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VOL. LII.
(Tuesday And Friday)
ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, MAY 10, 1935
(County Correspondents Solicited):
NUMBER 21
Local Business Men Will Sponsor Exposition
MERCHANTS, MANUFACTURERS, AND
FARMERS TO PARTICIPATE; MAY 27
* OPENING DATE OF THE EXPOSITION
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Free Exhibitions To Be Held
Daily Outside Of Exhibition
Hall. Man Will Skate Around
Top Of Court House.
The Merchants, Manufacturers, and i
Farmers Exposition which will be held
under the sponsorship of several local
business men in the W instead Ware
house is scheduled to open Monday,
May 27 and continue through that
week.
Definite" plans are being made and
everything points to a successful ven
ture. Many of the leading merchants,
manufacturers and farmers of this
section will take part in the exposi
tion.
Each day there will be special, free
attractions to be held outside the ex
position hall. Not the least among
these is Rex Powers and his troupe.
Powers is a skater of exceptional abil
ity. He will perform on top of the
courthouse, skating around the narrow
ledge that borders the top. This ledge
is approximately fourteen inches wide.
Another of his daring feats will be
a sixty-foot slide erected at the side
of the W instead Warehouse, down which
he will skate. It is said that he
sometimes gains a speed of eighty
miles per hour or upwards in this ride
for life.
Directors for the Exposition are: |
Messrs. O. T. Kirby, D. D. Long, J
S. Merritt, M. C. Clayton, and S. B.
W instead.
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200 Dime Letters
Received By F. D. R.
- Spars Post-Office Dept. To Invoke
Lottery and Fraud &SQH
Even the President is not immune
from the chain letter fad. He has
received more than 200 "send a dime"
letters in the past few days. Nor is
it confined to him alone, because prac
tically every other government of
ficial has received a raft of them.
All letters received at the White
House have been turned over to the
Post Office officials.
Under fraud and lottery laws the
officials could issue fraud orders hold
ing up all mail addressed to any per
son known to have written such let
ters. Should such a ban be issued,
post-office employees would be in
structed to rAura all mail to the send
ers with the word "fraudulent" stamp
ed on the face of it. Letters without
return cards would be sent to the
dead letter office.
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To Preach In Durham
Rev. J. P. Herbert will preach on
Sunday morning May 12th at Duke
Memorial Methodist church in Dur
ham, for Rev. H. C. Smith, who is a
patient in Duke Hospital, where he re
centaly underwent a major operation.
There will be no preaching at Long
Memorial church at that hour, as Rev.
H. B. Portrt- will preach the high
school sermon at the high school
building.
CATHOLIC0 SERVICES
Saints Mary and Edward Catholic
Church, Rev. Eugene P. Carroll,
? Pastor
Mass and Sermon this coming Sim
day at 10:30 a. m.
Sunday School for the children im
mediately following.
The public is cordially invited to all
these services.
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Make Honor Roll
/? mong the list of those who made
the honor roll for the Winter Quarter
at the University of North Carolina are
th? names of Miss Susanne Winstead
and Edwin Hamlin. Both of these
students are graduates of Roxboro
High School and are making good rec
ords in college.
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A Rare Opportunity
The auctions sale which will be held
on Saturday is an opportunity to buy
a hOffie, R farm, or a town lot-on which
to build a home of your own design.
Attend this sale and buy at your own
price .Remember the date, Saturday,
May 11th, beginning at 10 o'clock, a m
House Kills Quart
L i q u or Bill
Adjournment Either Tomorrow Or Sat
urday Likely ? House Passes And
Sends To Upper Chamber Bryant
Proposal To Create Commission To
Study Whiskey Situation In State
Raleigh, May 8 ? Working feverishly
toward sine die adjournment either
Friday or Saturday, the house today
killed the Day liquor measure to allow
adults "to purchase one quart of whis
key every 15 days, as the senate ap
proved all but one of the acts submit
ted to the legislature by the public
works administration.
Both divisions of the general assem
bly met again tonight to clear their
decks of local legislation, so that the
public calendars might receive full con
sideration tomorrow.
The senate has not yet acted on the
house resolution calling for sine die
adjournment Friday afternoon at 5
o'clock, but with much more work fac
ing it, upper branch leaders said the
time would be moved up at least until
Saturday at that hour.
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Long Memorial
Methodist Church
SUNDAY MAY 12TH
Sunday School at 9:45.
No morning preaching service.
Young People's Meeting at 6 p.m.
Evening preaching service at 8 o'
clock. The pastor will preach on the
subject: "An Anxious Mother."
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Forty-Three Votes
Cast In Town
Election Tuesday
Mayor And Commissioners Put
In Office With Small Number
Of Votes Being Cast. Only
One Ticket
Citizens of Roxboro went to the
polls forty-three strong Tuesday to
elect a new board of commissioners
and re-elect the mayor.
The real fight was fought in the
mass meeting held a month ago when
Mayor R. B. Dawes was re-nominated
and tjiese commissioners were selected:
Messrs. G. W. Kane, Gordon c. Hun
ter, G. W. Cushwa, Preston Satter
fleld, and C. L. Brooks. There was no
opposition in the election yesterday.
There is an ordinance which says
that any candidate other than those
chosen by the citizens of Roxboro
njeeting en masse desiring to run for
the Board of Commissioners or Mayor
in the general election must file no
tice of such candidacy at least five
days prior to the election. No such
candidates filed and so the regularly
selected ticket was duly elected.
The new board will take office im
mediately. One of the first problems
confronting them will be the appoint
ment of a City Manager. The busi
ness of this office has been carried on
by the board with the assistance of L.
K. Walker since the resignation of the
last incumbent.
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Small Blaze Brings
Out Fire Dept.
A pile of shavings just back of Hotel
Jones brought out the fire depart
ment last night about 10:45 when It
was discovered that It was afire. Get
ting to the scene quickly the fire was
extinguished before any damage was
done.
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SERVICES AT THE
PRESBYTERIAN CH.
- -9:45 a. m. Church School.
There will be no service at 11:00 a.
m. Everyone Is invited to attend the
service at the High School.
~6:45 p. m. Young People's Meeting.
THE AMERICAN MOTHER FOR 1935
NEW YORK ... A small vivacious woman with sparkling dark blue eyes
and silvery hair has been selected by the Golden Rule Mother's Day com
mittee as the typical American Mother for 1935. She is Mrs. Fletcher M.
Johnson of Irvington, N. Y., widow, 59, shown above with one of her thirteen
grandchildren. She is the mother of six children.
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Commencement At
Roxboro High To
Begin Friday Night
Baccaluareate Sermon Sunday
Morning By Rev. H. B. Por
ter ; Literary Address Tues
day Evening By Hon. Kale
Burgess.
Friday evening, May 10th ? Senior
Class Play ? Sunday morning, May 12,
Baccaluareate sermon in high school
auditorium, by Rev. H. B. Porter, pre
siding elder of the Durham District
of North Carolina Methodist Episcopal
Conference.
Monday evening. May 13th, Seventh
grade promotion exercises at the high
school. The address of the evening will
be delivered by Robert P. Burns, local
attorney. Mr. Bums always brings a
message well worthwhile, and the pub
lic generally is earnestly invited to
hear him on this occasion.
Tuesday evening, May 14th ? Gradu
ation exercises.
The address before the graduating
class will be delivered by Hon. Kale C.
Burgess of Raleigh. Mr. Burgess is an
eloquent and interesting speaker, and
his audience here will doubtless be
pleased with his address.
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Special Services At
Presbyterian Church
Services To Begin May 20th And Will
Continue Through May 26th. Rev.
James H. Caliban To Preach
Rev. Jtimes H. Cjkligan, pastor of the
Presbyterian Church of Valdese, N. C.,
is to be the guest of the Roxboro Pres
byterian Church during the week May
20-26 th, and will preach each day dur
ing that time. Rev. Mr. caligan was
graduated from Davidson College in
1927 and from Union Seminary In
Richmond in 1931. Since then he has
been located at Valdese.
A hearty invitation is extended to all
to attend these services.
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''Don't Miss The
String Music And
Play At Jalong'
Be sure you are on hand to hear
"Person County String Band" consist
ing of 5 wonderful musicians. To be
at Jalong tomorrow night. See "The
Little Clodhopper," an American 3 act
Pfunrri T'-rfyfiTTin Tt.*R n orrflnH t>1qv Tiifrt
U,r'l>r*(_Y ttt Of HO. luff ? VUwv
full of fun. Something that, everybody
likes. Admission 10 and 20 cents.
DONT MISS IT!, if' you do you'll miss
the time of your life? Time: 7:45 P.
M. Music begins at 7:45, and the play
at 8 o'clock P. M.
Our Farmers Have
Borrowed $100,000
From Seed Fund
Government Loan Agency Has
Been Busy Receiving Ap
plications And Distribu
ting Checks
Person County farmers have made
good use of the Government Seed Loan
Fund for there has been a little bet
ter than $100,000 loaned from that
agency in the past sixty days, accord
ing to records in the Register of Deeds
office. This amount covers 1125 ap
plications that have been filed with
the local agent.
Shortly after the office was opened
for applications on the 1935 crop it was
a hard matter to get into the office.
From day to day farmers from every
section came pouring into town to file
their applications, and consequently
the office staff was overworked and
the crowd overflowed into the
halls of the courthouse and into the
streets.
However, there has not been much
doing lately. This is due to two or
three reasons, probably, not the least
of which is that the farmers are tak
ing advantage of the good weather to
put in some long delayed plowing and
getting tobacco and corn into the
ground.
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News Flash
Washington, D. C. ? 1:00 P. M.
Postmaster General Jim Parley
has moved to check the chain let
ters. He is instructing all Post
masters to say to inquirers that
these letters are in violation of the
lottery laws and are therefore
fraudulent.
'Slumbering Gold'
The story of man's struggle for
gold almost always is a tense tale
of action. . "Slumbering Gold"
from the pen of Aubrey Boyd, is
a story from the raw, a recital
of the deeds of adventurous men
who swamped into th Yukon
field in *97. It combines all the
elements of mystery, adventure
and romance, a thrilling, well
told story as tense in action as
any fiction ever written of the
West and Northwest.
The first installment of this
story is in this paper this week
Look for it on another page.
Chain Letters Are
Flooding Local
Post-Office
Every Mail Brings Fresh De
luge; Quietus Put On Latest
Fad As Official Ruling Is
Handed Down
VIOLATES LOTTERY LAW
For the past several days all one
can hear In passing up and down the
street Is the chain letter. One man has
it figured that you stood fifteen chances
to one of getting your money back,
while someone else figured that you
could get more than fifteen hundred
dollars if no lirik in the chain was om
mitted after it left your hands.
Chain letters, requesting that you
keep the chain moving by giving ten
cents to the name appearing at the top
of the letter or letters you receive,
and adding your own name to the
bottom of the list, have flooded the
country in the past few weeks.
It seems to work something like
this. One receives a form letter prom
sing enormous profits if you will only
keep the letter moving by writing a
letter to five of the six names appear
ing on your letter, omitting the top
name at the bottom of the list. In this
send ten cents, and adding your own
name at the fottom of the list. In this
manner you are promised enormous
profits, provided the chain is not
broken.
An official stop was put to the busi
ness when a ruling was handed down
from the legal division of the Post -Of
fice Department saying that the chain
letter was a violation of the lottery
prohibiting laws of this country. Sev
eral arrests have already been made,
it is understood, and officials are try
ing to get to tl)e leaders of the move
ment.
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Hon.W. D. Merrill
Addresses Kiwanis
Club Mon. Night
Dean Of Roxboro Bar Makes
Brief Address To Club;
Miss Lorena Wade Was
Guest Pianist
' Choosing as the theme of his re
marks the section of the Constitution
of the United States dealing with the
powers of Congress to coin money and
regulate the same Hon. W. D. Merritt
told the Kiwanians Monday night
that "Every Man worked for money,
not because he loved it, but because it
is the medium of exchange and we
cannot get along without it." He point
ed out many things being done by the
administration that each should con
sider as affecting his life In a very vi
tal way. His speech was enjoyable and
instructive. He was introduced by J.
S. Merritt.
Hie president called for committee
reports. John Ellington, reporting for
the Arrangements Committee, an
nounced that the inter-city meet with
Oxford and Henderson would be held
on Tuesday night. May 14 at the Wo
man's Club building in Oxford. S. B.
Winstead, reporting for his committee,
put a motion before the club that it
present award to the boy, a Senior, who
had shown outstanding work in Rox
boro High School during his four years
there in citizenship and leadership.
This was amended to be a cash gift
of ten dollars and to include any Sen
ior; it carried in this form.
Miss Lorena Wade very graciously
presided at the piano as the guest
pianist for the evening.
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SECURITY
After you have spent your early life
at hard work you should ftave a life
income policy that would enable you
to retire and take life easy. Why not
see-* local agent- about a plan of this
nature. You don't have to have a dis
interested fellow come Into town to
see you. Let the people where you live
handle your insurance for you so that
they can look after your affairs when
the other fellow is not here.
KNIGHT'S INSURANCE AGENCY
Seniors Promise
Entertainment For
All Friday Night
Romance, Comedy, Drama, All
Will Be Included In The
Presentation Of "Our
Uncle Dudley."
ROXBORO HIGH SCHOOL
FRIDAY NIGHT AT 8 P. M.
"Your Uncle Dudley," an outstanding
comedy hit has been secured by Mrs.
A. P. Nichols and Miss Texys Morris
for production by the Senior Class of
the Hoxboro High School, May 10,
at eight o'clock in the high school au
ditorium.
This is rare, fine news, indeed, for
perhaps no comedy presented recently
has been acclaimed more generally
and generously than this three-act
laugh riot by Howard Lindsay and
Bertrand Robinson.
Uncle Dudley Dixon, of the play, is
a leading light of the community. The
type that is called upon in all civic
drives, events and general public ac
tivities and who gives of his time, mon
ey and self for the reward of flatter
ing speeches as to his citizenry and the
presentation of loving cups.
For three acts you will find yourself
a member of this Dixon household.
You'll adore Uncle Dudley (R .E.
Hamlin, Jr.) with his wholesome
kindliness and his complete collapse
into a romantic affair with the gentle
and intelligent Christine Sederhotm.
(Anna C. Love). And you'll perhaps
hate the assertive, domineering, and
scheming ungrateful sister of Dudley's,
Mabel Dixon Church, (Evelyn New
man), who, with her two children,
Ethelyn (Louise Hassan) and Cyril,
(Dick Puckett) has made her home
with Dudley ever since her husband's
death, shortly after the birth of her
second child. And you'll want to aid
and abet Ethelyn in her romance with
Robert Kirby (Bobby Michaels) and
you'll understand so thoroughly Just
how much the girl rebels at her moth
er's efforts to make a prima donna of
her, when all she wants is a home ?
and Robert. YouH want to spank the
irrepressible Cyril, ev?n while you gig
gle at him. And you'll want to step
right Into the heart of the melee and
plant a smacking kiss on the rosy
cheek of Jenet Dixon, (Helen Day) the
hilariously vivacious mother of Dud
ley and Mabel, who shares stellar
honors with Dudley in this grand, hon
est and human comedy.
Too, the man about town. Charlie
Post, (Prank Hester, Jr.) will be on
the job. Dont fail to see these out
standing players.
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Buck Strum Is
Injured By Auto
Mr. Buck Strum was painfully in
jured Tuesday afternoon when he was
caught between a truck and a build
ing. It seems thaY he attempted to
pass behind the truck which had
backed close to the building in order
to turn around, and just about that
time the driver of the truck backed
a little closer to the building, catch
ing Mr. Strum. He was painfully in
jured about the left knee joint, but
it is not thought that his injuries
are serious.
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Rotarians Vs
K i w a n i a n s
It is being rumored that the Rotar
ians have challenged the Kiwanians
to a soft ball game. The date for
this game has not been set as yet, but
the Kiwanians have accepted the
challenge and it is thought that the
Rotarians will have to look to their
laurels if they expect to win this ball
game. Donkeys will not be used.
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Mr. West To Preach
Baccalau.reate
Sermon May 12th
Rev. W. F. West, pagtor of the First
Baptist Church here, will preach the
baccalaureate sermon before the grad
uating class of Fair Bluff High School
at Fair Bluff, N. C. next Sunday.
Mr. I. C. Fait, who, at one time was
principal of the Roxboro High School
and who is well remembered here. Is
the principal of the Fair Bluff School.