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ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 20, 1935
NUMBER 12
PERSON COUNTY PRISON (AMP
MAINTAINS HIGH STAHDARD IN
ITS RELATIONSHIP TO INMATES
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Supt. Brooks, In Interview,
Gives Out Some Interesting
Facts Of The Daily Life In
The Person County Unit Of
I The State's Penal System.
On Sept. 1, 1931 there was estab
lished in this county a unit of the
State penal System, located just to
the west of the city limits. Prom
the day of its opening this camp
has maintained an excellent sys
tem of penal servitude, stern jus- |
tice tempered with the mercy that
is due human beings. Mr. N. V.
Brooks was appointed to head this
unit and he has made a record that
should be his pride, as well as the
pride of Person County and the
state at large.
NEW COMERS
When a man is assigned to serve
a sentence in this camp, he is reg
istered as a Grade B prisoner, this
being the middle grade. If his con
duct proves him worthy, he is soon
changed from Grade B to Grade A,
or the highest grade. Should he
prove to be fractious, unruly, and j
sullen, showing no willingness to
co-operate with the camp officials,
he is moved back to Grade C or the
lowest grade. AH Grade A prison
ers are known as trusties, an honor
that has more than an empty
meaning. Under this classification
he is allowed to work and not be
under the direct supervision of an
armed guard. Such chores as water
boy, plowing, work around the camp,
are assigned to him.
PUNISHMENTS
Should a prisoner break a regu
lation of the camp for the first
time, he is warned of what might
happen to him if he does it again.
Perhaps he is warned the second
time, too. But if his infractions of
the rules continue, he has his priv
ileges taken away from him. He
might not be allowed to write to
friends or home folks for a set
time. Or he might not be allowed '
to use the grounds of the camp
in which to exercise, or sometimes
he has his smoking tobacco taken
away from him. These punishments
are for slight offende'rs. A prisoner
who gets unruly is put into what !
is known as the "rabbit box" which
is nothing more than a modification
of the ancient "stocks." He has his
hands put through two holes cut in
a board and handcuffed, with just
enough pressure on his wrists to
make it uncomfortable. "I have
known it to take an hour and a
half to make a prisoner in the rab
bit box promise to be good or to !
ask for another chance." stated
Supt. Brooks, "but usually twenty
or thirty minutes of such punish
ment will do the trick." Very vicious
fighting prisoners are subjected to
step-chains. These consist of an
anklet fastened around each ankle
and linked together with a short
chain, giving him enough room to,
walk in them, but nt>t enough to
run. Some prisoners have been
known to wear them for a period
of a year, and then be just as bad
as ever, after A few ^ays of freedom.
One interesting thing about a
prisoner wearing step-chains is how
he can dress and undress. It is
a fact that, once he is used to wear
ing them, he can dress just as fast
as one could without them.
WORKING TIME
Prisoners in. this camp are as
signed to various kinds of tasks,
but mostly to the building, repair
ing, and upkeep of roads and of
bridges in the county. In the sum
mertime they work on an average of
about twelve hours per day. Of
course the winter work is shorter,
because It is not light as long then
as in the summer and spring. They
work five and one-half days per
week, giving Saturday afternoon
over to hair-cutting, shaving, etc.,
preparing for Sunday.
COST OF UPKEEP
This unit keeps an average of
fifty-five prisoners at all times, and
with the personnel of the camp,
the superintendent, steward, guards
night-watchman, etc, there is a to
tal of sixty-four people to be fed
three times per day. The cost of
this feeding amounts to about ten
cents per day for each person, ac
counted for on two grounds: the
fact that the camp raises much of
the vegetables, port, etc. it uses,
and because the State of North
Carolina buys in such large quan
tities, taking advantage of every
discount by paying cash for food
stuffs; thus they keep the per cap
Most Beautiful
NEW ORLEANS ... Miss Bar
bara Bouden (above) is now hailed
as one of the most beautiful Queens
ever to rule over the annual New
Orleans Mardi Gras, which has just i
come to a close after ft week of gay '
festivities.
Baseball Looms
On Horizon; Plans
Are Laid For Loop
Representatives of Various
Teams Will Meet In Durham
Friday Night For Purposes
Qf Organization :
Officials of each of the baseball
teams from Henderson, Oxford. Ca
Vel, Jalong. Durham, and Hillsboro
will meet in Durham Friday night t5
organize a baseball loop based some
what on the plans of the Central
State Loop of last year. All of these
teams have had good baseball teams
in the past, and there has been much
rivalry between those playing in the
old loop. -A lot of interest has been
manifested here in the past over
baseball teams, and it is expected
that interest will be maintained,
especially with the reputation that
the two local teams, Jalong and Ca
Vel, have built tip, and the keen
rivalry that is ever present between
these two. Definite plans will be an
nounced at a later date.
Miss Long To Enter
State-Wide Beauty
Contest March 29
A state-wide movement to select
"Miss North Carolina for 1935," be- '
gun In September of last year, will
culminate in the final selection to
be held lender the auspices of the
Winston-Salem Junior Womans
Club In that city on March 29. Many
towns of the state are sending their
most beautiful girls to compete in
this final selection. The winner will
be rewarded with a trip to New York
N. Y. Miss Lucille Long, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Long, will rep
resent Roxboro in this contest, hav
ing won in the preliminaries held
here in the closing days of last fall.
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Creedmoor Supply
Company Moves
The Creedmoor Supply Company
has moved its stock of mules from
the rear of the Planter's Warehouse
to the Wlnstead Livery Stable on
the corner of Lamar Street and
Reams Avenue. .
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REG. WARREN BREAKS
FINGER; IS IMPROVING
Mr. Reginald Warren had the
misfortune to have his little finger
caught while he was harrowing on
his farm on Route 1 The injured
finger, on his left hand, was mash
ed afenost flat. Although the fin
ger has caused Mr. Warren no end
of afconvenfence and considerable
pain, he is able to be about his busi
ness, and thw flnyer is healing up
rapidly.
HOUSE SHAKES;
BOYS SCARED;
COME HOME
Boy Sctmts, On Week-End Trip,
Abandon House When Wind
Rocks It
A group of valiant Boy Scouts'
set out Saturday afternoon to spend
the week-end on Hagar's Mountain.
Packing numerous provisions they
proceeded to their destination,
planning to spend the night in a
small, one room cabin that is
perched on top of a large rock near
the crest of the mountain but
slightly on the western slope. Every
thing was lovely until one of these
high, fast, and mighty March winds
came along in the night. One of
the boys was awakened by the gen
tle rocking of the cabin. He awoke
all the others and they packed up
their belongings and came home.
It is a question whether it would
have been braver to have stuck It
out until morning or to have trud
ged the seven long miles back to
town in the dead of night. They
arrived here about 1:30 A. M. Sun
day morning.
Being good scouts they presented
a lady, from whom they had pro
cured the use of a bucket, with all
the provisions that had been laid
in for the weekend trip. Those in
the party were: Curtis Long, Bill
Michaels, Basil Riley, Bill Clay,
Robert Smith and J. D. Oliver.
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Kane Bids Low On
Henderson School
; Submits Bid Of $203,000 For Build
ing;, But Contract Is
Held Up
I George W. Kane, contractor, sub
[ mitted the lowest bid for the con
| struction of a large and modern
high school building at Henderson
This announcement followed the
canvassing of the bids Saturday.
The bid submitted by Mr. Kane
was $203,000. As this was in ex
cess of the amount set aside for the
construction of the building, the
contract was held up until the
school board meets to consider the
situation.
SAFETY
The Indianapolis Life Insurance
Company was organized in 1905 to
furnish Life and Endowment In
surance and Annuities at the low
est cost consistent with safety. It
is an old Line, Legal Reserve, Mu
tual Company owned by the Poli
cyholders, for the Policyholders. No
company on this plan has ever fail
ed. As a guarantee of the fulfil
ment-^ every policy obligation, the
strict investment and Compulsory
Deposit Laws of Indiana limit In
vestments to high-grade non-specu
| lative securities and require that
j the reserve on all policies be de
posited with the State of Indiana.
KNIGHT'S INSURANCE AGENCY
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MISS JACKSON'S
APPRECIATION
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Mr. J. W. Noell, Editor
Roxboro Courier
Roxboro, N. C.
Dear Mr. Noell:
I wish to thank you and each of
the merchants, who so kindly spon
sored the recent contest "Why I
Trade in Roxboro," also the judges,
and hope that my letter, in last
week's issue of The Roxboro Courier
will help to make all boost the "old
home town."
Sincerely,
Margaret Jackson
PEACE
Our graceful sprays and wreaths
lend a peaceful atmosphere to fun
erals. ROXBORO FLOWER SHOP i
Phone 30. ? I
Roxboro Chamber
Of Commerce Will
Organize Soon
All Who Are Interested In
Seeing A Chamber Of Com
merce Will Meet Tuesday
Night.
Mr. J. S. Merritt and J. W. Noell,
chairmen of the committee repre
senting respectively the Kiwanis
and the Rotary Clubs, have called
a meeting of the citizens of Roxboro
and Person county to meet in the
courthouse on Tuesday night, Mar.
26th, at 7:30 o'clock for the pur
pose of completing the organization
Every one interested in such a meet
ing are urged to attend. At this
meeting new memberships will be
called for and a permanent organi
zation effected.
A large majority of the business
men think this is the wise thing to
do and have taken memberships.
' If you are interested in the up
building of the town and county you
are invited to attend this meeting.
Remember the date, Tuesday,
; March 26th, at 7:30 o'clock, at the
i courthouse.
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Notice!
To My Friends:
Owing to the fact that I will have
to go to the hospital for an oper
ation it will be impossible for me
| to see those who have promised me
' an order for their fertilizer. If they
; will see Mr. D. L. Whitfield and
give him their order I will get the
! credit for it, and receive my com
' mission.
I appreciate the promise of your
business, and since I have had to
go to the hospital need it more
| than ever. Please give your order
to Mr. Whitfield.
Yours Truly.
Irving O'Briant
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Long Memorial
Methodist Church
Sunday School 9:45 A. M. W. A.
Sergeant, General Superintendent.
Morning worship at 11 o'clock,
, sermon by the pastor, subject: "A
Wise Woman Buildeth."
Young people's meeting at 6:45.
Evening worship at 7:30 Sermon:
Subject: "The Penitent Malefactor."
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DEATH OF MRS. BURCH
Mrs. Burch of Caswell county
died March 11, 1935, at the home of
her daughter, Mrs. Carm Everett.
She has been an invalid for the
' past three years. She is survived
: by a daughter, Mrs. Lillian Ever
; ett and a son, Lewis Burch of Ra
j leigh. Funeral services were con
| ducted by Elder Roy Monk and her
body laid to rest in the family bury
ing ground.
i SERVICES AT ST. MARK'S
EPISCOPAL CHURCH
There will be services conducted
by Rev. A. S. Lawrence at St. Mark's
Episcopal Church every Thursday
afternoon at 4:30 P. M. during
Lent.
Services next Sunday afternoon
at 4:30 P. M. at St. Mark's Episco
pal Church. The public is cordially
invited to all services. 1
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ATTENDING DENTAL MEETING
Drs. J. H. Hughes and Robert
Long are attending a meeting of the
National Dental Association in
Washington, D. C., this week.
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New Areas In Flood Territory Under
Water; 13,000 People Without Homes
Memphis, Tenn., March 19. ?
As flooded tributary rivers en
gulfed new areas and threat
ened otl??rs to^ay, 13,000 per
sons weje homeless in the south
east Missouri-northeast Arkan
sas section alone.
In the upper basins of the
St. Francis, Black and White
rivers, where .the spring sprees
of the streams began, the Red
Cross said more than 4,000
dwellers, mostly Missorlans, had
returned to their homes.
Their 13,9000 downstream
neighbors clung to the shelter
of railroad box cars, vacant
store buildings, courthouses and
churches as they awaited a fur
ther recession of the waters, and
farther below, hundreds of oth
ers .watched anxiously as the
almost unprecedented crests
surged southward. -
'Real distress," was in evi
dence on all sides, Howard Bon
ham, of the American Red
Cross, reported at Little Rock,
after a tour of the Arkansas
Missouri zone. Red Ch?s
chapters all over Arkansas were
asked to send funds to fight
hunger and disease. Pour
cases of pneumonia were re
ported at one point.
KIWANIS CLUB
LAYS PLANS FOR
PREVENTORIUM
Play Directress Presents Synopsis;
Mr. Owen Sings; Other Busi
ness Discussed
The Roxboro Kiwanis club met in
regular seSsjon on Monday night in
the Womans' Club building with
the ladles of the Baptist Church
serving an appetizing meal. Miss
Shay, directress of American Le
gion play, "The World's All Right,"
presented a synopsis of it in pic
tures, telling who of the local pop
ulation would take each part. She
then presented Mr. Owen, a mem
ber of the cast, in one number that
he would sing on the night of the
presentation.
A proposal was made that the
local club contact some nearby
group for the purpose of an inter
club meeting. This met with favor
able approval and was turned over to
the proper official to be arranged.
A preventorium for this county,
sponsored by the Kiwanis Club and
other organizations, was brought
up. Nothing definite was done, but
the groundwork was laid in that
it is being investigated thoroughly to
see what the outlay will be. A more
thorough discussion will be had
ujjon this proposal next Monday
night.
Mr. L. L. Morgan of FOaleigh, N.
C. was another guest of the club.
The meeting next week will be
held at the Woman's Club building.
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Thanks To Our
Correspondents
We are most gratified at the num
ber of our friends who are sending
in the news from their section, and
trust they, will keep it up. For
some time we have been crowded
for space, notwithstanding we have
been printing extra pages each
week, but after >fre make the change
and go to twice- a-week we will
be in position to take care of ev
erything sent in. By all means
let us have your neighborhood news
but, don't forget we must have the
name of- the writer, not for publi
cation, but for our own protection.
We were handed a newsy letter
this week from one of our friends ?
we suppose it was from a friend,
though it was not signed. It was
newsy and, as far as we know, all
legitimate news, but there were
notices of four marriages to occur
soon, and we just naturally are
shy on publishing notices of mar
riages unless we know who sent in
the notice. We remember only
too well what a dressing down we
received for publishing a notice
of this kind, when in fact, there
had been no wedding, and no wed
ding was in sight. Now, honestly,
four weddings in one community 1
is going rather strong, and we felt
there might be a little mistake.
However, if you expect your com
munications to be published we
must have your name to the ar
ticle.
Roxboro First
Baptist Church
"Thou must be true thyself
If thou the truth wouldst teach;
Thy soul must overflow If thou
Another's soul would reach;
It needs the overflow of heart
To give the overflow of speech.
Think truly, and thy thoughts
Shall the world's famine feed;
Speak truly, and each word of thine
Shall be a fruitful seed:
Live truly, and thy life shall be
A great and noble creed."
Bible School 9:45 A. M.
Preaching 11:00 A. M. Subject:
rHE GREAT THINGS OP GOD.
Baptist Training Union 6:30 P.M.
Preaching 7:30 P. M. Subject ?
rHE PATIENCE OP JESUS.
A cordial invitation is extended to
ill. W. P. West, Pastor.
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3ECOND QUARTERLY
CONFERENCE
The second quarterly conference!
'or Person Circuit will be held at
>as Chapel on the fourth Sunday
tfarch 24th, at 3 P. M. Let all of
icials of the charge be present for i
his meeting, as delegates are to
je elected to the District Oon
erence which meets early in May.
E. B. Craven, P. C.
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Coarse hair has its advantages in (
wing more easily managed and I
lolding a wave better than line 1
ilky hair. But keep it bright and t
oft by rubbing warm otive oil into i
he scalp and hair the night before <
ou have a wave. Leave the oil on [
11 night. i,
"THE WORLD'S ALL RI6HT" TO BE
STAGED BY ISO LOCAL PEOPLE
Versatile Citizen
Mrs. S. B. Davis, who has served
for the past year as president of
the Woman's Club. One of her
objectives when she took up the
duty of president was a community
house, and this has been secured.
Through the Woman's Club she has
been of inestimable benefit to Rox
boro and Person County. We con
gratulate her upon her year's work.
Roxboro Plays
Well In Meet
At Hillsboro
Awards Presented To Two
Roxboro Players For Out
standing Play
The Roxboro basketball teams
participated in the invitational
basketball tournament held at Hills
boro last week. .Sixteen teams, eight
boys and eight girls, contested for
honors in the meet.
The Roxboro girls eliminated tho
Allensville girls by a score of 19-5.
The Roxboro girls' team was later
eliminated by the Efland girls by a
score of 21-15. The Hillsboro girls
won the final contest from Efland.
The Roxboro boys were matched
with the Hillsboro boys and these
teams put up the best game of the
tournament. Roxboro led at the
half, but Hillsboro finally won by a
score of 20-19.
On the all-tournament team of
girls Mary Craven won a place, and
Boone Oliver was selected as a mem
ber of the boys' all-tournament
quint. Each of these players re
ceived a gold medal for outstand
ing play.
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Durham Herald
Machinist Here
On Visit Tues.
Have you ever had a man comn
Into your office looking for trouble?
That is just what happened at The
Courier office yesterday. Mr. H. F.
Davis, popular and efficient mach
inist of the Durham Herald-Sun
papers, was the man. He assembled
the new linotype machine recently
purchased by The Courier, and he
was back Tuesday to see if every
thing was running smoothly. When
he assembled the machine, . he
started on Friday and in sixteen
working hours the machine was all
ready to run. We are always glad
to have Mr. Davis visit us.
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Presiding Elder
Preaches Sunday
Dr. H. B. Porter, Presiding Elder
of the Durham District, occupied
the pulpit at Edgar Long Memorial
Church Sunday evening, bringing
to his hearers a powerful message.
After the regular services the sec- '
ond quarterly conference was held. '
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MR. TIMBERLAKE IS
BUILDING NEW HOME '
Mr. Anderson Timbelake, who is 1
jonnected with Mr. Geo. W. Kane, <
is building a home on Bamett Ave. t
When completed it will be quite an <
iddition to this locality, which al- i
?e?dy boasts some beautiful resi
iences, and will be occuped by Mr. ?
ind Mrs. Tiniberlake, who are now t
naking their home in Helena.'
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A Hilarious Comedy Of Radio
Life Will Be Produced Mar.
22 and 23 At The High
School Auditorium
The American Legion, sponsors
for the musical comedy, report that
the cast and choruses and group
members. In fact everything is In
readiness for the big production,
which will be staged this Friday and
Saturday nights in the Roxboro
High School. This great show is
one of the biggest amateur produc
tions ever staged tn this town, and
everything points to packed houses
on both nights.
The scene is laid in the broad
casting studios of W.A.R. whose call
letters stand for the "World's All
Right.
The plot revolves around the lead
ing character, Jimmy Waddell. This
part is played by Mr. Coy Day. He
and his sweetheart, Jane. Miss Vir
ginia Puckett, his secretary, are try
ing to keep the bill collectors away
and the program going so that they
may sell some advertising on their
station before it is placed in the
hands of the receivers. They hope
to get Mr. Dinkell of Linkell Pick
les, Inc., played by G. C. Hunter,
to buy an hour for (10,000.00.
Everything is set for a big pro
gram when things start happening.
The talent quits. A bill collector
hounds them for past-due bills and
threatens to turn off the electric
current. The bill collector's part
is played by Mr. G. J. Cushwa. All
the time this excitement is going
on, Jimmy and Jane fill in with im
promptu impersonations and song
and dance numbers to keep the pro
gram going.
When things look the worst, the
comedy lead, Joe, the office boy,
played by Mr. Wm. Montague, comes
in to rehearse his act. The cur
rent in the studio is turned on and
he actually broadcasts his number
to the world. It is a sensational
success. Thousands of telegrams
flow in. Mr. Dinkell not only buys
the program for $10,000.00 but pays
$27,500.00 . in order to get it away
from his competitors. Of course,
this means they do not have to
close the station, and Jimmy and
Jane get married. Joe is made Vice
president of the company and gets"
his first square meal in three weeks.
Woven through this plot are the
big spectacular, sensational musi
cal scenes, group numbers and solo
parts of the show. The show is
unique because, instead of the au
dience listening to a program thru
a radio where they cannot see the
talent perform. "The World's All
Right" brings the entertainers right
before their eyes.
The first feature numbers is the
Children's Hour featuring Miss
Maude Montague as the Tell -Me -
A-Story Lady. She is assisted by
a hundred local children in the
Tiny Tot Parade. These little
folks give you a scene that is amus
ing and clever and will hold appeal
for the most sophisticated people.
The next big group number is the
Sunshine Chorus. This has a big
chorus from the High School Glee
Club, and two girls' choruses in col
orful costumes doing clever routines
to the numbers "Whistle and Blow
Your Blues Away, 'and 'Smile In
The Morning and Smile in the
Night."
A novelty quartette number us
ing an arrangement of the famous
old-railroad ditty, "Cas^v Jones,"
"Oh Mamie Riley," and They Kept
the Pig in the Parlor," is an out
standing feature.
Next the hill billys give "My Blue
Ridge Mountain Home' and "They
Cut Down the old Pine Tree." In
this number we also have an old
time square dance with a fiddler and
guitar player and special comedy
feature entitled, "Frankie and John
nie" in which the old-time melo
drama is pantomimed. This pan
tomime is one of the high spots of
comedy in the production and is
pantomimed by some of the best
actors in the community.
In direct contrast to this number
we find Mr. Russel Owings appear
ing as Skipper Ericson. He will
five a special interpretation of that
dramatic number, 'I'm Waiting For
Ships That Never Come In." He
will be assisted b* eight girls dress -
id in sailor costumes.
Including all types of music in
ills big broadcast, it would of course
x! incomplete without a bit of sa
:red music. So the next number on
;he varied program is by the Vest
id- Choir of 30 voices. This number
s - very majestic and inspiring.
Following the choir is a grouping
ind blending of the most popular
hertle songs from operettas and mu
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