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CALL PHONE 39 And Insert A Want t Adv In The Courier For Results Stye Hoxboro Courier ESTABLISHED 1881. PERSON COUNTY'S- OLDEST AND BEST NEWSPAPER. UNDER SAME MANAGEMENT AND OWNERSHIP FOR 50 YEARS. THE COURIER Covers The News Of Person County. READ IT ! J. W. NOELL, EDITOR HOME FIRST, ABROAD NEXT $1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE. VOL. LII. ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 13, 1935 NUMBER 11 THE COURIER WILL GO TO SEMI-WEEKLY AFTER 51 YEARS OF SERVICE THE WEEKLY COURIER WILL PUBLISH TWICE A WEEK + We Have Just Installed One Of The Latest Typesetting ?k Machines Enabling Us ^ To Meet All Com petition WILL PUBLISH- TUES DAYS AND FRIDAYS With a great deal of satisfaction the Roxboro Courier announces the installation of a new Linotype. This mechanical marvel qualifies us to serv^ efficiently the large nsmber of persons who look to our publica tion .for enlightment and entertain ment, and who patronize our com mercial printing department. The rapidly Increasing circulation of the Roxboro Courier, together with our desire to place at the com mand of our advertisers and others the highest grade of typography, induced us to secure a fine compos ing machine for the quick and ac curate and pleasing presentation of the news of the day, and the pro duction of superior commercial printing. On or about May 1st The Courier will go to a semi-weekly which will enable us to give our readers more than twice ?'the amount of read ing matter they are now getting, and also give them later and more up-to-the-minute news. Of course, this is going to increase our ex penses very much, but nothing. we can do for our subscribers is con sidered when it comes to making ine i;ouner a more reauaoje ajiu welcome visitor into your home. To equip our plant for this change necessitated an outlay of more than five thousand dallars, but we be lieve the benefits to our readers and advertisers is worth it." 1 While you"* will get two papers where you are now getting one, we will not change our subscription rates, in plain words we are going ?o give you two papers for the price of one, and while we have added more than six hundred names to our list during the past ninety days we believe this extra effort on our part will result in adding many hundreds more to our largp list. You are cordially invited to come in and see this wonderful piece of new machinery. It is a marvel and you will enjoy watching it do the work. Our new Linotype enables us to set by machine many forms of com position that previously necessitated tedious work by hand. Our plant is now capable of turning out compo sition consisting of correct . type faces in many different sizes, and the change from one size to another is made very "quickly. At a high rate of speed the versatile opera tor ?Harry Puckett? whose hand is made famous by the Mergen thaler Linotype Company as "the hand that keeps the world in formed" ? produces line after line of sort of composition desired. This installation is' a testimonial to the progressiveness of ROXBORO and vicinity. And that the good people of the community are duly appreciative of our efforts to serve .them in all departments of the Sprinting business is manifested by W the many compliments received from individual patrons since the arrival of our new machine.. Our office is now equipped with two Linotype type-setting machines Clarence Abernethy handling one machine, and we are prepared to take care of almost an endless a mount of news. The accompanying Illustration will give our readers some idea of the marvelous mechanism of the Lino typer, a composing machine on which are assembled matrices (or little brass molds) and lines of type cast lines such as you are now reading. Besides enaT>iing the operator to set -various faces and sizes of type, ouil new Linotype makes it possible (Continued on last page) WILLIE PASS HAS TRUCK STOLEN Some unknown person drove of with a truck belonging to Mr. Wil lie Pass of Pass Furniture Store about two weeks ago. To date the cnly thing that has been heard of it is that it was sighted in Hills bOro and other places south of there a day or two after it was stol en. Apparently the thieves were heading for southern parts. China Offer Withdrawn We have received our last shipment of Real China, and the offer on these sets have been withdrawn. The proposition was a de cided success, as evidenced by' having put more than six hundred names on our list. It was the most liberal offer we have ever mjlde, and we ap preciate the response given by our subscribers and friends. If you happen to hold a re ceipt entitling you to a set please call and get it. We < have in reserve sets for all who are entitled to receive them, but no more can be given on future subscriptions. Tax Listers For '35 The following six listers for 1935 have been appointed: Allensville township, J. L. Gentry. Bushy Pork: D. A. Hester. Cunningham: J. R. Franklin. Plat River: D. R. Rhew. Holloways: J. Y. Humphries. Mt. Tirzah: John R. Jones, Olive Hill: I. G. Stephens. Roxboro: G. W. Walker. Woodsdale: J. P. Bailey. MUSIC LOVERS ? ENJOY CONCERT HERE THURSDAY Symphony Orchestra Presents Concert In High S. Auditorium "CRIPPLE CREEK" DREW THE MOST INTEREST Lamar Stringfield and his North Carolina Orchestra presented a concert in the high school auditor ium here on Thursday night. An audience of approximately three hundred music * lovers of this sec tion gathered to listen. The pro gram opened with Mozart's "Impres sario Overture" followed by three moverents in Beethoven's "Sym phony No. 1 In C. Major." After the intermission period Conductor Stringfield presented three move ments from "Congo Sketches." For the fourth number one of Mr. Stringfield's own compositions "Prom the Southern Mountains," was presented. This was in two movements, (A) At Evening, and (B) Cripple Creek. The latter num ber drew much interest from the audience, as evidenced by the con tinued applause when it was fin ished. The orchestar closed the pro gram with Brahms' "Hungraian Danses Nos. 6 and 5." At the con clusion of the program Mr. String field, in response to a request of the audience, gave "Cripple Creek" again. "The World's All Right" To Be . Presented On March 22nd And 23rd f MISS BRADSHER IS* ELECTED PRESIDENT Miss Ann Bradsher, daughter of Mrs. Anna Bradsher, was e'ected to the office of President of the Stu dent Government at Meredith Col lege for next year. This comes as a distinct honor as it is an office be stowed on one person per year in campus elections wherein the stu dents are allowed to express their choice for the office. o Collins & Aikman Representatives Sail For Europe M. F. Schmltt, in charge of Ad vertising and , Sales Promotion for the Collins & Aikmah Corporation, Manufacturers of mohair-velvet au tomobile and furniture upholstery, is sailing for Europe on March 13, accompanied by W. F. Bird, head of the company's Research and Technical Control Department. Messrs. Schmitt and Bird will spend two months abroad, visiting the leading textile mills of Europe as well as foreign automobile and furniture plants. The purpose of the trip is to study recent devel opments abroad in the manufacture and use of mohair-velvet automo bile and furniture upholstery, and to establish a closer relationship with foreign mills for the mutual ex change of constructive ideas. o MEETING OF THE GARDEN CLUB The Garden Club will meet in the Woman's club room Friday P. M. 3 o'clock March 15th. Mr. Wil liam Hunt of Chapel Hill will be with lis to lecture and shoy his slides. The members and friends are invited. Mrs. Merritt n : VISITED MRS. LONG Medames John Andrew Brown and Reeves Brown, Jr., of Martins ville, Va, were the guests of Mrs. Ovieda Long for a few days last week. They were Joined by their husbands on Sunday, who accom panied them home after spending the day in Roxboro. MISS OVIEDA LONG IS HONORED In recognition of her scholastic record for the fall semester. Mis Ovieda Long of the Junior "^ass of Duke University has been placed on the coveted dean's list. Home Talent Play At High School Auditorium To Be Participated In By 150 People With the arrival of a competent directress yesterday from the Uni versal Producing Company for the second annual home talent show sponsored by the American Legion preliminary plans are - started for the presentation of a, hilarious mus ical comedy of radio life entitled "The World's All Right?' The show completely answers the description of something different and Will be staged in the High School Audi torium on March 22 And 23rd. The American Legion is deserv ing of the splendid co-operation in this it received last year and the public is again urged to support again this year by attending the show. The entire show is being laid in a broadcasting studio and is unique in that the audience is giveh a backstage view of what goes on as the programs are put over the air. When talent fails to show up and things go wrong, the radio announc er is often called upon to fill In and give character impersonations himself. In many instance"? that is just what takes place in this show. The chorus for the show is of so great a variety that there Is some thing to please evertrone-ranging from a high brown Harlem chorus i through a children's group and a ] Casey Jones quartette to a vested choir. A colorful revue, taking the aud- | ience by song and story through the l progress of our nation, is the last spectacular number that brings the entire show to a whirlwind finish, and makes one realize from these songs 'that built our nation that the world is all right. With a prominent cast of char acters and the best musical talent for group and chorus numbers, we feel it is true you wil1 cheer ur> when you see "The World's All 1 Right." I * O ? BILL LONG IMPROVING Bill Long, who has been confined to Watts Hospital for the past sev- j eral weeks, i$ improving. He was the victim of severe burns last fall ! and recently it was found necessary ' to remove him to the hospital for ! the purpose of grafting new skin : onto the burned places. His father. Mr. E. G. Long, has made several i trips to the hospital for the pur pose of giving his skin to be used on the boy's b^j^ned places. Bill's condition' is so. much improved that it is thought he wBl be able . to J come home within another week i CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IS ASSURED O OUR NEW TYPESETTING MACHINE ncturea aDove is tne new Linotype macnine installed by The courier. Everything on the Front page, save the streamer at the top, and ninety per cent of the advertising was set on this machine. It is the last word in Linotypes. With it we will be able to do away with much tedious hand-setting, giving more efficient and faster service to our patrons. BURGLARS FAIL TO LOOT SAFE AT LONGHURST MERC. CO. STORE + Conducting Night School Mrs. Beth Brewer Pridgen is con ducting a school at East Roxboro for the benefit of those adults who have been denied the opportun ities of an education in youth This school Is made possible through the E. R. A. and is proving to be of infinite value to those who are enrolled. Mrs. Brewer is a capable and ef ficient teacher and is entering whole heartedly into her work. There are about twenty-five eager and enthusiastic pupils enrolled, and all signs point to a successful term. It is hoped that more peo ple . will decide to avail themselves of this opportunity to make up for lost opportunity. o Mrs. Ann E. (urren Dies After Illness Of Several Weeks I __ Was Mother Of Mrs. J. E. ! . Dean With Whom She Made Her Home On Court Street Mrs. Ann? Eliza Curren, mother of Mrs. J. E. Dean, died at the home of her daughter and son-in-law, , Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Dean at their j home on Court Street on Tuesday | morning at 4:00 A. M. She had been in declining health for sev eral years, but had been able to be out until about four months ago when she began to fall and had been confined to her bed for the past several weeks, her condition be coming steadily weaker until the end Tuesday morning. Mrs. Curren's death was attributed to heart trou ble with complications pertinent to advancing years. She was 80 years old. Surviving are the following children: Three daughters, Mrs. R. H. O'Briant, Oxford, N. C., Mrs. E. S. Adcock of Willow Springs, N. C., and Mrs. J. E. Dean of thiis city, fcur sons, Messrs. E. M. and O. B. Curren of Angler, N. C? D. F. Curren of Oxford. N. C., and W. S. Curren of Raleigh, N. C. One brother, Mr. B. P. Dean of OxfOrd, N. C? and one sister. Mrs. Lucindy Curren of Greenville, N. C., also surviveing. Mrs. Curren had been a mem ber of Surl Primitive Baptist church for 30 or more years prior to moving her membership to Asjgier Primitive (Continued on last page) ? Safe Practically Demolished In Effort To Open It; Drug Store And Post_ Office Also Entered; Very Little Loss . NO CLUES AsTtO IDEN 1TY OF THIEVES Burglars were rampant in Jalong in the early hours of Sunday morn ing. A man, passing along the street in front of the Longhurst Mercan tile Company store, noticed some one in the store with a flashlight. This was just a few minutes before 5.00 A. M. Summoning an officer an investigation was started. Thf door of the store was unlocked, hav ing been forced with a crowbar. On the inside chaos reigned. A safe that belonged to the store and was prac tically new was found blown open. It stood in a small office at the back of the store. So powerful was the explosion that opened it, parts of the safe were found as far as the front window of the building, a distance of approximately ninety or a hundret feet; a door that was lo cated to the right of the safe was splintered to pieces; glass windows in the office were broken, and the safe was demolished; nothing was left of the door but the outer shell, j and the sides of the safe Itself [ were bent so as to make it look bow-legged. A small burglar-proof vault that was sitting on the Inside of the safe and which contained the money and valuable papers was found on- a hand-truck on the back side of the store. Apparently the would-be burglars had put it there to take with them and open it at their leisure. But it was unharmed and its contents intact. Across the street from the scene of this attempted burglary is the post-office and a drug store that the thieves entered and got nothing of any value except some small change amounting to about $7.00 that was in a cigar box in the drug store. The safe in the post-office was not damaged except to have the com bination knocked off. Evidently the robbers gave up trying to get into it after an unsuccessful attempt. This is the third attempt to en (Continued on last page) -o MANY ATTEND WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION Quite a number of Baptist ladies are attending the Woman's Miss ionary Union which met in Durham last night. Mrs. W. P. West has a prominent place on the program, as she will speak .on the Girl's aux iliary work. Mrs R. L. Wilbum. superintendent of the W. M. U. In the Beulah Baptist Association will also take part in the discussions Thieves Seem To Have Toured The County Sal. Nile ' i ? Several Places Victimized; Hens, Automobile Parts Taken. Gulf Plant Entered. SKIPPED, LEAVING no' clues In addition to entering and at tempting to rob a store and the post-offlce at Jalong, N. C., Saturday night, theives entered a hen-house of Mr. Audrey Long here and took six choice Wyandotte hens. Mr. Long said that he did not discover his loss until Sunday morning, but he thought that the robbery must have occurred sometime between mid night and day Sunday morning. The Gulf Refining plant, located on the. west side of the Norfolk and Western right of way in the nor thern edge of town ,was another victim of the burglars. They tore the hasp off the east door to the plant and went into the office, opening the safe in an effort, ap parently, to locate money. None was found, because there was none in there; nothing else was bothered. Mr. Everett Oakley, who resides in the Chub lake section, awoke Sun day morning to hear a cow out in his back lot mooing like her heart would break. Sensing something out of the ordinary, he investigated to find thai a newly arrived calf had disappeared and the mother cow was grief stricken. However the calf was later discovered over in another stall with a mule. Looking around to. see what other damage the prankers had done, he found his truck stripped of -all its tires and the spark-plugs gone. These items were not discovered hovering near by nor has there been any trace as who got them. It is generally assumed that the same party or paries committed all these offenses, some very grave and sr?ne bordering on the ridiculous. They came, they pranked, and they have vanished, apparently leaving no clues to their identity. o Present New Mgr. With , Token 0 f , * \ Congratulations Just after the closing lof Leg gett's Department Store at 6:00 P. M. on last Friday many of the sales men and salesladies gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Victor Sat terfleld on Lamar Street. Mr. Sat terfleld has recently been named manager of this branch or the Leg-, gett stores. The group presented Mr. and Mrs. Satterfleld with a beautiful silver pitcher as a token of congratulation to him for the honor bestowed upon him and also an appreciation to him. Those at tending were: Medames, J. L. Crow ell, Joe Guffy, W. K. Moore, Rob- < ert Jackson, Veyton Hall, Gilbert Carver, Misses Annie Clayton, Myr tle Young, Helen Latta, Rosa Yar boro, Lottie Bailey, Ora Latta, R"uth Franklin and Messrs. Robert Har ris, John Oakley, Dan Rogers, and R. E. Hamlin. Jr. o LAST MEETING BEFORE STATE CONVENTION The last meeting before the State Convention of the Roxboro P. T. A. will be held in the auditorium of the central School Monday after noon at 3:45, March 19. All mem bers are urged to be present in order that a complete report be handed ln MRS. MANGUM SPEAKS TO RALEIGH CLUB Mrs. B. B. Mangum spent Thurs- , day in Raleigh, N. C.. where she at- ' tended a meeting of the Raleigh Wotnans' Club. Mrs. Mangum ad dressed the Raleigh club. ? , ? i g---,, .FOR RENT. 1 Five room house for rent. SEE*] H. W. Newell. MR. PIERSON OF DURHAM MAKES TALK Joint Meeting Of Kiwanis And Rotary Put It Across Monday Night Just another evidence of the big way Roxboro does things was shown Monday night when the Kiwanis and Kotary clubs held a joint meet ing and put across a chamber of commerce. The meeting was held in the basement of the Methodist church and dinner was prepared by one of the circles of the church, and it was a dinner worth while. After luncfi and a few announce ments by presidents Furman Her bert and Jack Hughes the meeting was turned over to J. W. Noell, chairman of the chamber of com merce committee. Geo. Kane intro duced the speaker of the evening, Mr. Prank Pierson, secretary of the Durham Chamber of Commerce, who put pep in the meeting. He told of the good work done by an organization of this kind, and with his wit and humor, along with wis dom and good hard horse sense re marks, left every one in just the right mood to put the matter across there; he was followed by Mr. W. L. Foushee of Durham, who was also an Invited guest. Following him was a short and snappy talk by Mr. Sawyer, assistant secretary of the Durham Chamber of Com merce. He In turn was followed by Jim Long, who put a clincher on the proposition, showing just what we might expect from the organi zation. After these speakers J. W. Noell and Geo. Kane took the matter In hand and called for memberships, with a response which was most de lightful. The committee asked for a membership of one hundred, and there were seventy-six who re sponded. The committee feels sure that It will .have no trouble in se curing the remainder, and Roxboro will have a Chamber of Commerce. Quite a number of merchants were not present, as well as several of the warehousemen, but we are Quite sure these gentlemen will join. A committee will probably see these men In the next few days. . ? -n WILL YOU WIN IN COURT? You've seen it happen. Almost every time there is an accident on the road, it is followed by a voci ferous, heated but USELESS ar gument. But your argument may not con vince a jury. They will hear the witnesses, listen to the facts and reach their own conclusions. The verdict is beyond your con trol. But you can be prepared to meet any such emergency by earr ing Complete Automobile Insurance which protects you against any loss due to damage to your car, any suit or claim which may arise from the operation of your car. Be financially responsible and avoid the possibility of financial loss!' THOMPSON INSURANCE AO'Y E. GO Thompson C. E. Day W. G. James o SILVERWARE "Her Majesty" pattern. Your table will welcome this beautiful pattern and you will be delighted to own a set. 26-piece set for $30.25. This is the finest quality silverplate. It has graced the tables of America's first families since the year 1847. THE NEW Ems JEWELERS JOHN CARVER AT HOME Mr. John H. Carver, who was crit ically ill in the hospital for sev eral weeks, has returned to Roxboro and. will spend some time' here. His , friends are glad to see him and all are giving him the glad hand. SECOND QUARTERLY CONFERENCE The second Quarterly Conference ror "BTOOksdale Circuit wiirTJT BCltT ? at AllensvUle Saturday morning March 18th, at 11 o'clock. The pub lie is cordially invited - to attend. R. E. Pittman, Pastor
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