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THE COURIER, A SEMI -WEEKLY DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF PERSON COUNTY . AND HER PEOPLE. (if l)e Hoxboro Courier ESTABLISHED PERSON COCNTTS OLDEST AND BEST NEWSPAPER. UNDER SAME MANAGEMENT AND OWNERSHIP FOR 50 TEARS. IF YOU HAVE SOME THING TO SELL, TELL IT THROUGH OUR WANT COLUMN MONDAY AND THURSDAY J. W. NOELL, EDITOR HOME FIRST, ABROAD NEXT $1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE. VOL. LII. (Monday and Thursday) ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 1935 (County Correspondents Solicited) NUMBER 33 Roosevelt Plans For Share-Wealth Program Flays Big Fortunes; Hopes To See Action By End Ot Session Proposes Inheritance And Gift Taxes, And Higher Income And Graduated Corpora tion Levies HOLDING COMPANIES ALSO GET ATTENTION IN UNUSUAL MESSAGE Washington, June 19 ? A share-the wealth tax program based upon the philosophy that big fortunes are creat ed by collective rather than individual effort was submitted to Congress today by President Roosevelt, with an im plication that he hoped for action this session. That the President had such an idea in mind took nobody by surprise. But that he should ask enactment of such a broad plan when leaders already were bending every effort to get Congress ready for adjournment by mid-July lit erally startled some. Republican lead ers immediately said that to enact such a comprehensive program would prolong the session indefinitely. His Program Briefly, what the President suggest ed as a "sound public policy of en couraging a wider distribution of the wealth." was this: 1. Imposition of inheritance and gift taxes on top of the present estate tax es, to be segregated for reduction of the national debt. 2. Higher taxes on incomes above $1,000,000 a year. 3. Graduated taxes on corporation incomes ranging from 10 3-4 to 16 3-4 per cent instead of the present flat 13 3-4 per cent. 4. A Constitutional amendment per mitting the taxation of incomes from now tax-free state, county and city bonds. 5. The "simplification" of corporate structures by the elimination through taxation of "unnecessary holding com panies in all lines of business," and the similar and unnecessary" corporate surpluses. Will Go Over The. fifth proposal, he said, could not "adequately be debated" in the time | remaining this session, and leaders generally were agreed that he felt it j (Continued On Page Five) Ford V-8 Open Air Show Opened Mon. Mr. C. O. Crowell, authorized Ford Dealer of Roxboro announces the op ening of a special open air show of Ford V-8 products. The show will be conducted on the Grammar School lot, facing City Service Station from June 17 through June 22nd. Interesting entertainment, pictures, and demonstrations have been planned for both day and night; attendance Special favors will also be provided for everyone in attendance. The show promises to be a most in teresting and educational exhibit ? all the Ford V-8 passenger cars will be displayed. The Ford V-8 truck, dem onstrating the new forward load prin ciple, will be on hand. There will also be an Interesting display of the various Ford V-8 commercial cars. The special mechanical and construc tion features and other exhibits are sure to create the attention and wide spread interest of most everyone who visits the show. Everyone is invited to attend. o MRS. OAKLEY SPRAINS HER ANfcLE Mrs. R. H. Oakley had the unfor tunate experience $o sprain her ankle when she started to step out of a car Monday. At this writing she is re ported to be improving, being able to get about some on the injured mem ber. n BEAUTY SHOPPE ADDS TWO NEW OPERATORS Two new operators, Mrs. Ola Rad ford of Goldsboro, N. C. and Miss Celia Pruitt of Oxford, N. C., have joined the staff of Mi-Own Beauty -Shoppe. Both operators come highly recommended, and especially -Mrs. Radford, who comes to her present position with eight years experience in the work. The management invites all patrons and - would-be patrons to visit them. > Long Memorial Will Suspend Sunday School For Children Action Comes In Compliance With Re quest Of State Health Depart ment In Fight Against In fantile Paralysis. The Edgar Long Memoral Meth odist Sunday School in compliance with a request from the State Board of Health, requesting the discontinance of the assemblying of children in Sunday School and other places as a means of lessen ing the danger of contracting In fantile Paralysis ? will close this work to children under fifteen years of age until further notice. SECURITY BILL APPROVED BY SENATE - ? Civil WAR PENSION (HECKS ARE HERE Semi-Annual Payments To Veterans Of Civil War Or To Theii4 families Is Now In The Clerk's Office The semi-annual payments to the veterans of the War . Between The States, or their widows, are in the hands of the Cleric of Court. The amount that is to be distribu ted to these veterans or their families comes to $2015.00, divided as follows: Twenty-one widows of veterans re ceive $50.00, four receive $150.00, and two veterans receive $182.50 each. The division is made on the basis of disability. Those who are total ly disabled receiving the highest a mount, with a graduated scale for those who are in good health. The two re maining veterans in the county re ceive the full amount of the pension. I W Allqood Succumbs To Paralytic Stroke Wednesday Keeping Roxboro To The Front Nature Displays Numerous Ob ject Lessons In Co-operation That Should Be Copied By Communities. _ Hundreds of bees to each comb of honey make a comparatively quick and easy operation of what would be an im possible task for a lone bee, however industrious. On every side nature flaunts this lesson in man's face. The seed in it self is nothing. Sun, soil and moisture must co-operate with the latent germ in order to produce plant life. The sol idest rock is only co-operating atoms. The strongest man is weak alone. On ly by working with others or winning others to work with him can he ach ieve worthwhile results. To co-operate is to join forces and something more. It is to join hearts as well as hands ? and slip a little soul into the bargain. The Roxboro Chamber of Commerce is an organization working for the good of all. Every community has its CIVIC SLACKERS? men who turn an indifferent eye to the live projeots of the town. Perhaps it's because they do not know what it all means. You have no more right to be in different to your city's efforts, hopes, and ambitions than to neglect your own family. For every citizen is in reality a sort of "Relative-." You, as a unit, are morally responsible for what is done AND what is UNdone. Lets get together ? break through the ice. A crowd of mighty good fellows ? fired by an ambition to put the good old town over in big shape, are giving extra time unselfishly to this effort. And, best of all, once they get in it, they enjoy it. They feel that they are accomplishing momentous projects for themselves, their children, and their children's children. The Roxboro Chamber of Commerce is a very bad case of undernourish ment. Many of our citizens have done their part and thrown their shoulders to the wheel. Our appeal is to those of you who have not. We are counting on you ? we expect you to count on us. ROXBORO CHAMBER COMMERCE o ATTENTION Knight's Insurance Agency office will be open from 7:45 o'clock to 6:00 o' clock. They sell all kinds of insurance. Mrs. R. V. Murray and Mr. Howard Young will be there to serve you. Come in and pay your premiums while I am on my vacation. KNIGHT'S INSURANCE AGENCY ? o WILL SOON RETURN Mr. Carl Winstead Will return in the next few days from Lincolnton, N. C. where he has been recuperating at ths home of his brother from an operation he underwent several weeks ago at a Charlotte hospital for an injured knee. Reports say that he is improving nice ly. ? o KNOXVILLE VISITORS Mr. and Mrs. Zeb. T. Featherston, of Knoxville, Tenn., were week-end guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Featherston. Mr. Featherston was formerly a citizen of Roiboro and he and Mrs. Featherston have many friends here. \ CLOSED IN HONOR OF MR. ALLGOOD All branches of the Roxboro Cot ton Mills remained closed all day today in honor of Mr. J. W. All good, whose untimely death Wed nesday cut short an active Super intendency of these mills stretching over a period of thitry-three years. Understanding^ sympathetic to ward the problems of those who worked with him, Mr. Allgood was loved and respected by every employee of the concern, from the highest to the lowest. Fittingly the mill closes its doors during the interim out of love and esteem toward one whose whole life's work was wrapped up in its welfare. ? o? ? ? ? Skeet Club Opens Wed. Afternoon i Many Enjoy .Shooting On .Opening Day. Will Be Open Again Sat The Roxboro Skjeet Club opened Wednesday afternoon on the Semora Road just beyond the Turtle Pond. A large crowd wag present and the shoot ing was thoroughly enjoyed by all. 1 About five hundred shots were fired during the afternoon. Some of the hunters seemed surprised that they did notlbreak all "the targets; as the shots came from different directions, some cere D. L. Whitfield had the best score I of the day with 16 out of twenty-five ! targets. Wyatt Monk broke 9 out of thirteen, C. E. Brooks broke 9 out of thirteen, any one breaking over ten out of twenty-five targets to start with is considered a goot shot. Shooting will start again Saturday evening at 1 P. M. -0 Will Represent Mutual Benefit The Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company, long one of the most pop ular companies doing business in this | I section, has secured as their represen ; tative for this section Mr. J. B. Riggs I bee. Mr. Rigsbee is one of the most pop ular busineq^ men of the city, having been connected with the Peoples Bank for many yearsT and the Mutual Bene fit is to be congratulated upon se curing his services for his spare time. ! MISS PASCALL VISITING HER SISTER HERE Miss Rosa Paschal, of. Golds ton, N. C? is visiting her sister, Mrs. A. M Burns. Miss Paschal has been Dean of Limestone College. Gaffney, S. C., for the past several years, but resigned at the close of the past session. RECUPERATING IN THE HOSPITAL The friends of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Winstead will be glad to know that their small daughter, Berna Dean, who has been confined to Watts Hospital for several days, is improving. " ? ~ a _ ? IMPROVED Little Miss Emily Moore, daughter of Mrs. Hattle Moore, who was rush ed to Watts Hospital Tuesday after noon for an emergency appendix oper ation, is' reported to be improved at I this writing. ? Funeral Services This Afternoon From Home On Webb Street; Survived By Wife And Eight Children. WAS PROMINETLY IDEN TIFIED WITH LIFE OF TOWN The entire town was shocked Mon day morning to learn that Mr. J. W. Allgood, one of its most prominent citizens, had been stricken with para lysis during the night before. Though every effort was made to save his life, he weakened until the end came at 7:30 A. M. Wednesday morning. Mr. Allgood has been Superintend ent of the Roxboro Cotton Mills for more than thirty-three years, coming to Roxboro from Henderson, N. C., on December 2, 1901. James Wheeler Allgood was born at Yadkinville, N. C., in Yadkin County on July 23, 1877. Prom there he went with his family to the plant of Chero kee Mills at Cherokee Falls, South Carolina, and at an early age started to work with this company under the Dean of the textile industry in the South, J. C. Plonk. It is remarkable how he gained the knowledge that he did in the textile industry. There were no books or catalogues of textile ma chinery in those days, and each over seer and superintendent had his own rules and figures for mill calculations. By hard work and perseverence Mr. Allgood learned the fundamentals of the textile business jn this hard and difficult school. He always gave the credit to Mr. Plonk for his help and advice during this formative period of his life. The result was that in an early age he prepared himself to take a responsible position. In June 1901 Mr. Allgood followed his brother to the Henderson Cotton Mills at Henderson, N. C., and when R. E. Long, who was then Secretary and Treasurer of the FJoxboro Cotton Mills, looked for a man to succeed Mr. Chad wick, Mr. D. Y. Cooper of the Hen derson Cotton Mills strongly recom mended J. W. Allgood for the position of Superintendent of the Roxboro Cot ton Mills. Accordingly he came to Roxboro on December 2, 1901. He has been with these mills since that time. He has seen them grow from a small plant of 600 spindles employing 75 people to a plant of 39,000 spindles employing 900 people. During this time he has served this Company with great abil ity, an dthe qualities that made him succeed early in life broadened and in spired him to even greater achieve ments. He was a success as Sup erintendent of the Roxboro Cotton Mills from the beginning. His abil ity, and the qualities that made him duct was in a great measure respon sible for the success of this Company. He was ever on the Job, and the wea ther was never too cold nor' too hot or the hours too 'long for him to give his entire time and attention to these mills. They have suffered a severe loss, and his place will be almost im possible to fill. Prom one who has known him during all this period of time comes the tribute that he never saw or heard any employee of these mills speak disrespectfully or unkindly of J. W Allgood. Mr. Allgood was married on March 15^ 1899 -to. Miss Miirirflri Wilson and eight children have blessed this union: Mrs. O. Z. Gentry, Misses Vivian, Min nie. Janie and Lizette Allgood, all of Roxboro, three sons, L. W. AllgoOd of Laurinburg, N. C., James W., Jr., and Buddy of Roxboro, one grandson, Zacky Gentry! Tl^ey have been a par ticularly happy family, and liave been < Continued On Page Eight) Mr. J. W. Allgood who passed away Wednesday morning following a stroke of paralysis on Monday. Farmers And Others Guests Of Kiwanis Club Monday Night Club Entertained At Community House In Regular Weekly Session ABOUT SIXTY-FIVE PERSONS, ARE PRESENT The Roxboro Kiwanis ClJb enter tained Monday night at the Commun ity House honoring about thirty invited farmers and other guests. Welcome was spoken in a few well chosen words by the .presiding of ficer, Rev, Furman Herbert. Hie first speaker of the evening, Mr. S. G. Win stead, retiring Superintendent pf Education and a farmer, was fittingly introduced by Mr. Redmond Dawes: Mr. Winstead spoke briefly on the re lationship of business men of the town and business men of the farm. He urged a more cooperative- spirit be tween th? two groups as a real basis of workable understanding. Mr. H. K. Sanders, Demonstration Agent whose life and work is closely identified with that of the farm and the- farmer, the second speaker of the occasion, was introduced by Mr. Sam B. Winstead. Mr. Sanders spoke on some of the things that could be had in the county by a cooperative ef fort between the groups represented at the meeting. Miss Margaret Hannah Critcher, ac complished young musician, was the guest pianist. The farmers who attended are as follows: Messrs. w. R. Hayes, Reuben Strum, B. R. Duncan, J. O. Tillman. L. P. Sherman, G. C. Tillman. W. T Carver. W. A. Black, W. R. Wilker son, J. H. Shotwell, E. G. Clayton, John McEloeney, Thomas Gentry, Ralph E. Wrenn, James Foushee. J. E. Daniel. S. G. Winstead, C. E. Brooks, W. A. Wrenn, Barksdale Smith, John R. Jones, J. E. Horner, Carl Hester, and Jasper Whitfield. Ohers who attended are: Messrs. J. W. Noell. Hugh A. Sawyer, R. B. Grif fin, and H. K. Sanders. '1 , n . UNEMPLOYED OFFICE DOING GOOD BUSINESS Mr. Oakley, in charge of the unem ployed office here, tells us that he had more than sixty applications on the first day of his opening. We hope every one who really wants work will be cared for, and those who do not want work will be told where the may get off ? off the welfare relief list. o ATTEND PASTOR'S SCHOOL Rev. J. V. Herbert and Rev. R. E Pittman are attending the annual Pas tor's School which is in session at Duke University this week. Rev. E. B. Craven was attendant upon these ses sions until he - became-sick. several days ago. The school will close Friday -o? WILL SPEND THE SUMMER Mr.s J. A. Beam left the first of the week for Deltaville, Va.. where she plans to spend the summer with her daughter, Mrs. T. W. Smith. Protection Assured 25,000,000 Persons In Declining Years Vast Taxing Program Set Up Under Measure AGED ARE SERVED FIRST Beginning Next Month Needy Persons Over 65 Will Re ceive Monthly Payments Washington, June 19 ? The adminis tration's vast social security plan, call ing for the biggest tax program in the nation's history, today was shoved through the senate by a 76 to 6 major ity and thereby assured final enact ment. Despite scattered outcries from both the Democratic and Republican sides that parts of the bill were unconsti tutional, opposition melted when it came to a record vote on the measure proposed by President Roosevelt last January to "remove certain hazards and vicissitudes of life" for Americans. It was shuttled quickly back to the house for action on senate amendments, including one added today to exempt private pension systems. In the main, however, it rode through the senate in a form closely approximating that recommended by the President. Ad ministration spokesmen defended its constitutionality, and predicted an early settlement of senate-house dif ferences. Benefit Starts Next Month Although it excludes farm labor, do mestics, casual, governmental and char ity workers, the bill would create a huge national unemployment reserve. Proponents declare it would cover near (Continued On Page Five) o Lee Varner Elected To Two Offices At Ashbury College Elected President Of Debating Society And Business Manager Of Civic Arts Committee For His Senior Year Mr. Lee Varner, son of Mrs. Georgia Varner of this city and a member of of the rising Senior Class at Asbury College in Wilmore Kentucky, has been named to head the Debating So ciety at his college for the incoming year. He has also been elected as Businesvs Manager of the Civic Arts Comihittee of the same institution. Mrs. Varner and her children have made their home here for the past several years and since their coming have identified themselves with the social and business life of the town. Lee graduated from Roxboro High School with the class of 1932, going from there to Asbury College, where he will finish next year. He is a young man of exceptional qualities, and his friends will be pleased to know of the honors that have been conferred upon him. It is understood that he is fitting himself for the ministry. o THE LETTER BOX We have established a column which we will call, "The Letter Box," and in this column we will be glad to publish letters from any citizen, male or fe male, who has something they want to say. Say it, regardless of whether it agrees with something we may have said or not, only please do not get personal. Try to confine your letters to from 100 to 200 words, you know long letters are not read like those more brief. Send in your letters, and If they need polishing up oirF force will look after that part of it, and again, do not forget to sign your letters, sign them, and if you do not want your name to appear we will withhold it, but we must know who sends in the letter, so sign It for our protection. o MR. CARLTON IS IMPROVED Mr. L. M. Carlton was In his office today for the first time since he was injured almost two weeks ago in an automobile accident. Mr. Carlton suf fered severe injuries to his knee, and although he is still using crutches to aid him in ' getting about, he is im proving rapidly.
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