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THE COURIER, A 6 EMI - WEEKLY DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF PERSON COUNTY AND HER PEOPLE. %ht Hoxboro ?ou rier ESTABLISHED 1881. PERSON COUNTY'S OLDEST AND BEST NEWSPAPER. UNDER SAME MANAGEMENT AND OWNERSH IP FOR 50 YEARS. IF YOU HAVE SOME THING TO SELL, TELL IT THROUGH OUR WANT COLUMN TUESDAY AND FRIDAY J? W. NOELL, EDITOR HOME FIRST, ABROAD NEXT $1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE. VOL. LII. (Tuesday And Friday) ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, MAY 21, 1935 (County Correspondents Solicited) NUMBER 24 Exped To Spend $100,000,000 In North Carolina State Planning Board, High Way Commission Getting Ready For Federal Money OVER $300,000,000 PROJECTS PROPOSED Highway Commission Fears Regula tions As To Labor May Boost Cost Of Public Works, Road, Bridge And Grade Crossing Elimination Projects Plans for spending the $100,000,000 of Federal money expected to be al lotted to North Carolina projects will be completed In the near future, said Capus Waynick yesterday. Already proposals for spending from $300,000,000 to $400,000,000 have been submitted to the State's two agencies which probably will have most to do with deciding where the money shall go ? the State Planning Board and the State Highway and Public Works Com mission. Mr. Waynick Is chairman of both. Yesterday the highway commission's staff prepared to hurry the spending of about $15,000,000 from the Federal Treasury, already allotted to road and bridge guilding and grade crossing e limination in the State. The plans can not be completed until rules and regu lations are received from Washington but the unofficial word is that the government wants fast action as it begins shoving out more 'millions in order to take men off relief rolls and put them to work. More Expected Soon Expecting additional allotments at almost any time, Mr. Waynick prepared to hold a meeting of the planning board next week in order that It might sift through the mass of propo sals and decide what projects it will recommend and in what order it will recommend them, once the money is available. A $12,000,000 State building program, a $15,000,000 school building and san itation plan, resettlement of farmers now straggling along on sub-marg inal lands, reforestation, rural electri fication, health and educational proj ects are included in the great pile of written ideas which crowd Mr. Way nick's deck. Bailey Expects $100,000,000 Senator Bailey thinks we will get our share, about $100,000,000, and I believe he is right", said Mr. Way nick. "It has been called to the atten tion of the Federal government that North Carolina has been sucking the 'hind tit' in all this Federal spend ing. We pay the second highest taxes to the government but we are way down the list on what we get back. New York gets back about $1.14 on every dollar it pays into ttie Federal Treasury while North Carolina has been getting 43 cents." The chairman's chief interest at the present, however, is in the rules which will be promulgated for spending the road money already giv?n the State, and the additional road money expec ted. They don't like to talk about it a round the highway commission but they are* worried lest the regulations, made with an eye to reemployment rather than road building, will boost the cost of construction about accepted levels here. 'Poppy Day' To Be Observed Here Sat. Sale Of Poppies Will Be Directed By American Region. Two Thousand Is Goal "Poppy Day," an annual event in the life of the American Legion, will be observed here Saturday when every one will be given an opportunity to wear the little rod flower of Flanders field. Observance of Poppy Day is to give everyone a chance to pay tribute to the men who fought in the Wbrld War. and who gave their lives for the sake of Democracy,. Th" sale of these little flowers conr stttntes one of the chief sources of in come for the vast work that is being done by the American Legion for. the disabled veterans, their families and the families of those soldiers who are dead. ^ , - O i IT WOULDN'T Hie old saying that all's fair in war wouldn't be true in the event of a war between the Black Shirts and the Ethi . opians ? Louisville Times. School Students Give Interesting Program At Rotary Meeting The lOoxboro Rotary Club held Its regular meeting at the New Commun ity House Thursday night. The pro gram, In charge of Eugene Thompson, was given by students of the city schools. Miss Louise Hassan, winner of the Rotary $50 Scholarship award, given to the best all round student in the senior class, rendered a beauti ful selection at the piano. Miss Doris Jones gave ? humorous and entertain ing reading and Barton Winstead gave a declamation on the subject of Schol arship and Statesmenship. The club, upon being advised that the High School Athletic Association was about thirty dollars in debt with no funds to take care of the indebted ness, took up collection and raised a ilttle above twenty dollars. "Hi is amount was turned over to L. T. Hef ner, coach of the high school. o Think Roosevelt To Denounce All Money Inflation President's Veto Message -On Bonus May Be Vehicle To Reassure Business APPEARANCE LIKELY TO OCCUR WEDNESDAY Bonus Forces Lay Plans TO Make In flation Leading Issue In 1936 If The Senate Sustains Veto; Supreme Court May Render Its Decision On NRA Issues Today Washington, May 19 ? President Roosevelt's veto of the bonus this week will be a hard-hitting attack on all forms of currency inflation, and out of it will come one of the issues on which the 1936 election will be fought, leaders of the greenback bloc in Con gress said tonight. They are ready to accept the chal lenge?now and for 1936. Rep. Wright Patman, Texas Dem ocrat, who wrote the bill which Mr. Roosevelt will denounce in person be fore Congress this week, takes his bon us steering committee to the White House tomorrow in a last minute at tempt to convert the President to j printing press money. "We have some arguments that can't j be answered," he told the United press j tonight, "We appreciate the sincerity of the President, but we also have a duty to perform. The country wants | this bonus bill and we are going to j fight for it. Personal Appearance Asked whether he thought Mr. Roose velt's personal appearance before Con gress to deliver the veto message would result in any desertion from the in flation forces in the House Patman said: "I haven't heard of anybody going over yet." Sen. Elmer Thomas, Dem., Okla. . spoke for the Patman forces in the Senate, where the vote on the veto will be close. "A vote of the Patman bill," he said, "means that inflation is sure to be an issue in the 1936 election. Every body who has money will be affected. It ought to be a hot campaign." The suspicion was growing among Congressmen) tonight that President Roosevelt had seized on a dramatic and timely technique for assuring bus iness men that the administration did not intend to tinker with money. They believe his message will go beyond a mere veto of the Patman bill; that it will dfenounce inflation in any form as a menace to government* credit. Their argument is that business recov ery might be hastened by flat assur ance from Washington that the dollar will be worth exactly as much next year as it is now. o Sentenced To Die In Gas Chamber William Loni, Negro, Found Guilty Of Tbe Murder Of Watchman Burlington, May 18.? William Long, 19-year-old Negro was found guilty of murder in the first degree in Superior court today for the slaying of Sam Minor, aged Negro nightwatchman. who was brutally slain on the night of January 11. Judge Thomas J. Shaw, presiding, later in the day sentenced Long to die in the lethal gas cham ber on June 28. Long is believed to be first to be sentenced to die by gas since the law was enacted changing the mode from electrocution. Arrangements For Exposition Are Virtually Complete Decorations And Wiring Of Ex Position Hall To Begin This Week. Broadway Novelties To Entertain Every Night. The Fanners, Merchants, and Manu facturers Exposition which Is sched uled to begin Monday, May 27th, in the Wins te ad Warehouse will be one of the greatest shows ever staged in Person County. Pinal arrangements are now being made and the decorations, the cost of which is estimated to run into the hun dreds of dollars, will be put up this week, as will the wiring effects. Every thing is being planned for the big opening Monday, and for all the big week lasting through June 1st. Broadway Novelties, a twenty-people novelty show, will entertain with a change of show every night during the week. Tuesday night is country store night when free prizes will be given away. On Wednesday night amatuer perfor mances will be put on with prizes for the winner. Any one who can sing, dance, play any instrument, recite or entertain in any way and ,who wish to take part in this amatuer show are asked to get in touch with D. D. V. Long, manager, for a chance to compete for a prize. There will be dancing every night and the Exposi tion will come to a close on Saturday which has been set aside as Farmers Day with an Old-Fashioned Barn Dance that night. Plenty of entertainment for all. Mrs. Wallace Woods' Music Pupils Present Balanced Recital Presentation Was In Community House Friday Night. Medal For Best Work Won By Miss Gertrude Owens The music pupils of Mrs. Wallace Woods presented a very delightful mu sic recital in the community house Friday evening. Rev. Thomas Hamilton presented Miss Gertrude Owens, a beginner, the medal that is annually awarded to the pupil showing the best work for the year. Honorable mention went to Miss Beatrice Long. One hundred and twenty-five guests were present for the program, after which they were invited into the li brary where delightful refreshments were served. - ? o W. H. Harris Was Oldest Rotarian At The Convention At the District Rotary Convention held in Raleigh Thursday and Friday where there was more than eight hund red Rotarians present all members over seventy years of age were asked to stand. Mr. W. H. Harris of the Roxboro Club and others from other clubs stood. It was found by a pro cess of elimination that Mr. Harris was the oldest member present. Mr. Harris says that he was the only one who would acknowledge to his age. ? 1 1 1 \J Chamber Commerce Sec'y Enters Upon New Duties Monday Office Will Be Located In Old Postoffice Building. Will Be Opened In Near Future Mr. Hugh Sawyer, newly elected sec retary of the Chamber of Commerce, entered actively upon his duties Mon day morning. The office of the Chamber of Com merce will be located in the old post office building and it will be opened just as soon as the necessary furni ture is purchased. Mr. Sawyer is a wide-awake man who comes well recommended to this new ly created office here, and he is a man with several years experience in this kind of work, having been conr nected with the Durham Chamber of Commerce prior to moving here. o A DEFINITION An optimist in 1935 is the fellow who was a pessimist in 1929 and followed his flwn ntivlce ? Dallas .Morning News. The Fowler McCormicks Now At Home CHICAGO . . . Mr. and Mrs. Fowler McCormick (above), are home again. Mrs. McCormick is the former Fifi Potter and divorced wife of James Still man the former international banker. Her marriage to Fowler McCormick, a member of the famous McCormick Harvester family, and a pal of her son, created quite a sensation. Each Link In The Chain Musi Guarentee To Carry Out His Part Or Else He Forfiets His Entrance. Send-A-Dollar chain letter is the latest fad. It works in practically the same way as the Send-A-Dime chain letter did with the exception that there are no letters promising big returns through the mails. The starter of the chain writes as many letters as chains he wishes to start. On each letter he writes the names of a number of people, heading the list, off with his own name. Then he sells the letters to different persons for a dollar each, and in turn that per son is supposed to send the name ap pearing at the top of the chain a dol lar, adding his own name at the bot tom, and as his name works to the top, he in turn receives many dollars for his investment of one dollar. All letters, except the one contain ing the dollar to the person appearing at the top of the letter, are carried by hand. Each man who buys a letter must guarantee that he will carry out his part of the contract or else he forfeits his right to be in the chain. In this way it is thought that the chain can not be broken, and every link will re ceive its proportionate share of the returns. The idea was introduced here a day or two ago and it seems to have taken the town like wildfire. Many citizens are taking part and some are even con tinuing the chain into other nearby towns. It is reported that several have be gun to get returns from their invest ment. o HELENA TO PLAY FRANKLINTON WED. Helena will engage Franklinton in a baseball game on the former's field Wednesday afternoon at 3:30 P. M. They will play various teams on the home ground for the next four Wed nesdays. : ? o ti * WANT PENSION ACT The railroad pension act having been declared unconstitutional , by the United States Supreme Court, labor leaders warn of securing the benefits of such a plan by force. If necessary. Undoubtedly, an attempt will be made to draft a new bill that will stand court tests. Moreover, the social se curity program will be carefully studied to see that it fits the court's decision. o LUCKIEST MAN IN THE WORLD Remarkable story of the ragged shepherd boy who was found asleep guarded by a cobra and was put on a throne in India. One of many fascina ting articles in the May 26 issue of AMERICAN WEEKLY, the big mag azine which comes every week with the BALTIMORE SUNDAY AMERI CAN. On sale by newsdealers and news boys in your locality. 0 1 ? COMMERCIAL PRINTINO OUR V SPECIALITY? THE COURIER ' t ^ Mrs. Newell's Music Pupils Present Recital Award For The Most Improvement Shown During Year Was Pre sented To Mi% Louise Walker Mrs. Wheeler Newell presented her nine music pupils in their annual re cital Thursday evening in the audi torium of the Long Memorial Meth odist Church at 8:00 P. M. That pupil who shows the most im provement during the course of the year is presented with an appropriate award at recital time. This was won by Miss Louise Walker. Misses Ann Margaret Long, Billie Street and Eloise Newell entertained with violin numbers. Mesdames Carrie Bradsher and Wheeler Newell sang a very delightful solo. o George Progresses Our blind friend, George, is a pro gressive citizen. Since he was stricken with blindness almost a year ago, George has been on the streets with his basket of candies, fruits, etc, and his bag of cigarettes and other things to smoke, even sometimes branching out with pencils and neckties Now George has fixed up an ice-box which he has put on wheels to carry cold drinks during the summer months Yes, George is a progressive citi zen and deserves the patronage of all O Pneumonia Victim Passes Monday Mrs. Mary Carver Pergerson Dies Monday Morning Fol lowing An Illness Of Ten Days Mrs. Mary Carver Pergerson passed away Monday morning at 12:15 A. M., following an illness of about ten days With penumonia. Mrs. Pergerson was taken ill on May 10, but did not con tract pneumonia until two days later. Since that time she gradually weak ened until the end Monday. She is survived by her husband, Mr. Bennie Lee Pergerson and eight chil dren, three daughters and five sons. Her mother and father, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Carver of Roxboro, also sur vive as do five sisters and four broth ers, all of Roxboro. Mr. and Mrs. Pergerson made their home in East Roxboro. Funeral services will be conducted from the Roxboro Primitive Baptist church Tuesday afternoon at 3:00 P. M. with Elder J. A. Herndon of Dur ham officiating. -o IT WILL If meat goes much higher it'll have to be delivered in an armored truck Ohio State journal. Terracing Attracting Much Attention In Person County About Thitry Interested Farm ers Attended The Inm ost rat ion Last Week BY H. K. SANDERS ' The big terracing outfit arrived on time last Wednesday morning at the farm of Mr. James R. Foushee on the Leasburg road and built 5 terraces during the day. A crowd of about 30 men were present to see the big trac tor work in tha morning and about 25 were present In the afternoon. * Mr. O. P. McCrary, District Agent, of State College, Raleigh, was present, and made a talk in the morning and again in the afternoon to the men present regarding the plan for secur ing the terracing outfit. He was follow ed by Mr. E. R. Raney, Agricultural Engineer from State College, who ex plained the mechanism of the terrac ing outfit to the farmers present. A vote was asked to be taken to see how the farmers reacted to the terracing demonstration and each one present voted that he would like to see such an outfit in the county, and that each would like to have his own farm terraced with this tractor. About 12 acres were terraced during the day, at a cost of approximately 11.50 ner arre. As soon as we can secure 200ft acres, we shall be ready to negotiate with the Board of County Commissioners and the equipment company regarding a terracing outfit for this county. All farmers who are interested in terrac ing are invited to drive out on the Leasburg road, about three miles from Roxboro, to Mr. James Foushee's farm, and see the work that was done by this terracer. Those who have not already signed all the acres they need terraced are invited to call at the Farm Agent's Office and sign a form stating how many acres they would like to haw put in the same shape as this field at James R. Foushee's. The terracer works by the hour, at $3.60 per hour. This makes the cost per acre in proportion to the topo graphy and condition of the fields to be terraced. Gently sloping land can be terraced in less time than steep and rough land, and will therefore cost 1 less. Some fields may be terraced for $1.00 per acre or perhaps even less, I while others will cost more. We esti mate cost per average acre to be some where- between $1.00 and $2.50. 4-H CLUB WORK The Farm Agent is anxious to enroll ; as many boys as possible in 4-H Club j Work. All boys between the ages of 10 and 18 years are eligible to join by agreeing to work one acre of some crop, such as tobacco, corn or wheat. Not only may the boys enroll for farm ' , crops, but they may also elect some of the livestock clubs, such as pig, sheep, ? calf or poultry club. I I A prize cf $10.00 will be given to the > ; 4-H member who submits the best j record for his father's farm operations | in 1935, This prize is given to stimu late interest among the club members in bookkeeping or record keeping on ! the farm. Any boy eligible to Join, if 1 interested, should Communicate with the Farm Agent's office regarding the blanks to sign for membership. CUTWORMS a numoer 01 requests nave come w the Farm Agent's office asking fop the best treatment for cutworms. The best treatment Is a poison bran bait. This is made of one pound of arsenical poi son thoroughly mixed DRY with 25 pounds cf either shorts, middlings, bran or alfalfa meal. For the arsenical, powdered arsenate of lead or arsenate of zinc, paris green or calcium arsen ate will answer, the choice depending on which is easiest to secure. To make the poisoned bait more attractive to the cutworms some seasoning, such as two quarts of cheap molasses to the 25 pounds, or a half dozen lemons run through a meat chopper, is usually added. When mixed, add enough water to make a pasty mash. To make this bait in small quantities use 5 pounds of bran, 2 level table spoonfuls of one of the above men tioned ansenicals, one-half pint of cheap molasses and enough water to make a pasty mash. After the mash has set for a few hours, scatter it broad cast- over the garden or infested soil, or about the base of the plants that have been set out. Hie best time to apply this mash is late in the day so that it will be moist and attfactlve when the cut worms come out during the night to feed. AS THIS MASH IS P0I80N0US YOUNO CHILDREN, LIVESTOCK, AND POULTRY SHOULD BE KEPT AWAY FOR A FEW DAYS FROM THE FIELDS WHERE IT HAS BEEN (Continued On Page 8)
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