I >o in ted out' that his retirement had been previously discussed in order that he might return to private af fairs. The President expressed his ap_ preciation for the work that Mr. Williams had done in his official capacity in a letter to him in re i sponse to his written resignation. His resignation was accepted with the request that it not be effective for another two weeks. o Gold Star Awarded To Sheriff Clayton i Sheriff M. T, Clayton of this county has been signally honored by the American Automobile Asso ciation. He has been awarded the Qt>ld Star of this organization which signifies twenty years of driv ing a car without a single accident. Sheriff Clayton is forced to drive both night and day, good weather cr bad. over all kinds of roads, and sometimes at an excessive rate of speed in pursuit of his duties in suppressing crime in the county. He is to be commended on this re cord of careful/ clear_headed driv ing. n BUY BABY BONDS The Government's First issue of I Baby Bonds are offered to the pub I lie. The Bonds can be piux.iased at the Postal Savings Window. The I new bonds will be issued In de nominations as low as twenty-five dollars, giving our Citizens the op oortunity of buying Federal Bonds. These Bonds range from twenty-five dollars up to one thousand dollars. These Bonds bear the rate of 2.9 per cent, compounded seml-annual j ly. This Is a chance to save some money for a rainy day. EASTERN STAR TO MEET THURS. Eastern Star, Chapter 207 will meet on Thursday night at 7 o' clock. Change In hour is necessita ted by the fact that the Symphony Orchestra will be here on that date, and it is desired that every member have an opportunity to attend this concert. Mrs. Robt. Whitfield, Sec. Tom's Battery Co. Offer* Many Values Tom's Battery Company Is offer, ing many values to their customers. This firm has engaged iq the sale of automobile parts here for the oast several years, seling car parts, tires, and batteries. By its fair and intfoartiaJ dealing this firm has built up a nice clientele that will be glad to read of the values that are now available to them. Note the Ad of Tom's Battery Company an another page. > ? ' ? a The earth is at least 1,725 000,000 -vcars old, according to latest .sci entific computations. ANNUAL MEETING OE ROXBORO BUILDING LOAN ASSOCIATION Report Showed The Associa tion To Be In Most Excellent Condition The annual meeting of the Rox boro Building and Loan Associa tion met in the office of the Secret tary, Mr. J. S. Walker, read his. (re port, , which was very ? flattering, showing the Association to be in a healthy and sound condition. The amount earned during the past year was six and one half per cent. After hearing the report the board of directors, consisting of Messrs. J. S. Harvey, R. L. Harris, Preston Satterfleld, O. B. McBroom, W. C. Bullock, J. S. Walker and J. W. Noell, wer? re elected. Upon motion a rising vote of thanks was tendered the Secretary for his faithful efforts. There is no more worthwhile or ganization in the town or county than the Roxboro Building and Loan Association; it has been the means of many owning their own homes, who otherwise never would have been able to own a home, and many have used it as a savings in. stitution, having cash today who otherwise would have had none. It has never lost a penny for its stock holders,' and"" totfiy ' owns only one small piece of real estate. Its record has truly been remarkable, and every citizen should feel proud of it. o TEMPORARY MANAGER NAMED BY CITY DADS L. K. Walker Will Act Tem porarily In Place Of R. A. iiurch. Resigned At- the regular monthly meeting of the Town Board of Commission ers held last night in the City Hall the board appointed L. K. Walker to fill the office of City Manager temporarily. This office was left va cant by the resignation of R. A. Burch March 1. Ashland and Hut chens, auditors for the town of Roxboro, are preparing an audit of the resigned city manager's books, but at this time it has not been completed. It is expected that the auditor's report will be made in the near future. A new town election falls due in less than sixty days and It may be that the election of a permanent city manager will go over for the the new board to wrestle with. Routine rtiatters were taken up at the meeting last night. o . Aged Woman Dies Of Heart Trouble After Long Illness Funeral Services Held From Leas bury Methodist Church Thursday Afternoon Mrs Sarah Jane Crowder, aged 73, died at 11:30 P. M. on Tuesday, Feb. 26, following an illness of two years duration. Her death was at tributed to heart trouble and old age complications. At the time of her passing she was living near Virgilina, Va. Mrs. Crowder leaves to mourn her .passing two sons, Mr. Willie O. Crowder of Raleigh, N.C. and Mr. J. T. Crowder of Vir_ gilina, Va., and one daughter, Mrs Dottie Irby of Appomatox, Va. Funeral services were conducted from the Leasburg Methodist church Thursday afternoon at 2 P. M. with Rev. T. R. Jenkins In charge. Active pall-bearere were: Messrs. J. A. Denny, J. M. Pleasant, W. E Denny, E. T. Connally, W. C. Arvin, and V. M. Stephens. Flower bearers were: Misses Lore, na Wade, Mildred Wade. Virginia Pleasant, Edna Winstead,* JeMnie Duncan, and Evlyn JJradsher. Mrs. Crowder was buried in the Leas burg church cemetery following the funeral services. ANOTHER ONE We are in receipt of a very in teresting newsy article, as a whole, which we would be glad- to publish but no name is signed, hence we cannot publish. For about one mil lion times we again state that we will not publish communications unless we know tlxe writer. We do not require that the name be signed to the printed article, but we must | know who wrote it. ? ? DON'T MISS II . The NIorfh Carolina Sym phony Orchestra under the di^ rection of Lamar JStringfleld, internationally known conduc tor-composer_soloist, will pre sent a Symphony Concert here Thursday, tomorrow night, at the high school auditorium at 8 "O'clock. Don't miss this con cert, it will, probably be a long time before you have another opportunity to hear such high class music. The City Bus Company will make two trips on Thursday night to the high school audi torium for the purpose of ac commodating those who wish to attend the concert. Bus will start from its regular parking place on Main street, first trip at 7:15 and second trip at 7:30 p. m. Regular price, 10 cents. o Mrs. Nancy Wilson P a s s e s Following' Two Weeks' Illness Died Thursday Afternoon; Was Resident of Ca.vel Village At Time of Passing. Mrs. Nancy Elizabeth Wilson, aged 56, and widow of the late Thomas A. Wilson, passed away at her home in Ca-Vel Village late Thursday afternoon. Her death was attributed to a cpmplication of di seases. She had been in declining health for several years and was ill for two weeks before Her demise. She leaves to mourn her death one daughter, Mrs. janie Boyd of Rox boro. Funeral cervices were conducted from the home Friday afternoon with Rev. J. C. McGregor officiating. Active pall -bearers were: Messns. Frank Smith, Thomas Loftis, John Horner, Walter Smith. Love Walker and John Pamplin. Flower bearers were: Mesdames Estelle Loftis, Hal lie Clayton, Arthur Hanks, Flora pamplin, Walter Smith, and Miss Geraldine Sanders. Following the services Mrs. Wilson was buried in the Providence Church cemetery. o Kerr Sponsors Bill To Prohibit Tob'co Seed Exportation Congressman Kerr of North Car olina is the sponsor of a bill be fore the United States . Congress to prohibit the exportation of . a cer tain kind of tobacco seed in whole sale lots. Except for purposes of experiment the bill proposes that these seed be kept inside this coun try. The reasoning tehind the bill seems to oe that, since the seed can be grown successfully in foreign countries, the United States should take steps _to keep it at home. o NOTICE TO AUTO OWNERS . Automobile owners in the town of Roxboro are required to display City License Plates on said auto mobiles by ordinance of the town. Police officers will be instructed to enforce this ordinance after April 1, 1935. R. B. Dawes, Mayor. MOVES FAMILY TO ROXBORO Mr. R. H. Shelton, manager of the Roxboro Funiture Store, has mived his family here from Dur ham. Hiey are occupying the house on Main Street formerly occupied by Mr. Carl Bowen and family, who moved to Lamar Street. - Personals MR. HARRIS WITH FORD COMPANY Mr. E. Lundie Harris has accepted a job with the Crowell-Lowe Motor Co. as shop foreman. Mr. Harris is an expert in his line and his friends and others in need of such work are cordially invited to call on him. New Master Chevro let* Now On Display The 1935 model master six Chev rolets are now on display at JOy nejr Motor Co. on. Main Street. These" cars are worthy to bear the name of Chevrolet. The manage ment incites you tq, drop in and look them over. 0. B. McBroom Breaks (Ground For New Plant . o Nation Mourns Death OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES OLIVER W. HOLMES PASSES AT CAPITAL I EARLY THIS MORNING ? ? ? For 27 Years A Member Of Supreme Court Bench ; 94th Birthday Friday Oliver Wen3ell Holmes died this morning at 2:30 o'clock. His death, which had been expected momen tarily for several hours before his passing, came peacefully. Some time before he died attaches at his house described him as approaching the end like a boat /drifting swiftly down stream; he had lapsed into unconsciousness and was suffering no pain. Concern had been felt for him since it was first learned last week that he had developed bron chial pneumonia. For tweny.seven years Oliver Wendell Holmes served as a mem ber of the Supreme Court of the United States. Probably his influ ence on the aflairs of the country will be felt as long as the consti tution is existant. Many of his de cisions have been recognized not only as learned in the legal phrase ology, but as masterpieces of lit erature a o well. He retired about three years ago due to advancing old age. Had he lived until Fri day he would hav? been ninety-four. WINNERS IN THE CONTEST "WHY I TRADE IN ROXBORO" The Flood Of Letters Re ceived Prove The People Read The Courier Below will be found a list of the prize winners In the contest "Why I Trade With Roxboro Merchants." If there is any doubt In your mind about folks reading your advertise ment when placed In our columns this contest should remove such a doubt, for the hundreds of letters received was proof positive. We thank the judges for their patience in reading all of these let ters, and for their willingness to serve. Many of the letters received were worth publicatldn, but to have published all would have taken up two or three pages of this family Journal. The prize winning let ters will be published In our next issue. Watch for them. The winners were as follows: 1st prize: Miss Margaret Jackson, one ladies wrist watch. ' 2nd prize: Mrs. Ddllard Srrfith Boatwright, $6.00 in laundry or dry cleaning. 3rd prize: Miss Prances H?ter, One $5.00 permanent wave. 4th prize: Mrs. Zula Green Law son, one $5.00 permanent wave. 5th prize: Mrs. P. J. Hf-rner, one 12 months guaranteed cattery. 6th prize: Elbert T^.Veasey, one years subscription to?The Courier. Winners will please call at this office and receive order for the prize won. I W. R. Mull of Morganton, Bu.ke County, is planting a test of a new raspberry resulting from a (citws of the Latham 4 id Racje. var ieties. " A * ? ? . TRY A WANT AD IN THE COLUMNS OF THE COURIER. New Home For Coca-Cola To Be An Ornament To West Roxboro Mr. O. B. McBroom, owner and proprietor of the Roxboro Coca Cola Bottling Company, has broken ground for the new home of Coca cola. The building will be built in West Roxboro, on Broad Street, near the high school building, and when completed will be an orna ment to that section of the town. The building will not even have the appearance of a manufacturing building, but will be more on the style of a school building. Mr. Mc Broom tells us that the building will set back twenty-five feet from the sidewalk and the grounds will be beautified, in fact, he showed us a photograph of the building and grounds -and we say candidly there will not be a moire attractive building and surroundings in the town. Later on it is the intention of Mr. McBroom to fit up a room for the ladies, which may be used by any lady, or club, who so desires to entertain her friends and does not have sufficient room in her home. We congratulate Mr. Mc Broom upon this progressive move. o Mrs. Annie E. Black Succumbed Mon day; Pneumonia Funeral Services Conducted Tues day Afternoon From Oak Grave Meth. Church Mrs. Annie Elizabeth Black wife of Andrew Black, %nd aged 46, died Monday morning following an ill ness of five days with pneumonia. Mr. and Mrs. Black and family have made their home near Ca-Vel Vil lage for may years. She leaves to mourn her passing her husband, six daughters, Mrs. Louise Long, Mrs. Mary Anderson, Misses Lois, Dor thy, Margret, and Alma Sue Black;, two sons: Andrew; James Black two sisters, Mrs. John L. Perkins of Person county and Mrs. Eulis Thomas of South Boston, Va. and one half-sister, Mrs. W. R. Moore and one brother, Raymond Satter field of Norfolk, Va. Funeral services were conducted from the Oak Grove Methodist Church Tuesday afternoon at 3:00 P.M. with Rev. B. E. Kelly in charge assisted by Rev. J. C. McGregor. Mrs. "Black had fcegn a member of this church since childhood. Ac tive pall-bearers were: Messrs. Thornton, Floyd, Presley, and Rob ert Anderson, Jr., Eddie and Lawr ence Perkins. Flower bearers were: Misses Hortense and Elizabeth Thomas, Marion Perkins, Janie An Derson, Mrs. J. C. Sizemore, Mrs Shanks and Mrs. Oakley. Following the funeral services Mrs. Black was buried in the Oak Grove church cemetery, ? Commissioners Met In Regular Session Monday, March 4. The Board of County Commis sioners met Monday in their regu lar monthly session. Routine busi ness was discussed and passed up on. The Sheriff was authorized to clear up all 1933 property taxes be fore May 1. All 1933 and 1934 per sonal taxes were also ordered to be cleared up In the immediate fu ture. SERVICE STATION IN NEW HANDS Harris Service Station, located at the corner of Lamar Street and Reams Avenue, has been leased by Messrs. Sam Oliver, Jr. and Nat Harris. These progressive young men are planning to make this one of the most attractive service sta tions in town. SERVICES AT ST. MARKS CHURCH Lent begins today with Ash Wed. nesday at Episcopal church. Hie Lenten season will be opened at St. Marks Episcopal Church Thurs day afternoon at 4:30 o'clock with observance of Holy Communion by Rev;" A. S. Lawrence, Rector of Chapel of the Cross. Chapel Hill. ? A_ period of jspeiJi&L prayer will 1 ' The public is Cordially invite^O at tend these services. ?o ? y
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