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XjtlE COURIER, A
SEMI - WEEKLY
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PERSON COUNTY
AND HER PEOPLE.
J. W. NOELL, EDITOR
VOL. LIJ.
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ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA MONDAY, JUNE 3, 1935
(County Correspondents Solicited)
NUMBER 28
Report 20,000
Dead In Quake
PROVINCE IN
> INDIA ROCKED
Meagre News Says That Whole
Towns Are Wiped Out
MANY ARE INJURED
Karachi, India, May 31 ? An esti
mate that 20,000 persons were killed
early today in Quetta alone by an
earthquake which rocked northwest
India was contained tonight in a wire
less dispatch from the Quetta sta
tion.
The message was one of the first
complete estimates to reach here since
the earthshock wrecked all land com
munication lines throughout the dis
trict.
Before the message arrived, unof
ficial and unconfirmed estimates had
placed the death toll as high as 30,000.
Qufetta reported that the number
of injured was thus far estimated
only as "in the hundreds."
Hie earthquake hit around 3 A. M.
with three violent shocks, devastating
the countryside around Quetta, which
is on tee northern frontier.
44 Soldiers Dead
There were 44 known dead among
the men of the royal air force.
Rescue work was underway with dis
patch, according to the meager ad
vices trickling through the broken
communication lines.
Conservative reports here and at
Simla, the summer capital of India,
said at least 1,000 persons were killed
in Quetta and that the village was
laid in ruins.
Although th? offices of the govern
or-general and the staff college and
military headquarters escaped serious
damage, most of the other sections of
the town, including the thickly pop
ulated native districts were destroyed
by the shocks.
Among those reported killed were
Meredith Jones, of the political de
partment, and his wife and her moth
er, Mrs. Bradford, an irrigation en
gineer named Francis, and his wife.
Previous reports that railways suf
fered heavy damage later were believed
to have been incorrect, as it was said
relief supplies and workers were able
to penetrate the quake-hit sections.
The Punjab government was active in
recruiting physicians and nurses.
A brief message by wireless, the only
means of communication, said that re
lief work had been started at Quetta
with hospitals and camps set up on a
race course and the grounds of the
residency. Supplies we^e said to be suf
ficient for the present.
Sir Norman Carter, the agent of the
gfovernor-general . sent through one
short message to Simla, confirming
the intensity of the earthquake and
made an urgent request that physicians
and nurses be rushed.
The quake jarred the northern fron
tier of India at 3 A. M., wrecking its
havoc in about one minute.
The province of Baluchistan, popu
lated by 868,000 persons, was hardest
hit. Unofficial reports said that in
one village of the province, Mastung,
with its 4,000 persons, suffered a loss
of 80 per cent of its inhabitants.
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"Straight Gospel
~ w Preaching"
Here's a cordial invitation to the
people of Mebane and surrounding
country to attend a revival to begin
in Mebane Baptist church next Sun
day. If you like straight Gospel preach
ing and excellent singing of Gospel
songs, you will enjoy coming. Mr. West
who will do the preaching, is an ex
cellent preacher. As a man, he is of
rare and charming personality. Mr.
Young who will direct the music has
splendid recommendations both as a
singer and man.
These men will not arrive until Mon
day afternoon. But the Pastor desires
very, much to have a large congrega
tion at both services next Sunday.
Whatever Is said will be brief and
worth your thoughtful consideration.
?Mebane Enterprise.
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MR. OAKLEY HELPS TO
PULL OFF BIG SALE
" Mr. Kenneth H. Oakley, who is con
nected with .thejC. B. Temple Company
pulled off another big land sale In
Granville Friday and Saturday, when
" they sold more than 200 lots.
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Rotary Members
Hear Brief History
Of Local Club
The Roxboro Rotary Club held its
regular meeting at the New Commun
ity House Thursday night. A delight
ful dinner was served to the members
and their guests by the ladies of the
local chapter of the Eastern Star.
Chris Wagner, manager of the club
ball team, reported that a game had
been scheduled with the Kiwanis Club
for Tuesday afternoon at 5:30 at the
high school ball ground. The committee
appointed to draw a resolution asking
that immediate action be taken to se
cure a Post Office building for Roxboro
submitted such a resolution which was
approved by the club and signed by
its members. It was directed that this
resolution be forwarded to our Con
gressman, Prank Hancock.
Mr. Nath Lunsford was in charge
of the program for the evening. S. P
Nicks, Jr. read the names of all the
members of the club since its organi
zation in 1924 together with the dates
of their admission, O. B. McBroom
gave a brief history of the club and
Nath Lunsford pointed out some of
the interesting events during the life
of the club.
Guests of the club for the evening
were Mr. Flannigan, Rotarian ftfom
Henderson, Bernlce Silvie of Staten Is
lands, N. Y? Charles Timberlake and
Robert Nicks. ,
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Rotary Vs Kiwanis
Tuesday Afternoon
At High School
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Civic Clubs Will Plav Soft-ball
Game At 5:30 P. M.
The Rotarians challenged the Ki
wanians to a soft ball g^me to be
played on the high school baseball
field Tuesday afternoon at 5:30 P. M
This game will, no doubt, feature
some of the best ball players that each
club can offer. It is felt that the gen
eral public will like to come out to
see these boys in action.
Several years ago the Rotary Club
had a ball team and they would
engage clubs from surrounding towfos
in games quite frequently during the
baseball season, but they ceased this
some years since. The Kiwanis Club
will made its debut in the ball field
Tuesday afternoon. That is, a debut,
in baseball other than that played
from the backs of donkles.
The ball and bat to be used are on
display at Long Bradsher Hardware
Company.
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All-Day Singing At
Wheeler's Church
Prof Walter Simmons n. of Greens
boro who is well known in this Coun
ty will hold all-day song services at
Wheelers church on the second Sunday,
June 9th, at 3:00 o'clock. Elder Floyd
Adams will preach. Everybody is cor
dially invited to come and bring a
basket dinner.
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IN M E B A N E
Rev. W. P. West and Kir. Howard
Young will leave today for Mebane.
where Mr| West will preach for ten
days and Mr. Young will lead the song
service for a meeting in the Mebane
Baptist Church.
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Mr. H. A. Sawyer In
Head-On-Collision
Mr. H. A. Sawyer, secretary of Rox
boro Chamber of Commerce, was pain
fully but not seriously injured Sun
day afternoon as he was returning to
Roxboro. A negro by the name of Ira
Harris ran into his." car at the inter
section of the Bahama and Roxboro
read, doing damage to the amount of
about $260 to Mr. ? Sawyer^ ~cur, a"
Buick, and. just about demolished com
pletely the negro's car, an old Chev
rolet. Witnesses to the accident say
the negro was entirely in fault In the
matter, for whom a warrant has been
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Inspector Looks
Over The Grounds
For Free Delivery
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Prospects Look Bright For This
Service As Soon As Condi
tions Are Met
An inspector was here Friday and
Saturday making a survey of the town
looking to the establishment of free
delivery for the city. Of course, like
all inspectors, he had to find some
things not Just right? you know they
have to do this in order to hold their
jobs.
However, he did say things justified
the city in having a limited free de
livery service, and while he did not
say to, we took it for granted that he
would make such a recommendation.
There are several things which will
have to be done before the service can
be established, for instance, the
streets will have to be named and ap
propriate signs erected, and the houses
will have to be numbered, and each
one receiving mail will have to provide
a suitable mail box. This, we think,
will done as it will entail no great
cost on any one.
Mr. Duke T ransfer'ed
To Raleigh Branch
Mr. J. Lewis Duke was notified Fri
day that he would be transferred to
the Raleigh branch of the Carolina
Power and Light Co., with whom he
has worked * at this branch for the
past two years. During that time
Mr. Duke has been Superintendent of
the Sub-Station located just north of
the city limits.
Though Mr. and Mrs. Duke have
endeared themselves to all with whom
they have come in contact and Rox
boro is loath to give them up, we re
joice with Mr. Duke at his promotion.
It is understood that he will be con
nected with the dispatcher's office in
Raleigh.
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Five Roxboro High
Graduates Finish
College This Year
In the lists of those who wound up
their college careers with The close of
the present year are seven Roxboro
High School graduates. They are:
Miss Katherine Nicks, from Duke Uni
versity; Miss Ruth Maness, from
Greensboro College for Women; Misses
Rachel Stephens and Hazel Brooks,
from W. C. O N. C.; and Cliff Long,
from Mars Hill, College.
No. 1528 Wins Stove
Given Away Sat.
Night By The Courier
$75.00 Coleman's Stove Won By
Mr. C. A. Harris, Holder Of
Winning Number
The Gasoline stove offered free of
charge to the holder of the winning
number at - the Exposition last week
was won by Mr. Charlie A. Harris,
holder of ticket No. 1528, the winning
number drawn from the locked bal
lot box Saturday night by Mayor R. B.
Dawes.
The stove was on display at the
Exposition all the week and many peo
ple called at The Courier booth to take
a chance.
On Saturday night at 9:0 o'clock
Mayor R. B. Dawes carried the bal
lot box to the stage in the rear of
the warehouse, unlocked it, and after
stirring the tickets thoroughly, pulled
out (me, which was the lucky number
as stated above.
THE COURIER, always glad to be
of service to its patrons, appreciates
| the co-operation of the many people
who came to cast a ballot on the stove.
Mr. Hajrris is to be congratulated on
winning this stove for it is an un-to
date Coleman's Gasoline Stove, and
present to the holder of the winning
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MOVED INTO THEIR
NEW BUNGALOW
Mr. and Mrs. Anderson Timberlake
have moved into their beautiful new
bungalow on Barnett Ave. While Mr.
Timberlake has been dolnf business
here, connected with Mr. George IW.
Kane, he has been making his home
at Helena, and we are glad to welcome
he and his good wife to our town.
Tacoma Boy Returned For $200,000 Ransom
Above, right, is little George Weyerhaeuser, 9, son of the multi-millionaire
lumberman, J. P. Weyerhaeuser, who was returned safe and sound to his par
ents Saturday morning after being held for $200,000 ransom. The girl in the
picture is his sister, Anne, now 13.
KIDNAP GANG SLIPS THROUGH
FORMIDABLE POLICE ARMY IN
RECORD NORTHWEST MANHUNT
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However, Great Man-Hunt Con
tinues Over Wide Front In
The Pacifit NorthWest
MYSTERIOUS PLANE
FIGURES IN SEARCH
Previously Reported Kidnappers Of
Weyerhaeuser Boy Might Try To
Escape By Air With $200,000 Ran
som : Mysterious Prisoner Spirited
Away At Chicago.
Pendleton, Ore., June 2 ? A motor car
carrying hard-riding suspects in the
George Weyerhaeuser kidnapping ap
parently slipped through the guard
lines of a formidable police army in
Oregon's badlands today, but the great
man hunt continued with an ever
widening scope.
Flying squads of state police and
deputy sheriffs raked the area all day,
but returned to Pendleton tonight, re
porting the sedan that thundered a
cross the border from Washington last
night apparently had eluded them.
This morning a mysterious car raced
through Holdman, in the badlands area
north of here and was followed about
20 minutes later by six aittomobile
loads of heavily-armed officers, while
a mysterious airplane droned overhead.
The Holdman car turned out to be
one on duty in the hunt. The air
plane was not identified, but it be
came known that Naval planes from
the Sand Point station in Washing
ton had been cruising over the area
on a separate mission.
Watching Plane
Previously, it was reported the kid
napping gang might seek to escape
by air with their $200,000 ransom mon
ey. Oregon police disclosed they had
been watching an airplane once re
putedly owned by Jack "Legs" Dia
mond, late New York gangster. It was
said the plane had been moved into
Oregon recently from the Los Ange
les area.
State Police Sergeant B. J. Statts
said:
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Mr. Duncan To Be In
Charge of Contract
Compliance Office
Office Will Be Open About The Tenth
or Fifteenth Of June
Mr. V. E. Duncan will have charge
of the Compliance Office in this coun
ty for the coming season. Each tobacco
signer will have his crop measured to
see that he has lived up to his agree
ment with the government to plant
so much and no more. Mr. Duncan's
duty will be to supervise this work
under the direction of County Agent
H. K. Sanders.
Since each crop has been Increased
fifteen per cent over the base acreage
as figured on the three-year average,
this offlice demands quite a bit of
tabulating of figures and will require,
aside, from the supervisor, some fifteen
or twenty field workers who do the
actual measuring.
R.F.D. Carriers Met
At Bethel Hill Thurs.
The Association of R. P. D. Carriers
of Person county held their annual
meeting at Bethel Hill Thursday, the
30th. The association was the guest
of carriers Montague and Woody of
Woodsdale, and they had prepared a
bountiful dinner. We were told that
credit for this feast went to Mrs. E.
L. Wehrenberg and associates, and they
did a fine job.
Mr. Nonjian Street is president of
the association, and he called the
meeting to order, with Mr. E. L. Weh
renberg pronouncing the invocation.
Mr. Street addressed the association,
thanking the Woodsdale carriers and
the good laides for such a fine recep
tion. He was followed by J. W. Noell,
Hassel Fox, Copeland Garrett, Ed. Fea
therston and Mr. Wehrenberg. The
next meeting will be held at Helena,
with Mr. and Mrs. Tom Clay.
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Visiting Minister
Occupies Pulpits
At Sun. Services
Rev. Geo. Atkinson Preached At
Presbyterian And Metho
dist Churches
Rev. George Atkinson, a Presbyter
ian minister of Columbia, S. C., oc
cupied the pupit of the Presbyterian
Church at the morning service yester
day and the Methodist pulpit at the
evening service.
Rev. Mr. Atkinson preached along
the lines,..fif reform for the modern
school of thought, basing his remarks
for his evening message on the anoint-;
ing of Saul as King. '
This minister stated that he had
visited every state in the union with
the exception of Arizona. His re
marks denoted that he was a widely
traveled and well-read man. He talk
ed interestingly on many experiences
that he had while g6ing about from
one section of the country to the
other.
CAPT. DUNCAN
IS PROMOTED
Capt. A. A. Duncan who has been
in the United States Army since 1917
and in the Air Squadron since about
1922, has been promoted to the rank
of Major. Majjr Duncan is stationed
at Wheelers Field, Hawaiian Islands,
where he is second ranking officer.
He is a son of Mrs. Florence W. Dun
ean of- this county and we know that
the people of this county will be in
terested to learn of the rapid advance
ment of this native son.
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Paultney Bigelow says Germany will
restore Monarchy.
Editorial In The
Roxboro Courier
Bringing Results
WHIG Broadcasting Company
Of Greensboro Puts It
On The Air
PROGRAM SPONSORED BY
THE ROXBORO COURIER
This morning from 7 to 8 o'clock
WBIG Broadcaasting Company of
Greensboro, gave a program, spon
sored by THE COURIER, under the
title of "Greetings! This is Another
Day." In opening the Announcer said:
"The Roxboro Courier, ably edited by
the Hon. J. W. Noell (?of course this
Honorable was dropped in just to tick
le us ? ) in a recent edition, had a very
timely editorial in which was cited the
need of a publicity man in the live
town of Roxboro. We are going to
read this editorial. Here it is: He
then read the editorial entitled, "Need
a Publicity Man."
After reading the editorial mention
ed the announcer closed with the fol
lowing:
Greensboro should get with Rox
boro and a number of other of our
neighboring towns and help them with
their problems.
Highway improvement by the addi
tion of number 144, should benefit a
great section of North Carolina.
Greensboro and Roxboro should work
together in publicizing this new short
route to eastern cities.
After all, doesn't Greensboro, Guil
ford County, North Carolina, ALL need
publicity? If we spent the same time
BOOSTING during this so-called de
pression, that we do SQUARING, this
favored region would be the most
prosperous country in the world!
So, you see, Roxboro is getting on
the map and If you will follow THE
COURIER and boost your town soon
we shall be as well, known as the
most prominent cities of the State.
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Commissioners Are
Asked To Und'rwrite
Terracing Unit
Machine Will Be Hired Out To
Farmers For Terracing
Purposes
A Terracing unit for Person Coun
ty, a project on which County Agent
H. K. Sanders has been working for
some time, is almost an assured thing.
At the meeting of the County Board
of Cornm(lssioners today they will be
asked to underwrite such a project for
this county.
The ? machine will be hired out to
the farmers at a cost not to exceed $3
per hour. Out of this amount $1.25 or
$1.50 will be turned back to the ma
chine company to cover the initial cost
of approximately $4,400. It is estimated
that the machine can terrace two thou
sand acres of land per year, thus tak
ing about two years at the above rate
to pay for the machine.
The other part of the $3.00 per hr.
will be divided as follows: Sixty cents
per hour to the tractor and grader
operator and twenty cents to the tar
get man. The other will be used to
cover the cost of operation and the
wear and tear on the machine.
In the event of bad weather, bad
crops, or low prices and it is seen
that the machine cannot be paid for
out of its work, then some organiza
tion will be asked to pay the difference
between what has already been paid
and that which is due. However, with
good prices it is felt that no such
difficulty will be encountered.
The initial amount of two thousand
acres for terracing has already been
oversubscribed.
Alamance County, with a machine
in operation for two months, has al
ready booked more acres than it will
take to pay for their machine, and
this without any additional solicitation.
They are now operating for a cost
as low as $1.23 per acre.
The cost in this county will never
run more than $2.50 per acre and, will
be on a graduated scale from that
figure downward, depending on the
condition of the ground to be terraced,
rocks, etc. It may be that the cost
per hour of $3.00 will be brought to
$2.80 but it will not come under that
figure.
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VISITORS IN ROXBORO
Mrs. H. A. Sawyer of Durham and
her -mother, Mrs. Ann B. Harrimon of
Charleston, S. C? were Roxboro visitors
Sunday.