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ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 1935
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(County Correspondents Solicited)
NUMBER 35
PRESIDENT LAUNCHES PLAN
10 HELP BOYS AND GIRLS
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Allots _ $50,000,000 For Four
Fold Program To Train
Young People
TO PERFORM SERVICE %
SIMILAR TO CCC PLAN
Miss Josephine Roche And Aubrey
Williams Designated as Directors
Washington, June 26 ? A fifty-mil
lion dollar program for training young
people and supplying them with Jobs
was put under way today by president
Roosevelt.
Officials estimated that the plan
would take care of half a million young
men and women between the ages of
16 to 25. Upward of the same number
are to be helped by the Civilian Con
servation corps.
"The yield on the investment should
be high," Mr. Roosevelt said in an
nouncing the program
Four Sections
The new plan was divided into four
sections designed to:
Give young persons work in private
industry.
Train and retrain them for private
employment.
Allow them to finish high school and
college.
Give them work relief on youth pro
jects.
Miss Josephine Roche, Assistant Sec
retary of the Treasury, and Aubrey
Williams, assistant to Relief Adminis
trator Harry L. Hopkins, were put in
charge of the new program.
Miss Roche declined for the time
being to amplify the Presidential
statement, but said that the program
would get going very soon. Williams
was out of the city.
The money for the work was allo
ted from the work relief fund.
Rates Of Payment
In outlining the plan, the following
rates of payment were set: $15 month
for those in high school; $15 a month
for those in college.
In fixing the scale, Mr. Roosevelt
said ; "I have determined that we shall
do something for the unemployed
youth because we can ill afford to
lose the skill and energy of these young
men and women."
Under Miss Roche and Williams, who
will head the national set-up, was put
a national advisory committee to be
comprised of representatives of labor,
business, agriculture, education and of
youth.
Along with this, in each state a
youth division was to be established,
headed by a state advisory committee
to be appointed by the national advis
ory organization. Similar representa
tion was to be had on the state ad
visory groups to that comprising- the
national committee. A state director
also is to be named in each state.
This director will mobilize industrial,
commercial, agricultural and educa
tional forces to employ and help youth
without Jobs, using both public and
private agencies. Other youth commit
tess would be appointed where neces
sary.
Those Involved
The program is designed to cover
all young men and women not regular
ly in schools and not employed. The
CCC, In contrast, has stressed taking
young men whose families were on re
lief rolls.
Employers would be asked to ap
prentice the youths under arrange
ments worked out locally. This would
cover not only the field of private em
ployment, but public works..
The President specified, also, that
where young persons were appren
ticed to government service, it would
be "of the nature of field work for
classes to be formed to train youth
for public service."
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Will Serve Brunswick
Stew On The Fourth
The Ladies Missionary Society of
Oak Grove Church will serve Bruns
wick stew on both sides of Chub Lake
on July 4th, Thursday. The people
of Roxboro and surrounding communi
ties are invited to get their lunch at
the Lake and help these good women
In a worthy cause.
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Has Tonsils Removed At
Mcpherson's Hospital
Master Rufus Shelton, small son of
Mr. and Mrs. R'. H. Shelton, returned
home Tuesday afternoon from Mc
pherson's Hospital in Durham where
he underwent an adenoid and tonsilar
operation Monday. TTie young man Is
recuperating nicely at the heme of
his parents on Main Street. _
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Raiff's Great July
Clearance Sale
Starts Friday Morning, Will Last
Through July
Rarely have bargain seekers had
such an^opportunity as Raiff's Depart
ment Store is offering Just now. The
sale will start Friday, June 28, and will
last through July With prices such
as are being offered you will be wise to
visit this sale and make your pur
chases early, for many of the bargains
will be picked up early. Read his ad
vertisement in this issue and see just
what he is offering, compare the prices
and then save money by laying in
your needs.
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Caswell Church To
I Celebrate 180th
Anniversary Sun.
Griers Church Is 180 Years Old;
Rev. Joseph Walker To
Preach
Yanceyville, N. C., Jurffe 25, 1935 ? j
i Griers Presbyterian Church in Cas- j
I well County will celebrate her 180th an- I
niversary on Sunday June 30th. This j
church belongs to the Yanceyville
J Group in the Orange Presbytery, and j
is one among the first Presbyterian j
churches established in North Caro- j
lina, the date of its organization be- j
ing 1775.
Eev. Roy F. Whitley, the pastor, says j
a large congregation is expected at i
both the morning and afternoon ser- |
vices. The sermon is to be preached j
at the eleven o'clock service by the j
Rev. Joseph G. Walker, of Gaffney. i
S. C., a native apd former member of j
Griers Church. In the afternoon j
Rev. R. D. Russell of Blackney, Ky.. |
and Judge D. J. Walker of Buriingtoh ]
will be heard. Mr. C. Prank Smith i
of Reidsville will present the historical i
sketch of the church. Greetings will j
be extended from sister churches by
T. S. Neal, Dr. S. A. Malloy. W. P.
Cook, and others. Special music will I
be provided by the local choir, a quar- j
tet from the Cedar Grove Methodist j
Church, and Mrs. M. S. Bason and L. j
W. Lillard both of Yanceyville.
Rev. Hugh McAden and other pion- 1
eer preachers' served Griers Church. |
"Which was knoWHln those" esrly colon
ial days as Upper Hyco Church.
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Many Marksmen
Try Their Luck At
Skeet Shooting
Prize Is Offered For First Per
son To Break Twenty Out
of Twenty-five
Skeet shooting, a newly developed \
form of entertainment for local marks
men and would-be aspirants to that
distinction, has been in operation on
the local course located about two miles
from town on the Semora highway just
opposite the Turtle Pond.
Many went Out to try their skill
and luck yesterday afternoon and some
very good scores resulted. Out of
one round of twenty-five shots these (
scores, picked at random from the
score sheet, were made: E. V. Boat
wright, 18, Mr. Williams of Hurdle
Mills, 18, Dr. O. W. Gentry, 16, J. J.
Hambrick, 14, N. Harris, 13, Dan Whit
field, 12, Gene Thompson, 13, Clinton
W instead, 12, Chris Wagner, 9, George
Currier, 9, Coy Holeman, 8, Gordon C.
Hunter, 7, and Bill Smith, 3.
Correctly termed the fastest grow
ing sport in the world skeet shooting
is popular wherever it has been start
ed and is the closest approach to field
shooting that has yet been found with
inaminate objects. M
The Roxboro Club will be open all
day July Fourth with shooting starting
at~91W) a. m To the first person in
Person County who breaks twenty out
of twenty-five targets a free box of
shell and twenty-five tarc^|teill be
given free. > The Co
will give the person whpj^^^^^^ty
five out of twenty-fijj
| nla for a hunting
Shooting
' urday.
Laval Discloses
Hopes For Peace
Pad With Reich
French Premier Ready To Ne
gotiate General Peace
Agreement With Hitler
BUT OTHER POWERS
WOULD BE INCLUDED
Captain Eden Fails In Effort To Swerve
Mussolini From Determination To
Seize Control Of Abyssinia; Anglo
German Peace Fact Lively Topic
Among Peers
Paris, June 26 ? Premier Pierre Laval
declared tonight he was willing to
negotiate with Adolf Hitler on a
"peace arrangement" for submission to
all European powers, if it appeared
"really possible."
"If the eventualities of a Franco
German agreement, which would re
spect the integrity of all powers, ap
pears really possible soon," the Prem
ier fold the VSenatp foreign affairs
committee, he "would not hesitate to
do his duty in favor of general peace
and reconstruction of Europe."
Laval's statement concerned a prev
ious remark at a press banquet that
"if an accord became possible with
Berlin, I would not hesitate to con
clude it, but for such an accord to come
about it must not be between two, but
among several." (powers).
Hitlers Offer
Hitler's offer of Germany's "peace
and friendship," without any terri
torial demands, in his recent Reichstag
speech, Laval indicated, inspired his
remark*"" *
France, Laval said, "remains more
than ever a supporter of multilateral
pacts and negotiations among all pow
ers for European peace. The League
of Nations remains for the French gov
ernment the necessary framework for
this peace."
The Premier's views were expressed
in a three-hour hearing before the
committee, which he solemnly pledged
to secrecy on his confidential report
of talks with General Hermann Wil
helm Goering, Hitler lieutenant, at
Krakow after the funeral of Marshal
Pilsudski, and with Polish and Soviet
officials at Warsaw and Moscow.
Secrecy is necessary, he said, be
cause various negotiations, including
th^ pact outlined at Stresa, are "far
from finished."
"There are five or six men in the
, world on whom peace depends," Laval
said, "and destiny has placed me a
mong them. I shall work for France
and peace."
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Coughlin Calls
Himself One Of
Roosevelt's Friends
Miami Beach, Fla., June 26 ? Father
Charles E. Coughlin, describing him
self as one of President Roosevelt's
"sincerest friends." told interviewers
here he "hopes" to support him for
reelection in 1936.
It was only as a friend, the Detroit
clergyman said, that he has criticized
the President "in terms many people
have called harsh."
Father Coughlin was here today for
the observance of the 25th anniver
sary of the ordination of Father Wil
liam Berry, pastor of St. Patrick's
church, Miami Beach. He expects to
return north tonight.
Asked about NRA, the militant priest
lowered his voice to a whisper:
"Let us not speak evil of the dead."
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MR. SHERMAN IS WITH
THE SOMERSET MILLS
Mr. Stuart H. Sherman, recently of
Philadelphia, has arrived in Roxboro
where he will be associated with Som
erset Mills.
Mr. Sherman expects to move his
family to Roxboro in the very near
future and we are very happy to wel
come these good people to our com
munity.
PIC NIC CALLED OFF
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The annual pic nic held in the grove
at my home on July 4th has been called
off. Friends will please take note of
this.
S. Y. Wrenn
WILL SAIL FOR EUROPE
SATURDAY; LEFT TODAY
afternoon for New York where she
will' go aboard the Brlttanlc and sail
for a tour of Europe on Saturday af
ternoon. She expects to be away for
about three months, visiting nine for
n rt t y w, e .. . i 1 A niA.f?
vvui'irivfl w *?iic 8W**y <
4-H Club Winners In Washington
WASHINGTON . . . Above are the 4-H Club winners of the Payne Fund
Fellowship for 1935-36, consisting of $1,000 each with which to study for 9
months in the Department of Agriculture. The award is made each year
to one young woman and one young man for outstanding farm club achieve
ments. On the left is James J. Potts of Aspermont, Tex., and right, Miss
Ruth Lohmann of Zumbrota, Minn.
With Half Of Ballots Cast Vote Is
Overwhelmingly In Favor Of Contracts
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All Farmers, Whether Tenant
Or Landowner, Urged To
Cast Ballot Between Now
And Saturday Night
UNFAVORABLE PER
CENTAGE IS LOW
County Agenti H. K. Sanders said
this morning that approximately half
of the expected three thousand votes
that should come from this county
on the continuance of tobacco contracts
beyond 1935 were already in and the
vote thus far was in favor of such
continuance by an overwhelming ma
jority, there being but nine recorded
votes against the plan out of more
than fifteen hundred that have voted.
This fifteen hundred votes repre
sents approximately fifty percent of
the number of votes that should come
from tobacco growers in Person Coun
ty. All who have not already done
so, whether you be landowner or ten
ant, are urged to get your vote into
the office of the county agent before
7:00 P. M. Saturday afternoon, June
29th, which is the deadline for receiv
ing ballots.
A ballot has been placed in the hands
of every grower in the county, so far
as the county agent has been able to
ascertain: However, ~if there are some
who have not received their ballots,
they may come by Mr. Sanders' office
in the courthouse and get them.
The vote that is turned in from each
tobacco growing county in this and
other states will have an important
bearing on the legislation that will be
submitted to Congress and the action
that the United States Department of
Agriculture will take in forwarding
the plans already under way for the
past two years. It is felt that the
wishes of the growers themselves must
be consulted in this matter, and thus
this referendum. Therefore it is im
perative that every vote be turned in
so that the local officials and the
state representatives may know just
how the folks feel about the program.
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Members Of Relief
Roll Are Urged To
Register By July 1st
Registration With The Re-em
ployment Service Is Impera
tive. Projects Are Start
ing Up Soon
Mr. Kenneth H. Oakley, In charge
of the Re-employment Service office
located on the third floor of the court
house building, Is urging all those peo
ple on the relief rolls, who have not
already done so, to register between
now and the first of July. This is the
last warning.
Work on the Virgillna, Granville Co.,
KOxboro road will begin Monday morn
ing. TWs Is the improvement from the
enri of the hard surface., about t?n
miles out from Roxboro. and which
will continue into Virgilina, passing
through a corner of Granville.
The Re-employment Service will be
able to put twenty men to work next
week. ? ? ?
Grange Sermon
At Bushy Fork
Sunday Afternoon
Rev. V. E. Duncan Will Preach, With
Music By Various Choirs
Rev. V. E. Duncan will preach the i
annual Grange sermon at the annual
service to be held at the Bushy Fork
school building Sunday , afternoon,
June 30th, at 3:30 P. M. Music for
the occasion will be furnished by
members of various church choirs.
The public is cordially invited to at
tend this service which should prove
to be most interesting and instructive.
Rev. Mr. Duncan is a speaker of no
mean ability, as well as a profound
thinker who usually has fruit in abun
dance in his words.
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Big Annual 4th
Of July Picnic
The annual 4th of July picnic will
be helcl at Chub Lake- as usual on next
Thursday. July 4th. Mr. Walter Clay
ton says this is to be one of the best,
with ball games, both morning and af
ternoon. brunswick stew for dinner,
bathing, fishing and boat riding. You
are cordially invited to join this jolly
crowd at the Lake.
Three More Cases |
Paralysis Reported
In County To Dale
Total Now Stands At Six Cases
That Have Been Reported
To Health Department
Once more all parents and children
are urged to take every possible pre
caution against the possible spread of
Infantile Paralysis. Although there
have been only six cases reported to the
local health office, this shows an in
crease over the number of two weeks
ago. There is no reason for a general
alarm, but there seems to be every
reason for everyone, both young and
old, to take precautions and keep this
disease from becoming general in this
area.
The three cases that were first re
ported to the health office are said to
be getting along very nicely at this
time.
Over the state generally this af
fliction that is mostly pertinent to
childhood Is gradually spreading, but
it is felt that if every parent will co
operate with health officials and keep
children away from public gatherings
of all sorts until this menace is check
ed that the time will soon come when
the spread will be stopped.
SPENDING VACATION
WITH HER MOTHER
Miss Mary Helen Thompson, who is
in training at Garfield Memorial hos
pital in Washington, D. C., returned
home Saturday and is spending her
vacation with her mother, Mrs. E.. G.
Thompson.
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Rolarians Lose To
Kiwanians In (lose
Till Tuesday P. M.
Lead See-Saws Through Entire
Game. Score Is Tied Sev
eral Times
The Kiwanians won the second game
in the Softball Series being played be
tween the Rotarians and Kiwanians
through the summer. The two clubs
met on the high school grounds Tues
day afternoon and entered into what
was destined to be a very close con
test before the K's emerged victorious.
The "youngest" man on either team
started things off for the Rotarians )
when Mr. Bill Harris knocked out a
long fly to right field. He was followed
by Newell, short fielder, who scored
the first run of the day, Mr. Harris
being put out at second. Earl Bradsher,
catcher for Rotary, chalked up another
score in the first frame. When the Ki
wanians came to bat the best they
could do in the first was one run by
Brooks, catcher.
In the second they jumped into the
lead with three runs while the Ro
taians were getting only one, but the
R's came back strong in the third to
score four times to give them a big
lead. The K's did not score in that
frame, but chalked up five times in
the fourth to a goose-egg for the R's.
In the fifth the score was tied at Ten
all. each team scoring one run in the
sixth, making it still a tie score at
11 all. The R's broke the tie in the
seventh with one run, but the K's came
back, chalking up two to win the game
13-12.
Though Baxter Mangum didn't have
on his pretty uniform, he played a
bang-up good game in left field, and
"Jfcidge" Nicks stopped them, like a
veteran on third. Dave Brooks. How
ard Strang, and Gene Thompson held
an airtight outfield for the R"s while
Bill Warren, Bill Minor, and Baxter
Mangum let nothing get by them in
the outfield for the K's.
Paul Cashwell kept house at second
base, but it took Charlie Harris, Billy
Montague, and Anderson Timberlake
to keep things moving at the "hot
corner", first base. Bradsher, subbing
for Minor in center field, made the
star catch of the" day when he caught
a long fly. Hall and Thomas vied for
pitching honors, each giving up but
few hits. Both teams played good ball
and should a major league scout see
them in action, he might want to sign
(Continued on Page 5)
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Russia Rejects
German Offer
Moscow. June 26. ? Authoritative
'quarters said today the Soviet govern
ment had rejected an, offer, advanced
on behalf of the German government,
for a financial credit of one billion
marks ($400,000,000) to the Soviet un
ion repayable in raw materials, espec
cially manganese, iron ore, and oil.
The offer was declared to have been
made officially by members of Reich
fuehrer Hitler's government with full
authority.
The Soviet reasons for rejecting it
were said to be based on the suspicion
it was "some kind of a maneuver."
The Russians also said it showed the
Germans "overestimated the Soviet's
need for loans."
It's 5-1 You'll Live
After Rattlers Bite
New York, June 25 ? The odds are
99 to 1 you'll be bitten if you pick "up
a mountain rattlesnake, but Ave to one
you'll live ? even without treatment.
Dr. Raymond L. Ditm&rs, curator of
Brox Zpb, and noted authority on
snakes expressed this opinion today.
The chances of being bitten by the
copperhead are about the same, but
the odds on living without treatment
are 10 to 1, Dr. Ditmars said.
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MR. RAYMOND BRADSHER
BREAKS HIS RIGHT ARM
Mr. Raymond Bradsher of the Leas
burg community had the misfortune
Tuesday to break both bones in his
right arm. It seems that Mr. Bradsher
was assisting another man in adjust
ing a belt on a wheat thresher when
the belt slipped, striking him on the
wrist, breaking both bones. At this
time he is as well as could be expected.
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? Week- End At Cherry Point
Messrs. Jeff Day, Jesse Averett, Ozie
Duncan. Andrew Morris and Charles
Davis spent the week-end -at Cherry
Point afvd Morehead City fishing
They report good luck and a good time.'