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THE COURIER, A SEMI - WEEKLY DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF PERSON COUNTY AND HER PEOPLE. (Ehe Itaboro Courier ESTABLISHED U.L PEESON COUNTY'S OLDEST AND BEST NEWSPAPER. UNDER SAME MANAGEMENT AND OWNERSHIP POR 5. YEARS. IF YOU HAVE SOME THING TO SELL, TELL IT THROUGH OUR WANT COLUMN MONDAY AND THURSDAY J. W. NOELL, EDITOR VOL. LII. HOME FIRST, ABROAD NEXT $1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE. (Monday and Thursday) ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, JULY 11, 1935 (County Correspondents Solicited) NUMBER 39 Money Matters Are Holding Spotlight * Currency Stabilization Possibil ities Emphasized At Home And Abroad Washington, July 10 ? Two brief, but significant, statements echoed across the Atlantic today to focus interna tional attention on currency stabiliza tion possibilities. Attorney General Cummings, advo cating outlawry of gold clause suits, said "an international agreement to establish a gold standard would be al most impossible" without such legis lation. Only shortly before, in Paris, a pre , diction that "America, Prance and England will unite for stabilizations" was made by Jean Tannery, governor of the Bank of France. Bearing less directly was a press query reply by President Roosevelt that the administration was trying in good faith to conform to the silver purchase act. It directs the treasury to buy the metal until the price reaches $1.29 an ounce or the supply constitutes one fourth the monetary stocks. But as the President commented, two-score Senators had signed a letter by Senator Thomas (D-Okla.) urging faster silver buying and stabilization on a gold - silver bi-metalic standard. Cummings mentioned, no time for possible stabilization. The' White House and Treasury had no comment on Tannery's remark in an informal luncheon talk. But earlier stabiliza tion invitations by Secretary Hull and Morgenthau assumed new importance. Outwardly, at least, this government has not altered Morgenthau's rule that the initiative in such action must come from abroad. England's unreadiness so far to talk means of pegging international ex change was viewed the most doubtful factor in the stabilization situation. Also important were accomplishments of the Laval government in the exer cise of broad powers to maintain the franc. uummings siaoinzauon remarit maae In testimpny before the House bank ing committee in behalf of the ad ministration's bilj to block all suits for losses sustained by holders of gov ernment gold clause bonds as a result of the reduction in the dollar's gold content. Without the legislation, Cummings said "a free gold market also would be almost impossible and the strength of the government to maintain parity might be affected." The attorney general told the com mittee the proposed resolution was constitutional, just a matter of sound public policy and would remove un certainties. As the committee opened hearings on the resolution, members spoke of reporting but the measure late to morrow, as Speaker Byrns had assert ed it could be brought to the floor Friday. : O Party Arrived Safely In Paris A cablegram* was received Tuesday from Dr. Roy Z. Thomas stating that the Thomas Tours party had arrived safely in Paris, France. Mrs. Berta N. Clary of this city is a member of this party. The party will not return until September and will visit ten countries. They will be driv ing by motor leisurely visiting the places of outstanding interest and com ing into personal touch with the rural life, manners and customs of the na tives. The party is Hinder the personal supervision of Dr. Hoy Z. Thomas. o VISITED SHENANDOAH VALLEY IN VIRGINIA Mr. and Mrs. B. G. Crumpton and family of Allensville, Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Allen and family of Durham, and Miss Lillian Montague of Raleigh have recently visited the Massanutlen Cav erns, Skyline drive and other interest ing points in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. o HAS TONSILS REMOVED Mrs. A. W. Clayton returned home Wednesday afternoon from Durham where she underwent an operation for the removal of her tonsils Tuesday. At this writing she is reported to be prog ressing satisfactorilly, and her many friends wish for her a speedy recovery. . ? o ? Preaching Near Yanceyville Rev. J. P. Herbert,* pastor of Long Memorial Methodist Church ,is con ducting a series of services at Prospect Church near Yanceyrille this week. JUDGE J. C. PASS CRITICALLY ILL Judge J. C. Pass, who was car ried to Watts hospital Tuesday morning, is critieally ill. We phoned the hospital at 2:30 this afternoon and were advised that his condition was unchanged. Children Injured When Dynamite Cap Explodes Boy Picked Up Discarded Dynamite Cap Setting It Off With Match Mac Winstead, aged 11, and Ella Mil dred Winstead, aged 13, children of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Winstead were severely though not dangerously in jured Tuesday noon when Mac picked up a discarded dynamite cap and ap plied a match to it. The cap exploded, cutting the twt> children about the arms and legs. While they are suffer ing considerable pain from the wounds thus inflicted, it is not thought thati they are critically hurt. o Pelagra Victim Buried At Bethel Hill Church Tues. \Ir. Edmun Walker Dies Follow ing Illness Of Two Weeks Mr. Edmun Walker, seventy-year-old resident of the Gentry's Store com-j munity was burled in the Bethel Hill j Church cemetery Tuesday. Mr. Walker died following an illness of two weeks with pelagra. Funeral services were j conducted from the Bethel Hill Church i with Rev. N. J. Todd, pastor, in charge. ; Pall bearers were: John Hall, How-' ard Langford, Howard Wilborn. Clyde Cardwell, Cephus Viccelio, and Cruder I Carver. Flower bearers were: Misses Sadie Thomas, Dorothy Walker, Edith! Walker, Frances Walker. Mary Bell 1 Walker, Martha and Virginia Walker. ? Hugh Mae Walker, Janie Mae Caswell, Margaret Caswell, Susanna, Elizabeth and Louise Viccelio. He was buried in the Bethel Hill church cemetery. Mr. Walker is survived by his wife, Mrs. Sallie Sue Walker, six sons, Dave, Jonah, Jeff, Joe, Tommie, and Jessie Walker, nine daughters Mrs. Armie Walker, Mrs. Katie Hudgins, Mrs. Min nie Carver, Mrs. Addie Carswell, Mrs. Saddie Viccelio, Mrs. Jennie Langford, Mrs. Lizzie Dover, Mrs. Ethel Hall, and Miss Cathrine Walker. n Superintendents Get Pay Boosts County School Heads Raised 20 Per Cent On Average; Expect Other Schedules Raleigh, July 10 ? Salary schedules for county gchool superintendents drafted on a new basis and providing average increases of 20 per cent over those for last year were approved yes terday by the State Board of Educa tion, as proposed by the State School Commission, and will be put into ef fect for a two-year period. New pay schedules for city super indendents, principals and ?' teachers will be prepared at a mee'ting of a committee of the School Commission today and will be presented to the full commission for consideration at its ses sion here Friday. Problems of school transportation, repair and maintenance of school buss es and distribution of gas and oil will be studied by a committee which will assemble here tonight to make rec ommendations to the commission also. ? o "BEADS ON A STRING" Union Grove Methodist Church will present the play, "Beads On a String,' at Mt. Harmony School Friday night. July 12th, 1935, at 8:30 o'clock. Admission 15 and 20 cents. You are cordially invited to attend. George Timberlake Held For Grand Jury Under $3,000 Bond Probable Cause Found In Case Of State Vs. George Tim berlake In Death Of Her man Newman Late Tuesday afternoon, just at the close of that day's session of Recorder's Court Judge W. I. Newton ordered that the original bond of $5,000 In the case of George Timberlake, held for the murder of Herman Newman, be reduced to $3,000 in order that he might make an attempt to raise the bond and go back to his home to await trial. The jurist ordered the reduc tion on the plea of defense attorneys that Timberlake had a family to take care of and a crop to save. Timberlake will come into the next term of Superior Court charged with the fatal shooting of Herman on the night of June 28. Newman was shot, it is alleged, when he refused to leave Timberlake's house after being re quested to do so several times. He died tnstantly, shot through the abdomen. Timberlake was arrested shortly thereafter and until Tuesday had been in Jail awaiting a hearing in Record er's Court. * At this time it is not known whether the August term of court, scheduled to begin on August 5, will be held or not, but it is understood that the Bar Association and the Commissioners will carefully consider all phases and that this murder charge will more than likely affect their attitude toward mak ing application for a postponement. Advantages Of An Early School Opening R. B. Griffin There are several good reasons for the early opening of schools in Person County ? that is during the first week in September. The average daily at tendance is greater during the fall months than during the Spring months. This is especially true of small chil dren because the weather is more mild before Christmas. Transportation is more efficient and economical. The roads are better dur ing the fall and busses can be oper ated more regularly and economically. The new school law does not provide for Saturday teaching. This means that "lost" days on account of sever weather and epidemics will be made up in the spring. In some cases this would cause very late closings in the Spring unless an early start Is secured. Prison Population Decreased By 295 Total Of 1,270 New Convicts Were Re ceived From Courts During June The State's Prison population drop jped from 8,650 to 8,355 during June, a loss of 295 convicts, the State High way and Public Works Commission reported yesterday. Prisoners on hand July 1 were divid ed as follows: White male, 3,499; white female, 35; Negro male, 4,720; Negro female, 101. During June a total of 9,992 pris oners we're handled, including 1,270 newcomers, of which 432 received 30 day terms. Fifty seven escaped prisoners were captured in June, during which 105 convicts made their getaway. Three 'convicts died and 1,472 were released j upon expiration of sentences. There were 32 paroles and two par j dons in the month. o SEES FINGERPRINTS AS MRS. WALEY'S TACOMA, Wash. July 10 ? A. M. Kohn, Federal fingerprint expert from Washington, D. C.,' today identified as Mrs. Margaret Trulin Waley's a finger print on an electric light globe from the attic of the Spokane "hideout house" in the Weyerhaeuser kidnap case. In Mrs. Waley's statement on ar rest in Salt Lake City she denied ever being in the attic. Spectators in the Federal court-room recalled that on his release for $200,000 ransom June 1, little George said he once heard a woman laughing while he was impris oned in the house. o ICE CREAM SUPPER The Young Peoples' Division of the Brocksdale Methodist Church will serve an ice cream supper on the lawn of the Brooksdale Church Friday night. Come out and cool off with some de licious ice cream. FAITH AND COURAGE JUSTIFIED , Facing the dullest months in the year in Roxboro it took both courage and faith to invest over five thousand dollars in new equip ment and to give our subscribers two papers a week, at the price of one, but that is just what we did, and are happy to say that our faith and courage did not fail us. Never in the history of Tlie Courier have we had so many nice things said about the paper, and the best part of it is that the public have shown their appreciation by their subscription?. At no time, without a special campaign, have we added so many names to our list. An4 this fact we especially want to get over to our advertisers >( for it is publicity they pay for, and it is honest-to-goodness publicity they get when they place their advertisements in THE COURIER. And if you think the merchants do not appreciate this fact, just look at tne space they are using ? even in the dull months. If your neighbor is borrowing your COURIER tell him to subscribe, twice-a-week, every Monday and Thursday, two papers for the price of one, only $1.50 for 104 issues. 31 PERSONS DIE AS HEAT PARCHES WEST ? A Sun Beats Down Mercilessly In Eight States And No Re lief Is In Sight MERCURY GOES TO 109 Kansas City, July 10 ? Middle Amer ica counted its heat dead for the year at 31 today as the sun beat down mer cilessly with no relief in prospect. The toll by state, compiled unoffic ally by the Associated Press, showed: Oklahoma 8, Texas 7, Minnesota 5, Nebraska 4, Kansas 3, Missouri 2, and Illinois and Iowa 1 each. Temperatures streaked past the cen tury mark over a widening area. Max imums yesterday were up to 109. To day was as hot. Parte of the Oklaho mas panhandle sweltered under 107 degrees by noon. Thousands swarmed to parks and yards tonight ? seeking sleep on ben ches, blank/ets and cots. Swimming pools were Jammed. No relief was seen by A. M. Ham ijck. Kansas City federal meteoro logist. The outlook was for continued fair and warm. In addition to those stricken by the heat many drowned seeking relief in streams and ponds. At Port Worth, Tex., when the offi cial thermometer registered 104 degrees. Weather Observer Paul Cook tested the pavement. The mercury shot up to 1?2. Pour prison farm copvicts in Texas died after being stricken with heat. Three were negroes. Prison officials said orders would be given to man agers to be more careful with prison laborers but that work would not be halted. Experiencing its 10th day of intense heat, Nebraska reported four deaths and seven drownings. The mercury bub bled up to 101 for a new seasonal high at Lincoln. Farmers welcomed the heat despite its uncomfortable aspect. The weather is ideal for wheat har vest, long delayed by wet weather, it also is good corn weather. Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas were warmest. Phillipsburg, Karus , had 109 degrees. Nearly all points in the mid west had highs at least in the upper 90 's. n $5 Catch Made By Fisherman At Ocean View Elizabeth City, July 10 ? Matthew Winslow, formerly of Belvidere, Per quimans county but now employed in Norfolk, makes fishing profitable in addition to having a good time. He also brings in one of the best fishing yarns of the season. About a week or- 10 days ago Wins low was fishing at Ocean View, Va., and caught a croaker and pulled it into the boat, Something was sticking out of its mouth. Winslow pulled. A (5 bill came out of the fish's mouth. Winslow was afraid to tell this story but it got out. A man in New York heard about it and informed Winslow that he had been fishing at Ocean View and lost, among other things, two $5 bills. The one the fish was trying to swallow, in the opinion of the New Yorker, was one of the bills which he had lost. ? , o ? ; RETURNS FROM VISIT TO MYRTLE BEACH Dr. J. H. Hughes spent the week eend at Myrtle Beach with his family. Mrs. Hughes, Jack and Charles, who have been at the Beach for the past six weeks, returned home with him Wednesday. o The Administration wants the peo ple- to -tjse their influence with Con gress. We've used ours and now look at us.? San Diego Union. TOO MANY New York, July 10. ? Too many women in the teaching business were charged today with respon sibility for low wages in the profes sion. "Over-feminization" was the way it was put by Prof. Willard S. Els bree of Teachers College of Co lumbia University at an address at the second conference on social administration. Although declaring that the pro fession "has been penalized finan cially" for opening its doors to the women, Elsbree added that the women "could not be blamed" for entering the teaching field since so many other professions were closed to them. More than 80 per cent of public school teachers are women, he i>kL \ - - - A Sale Extraordinary During these days of "bargains" you do not want to forget the fact that Foreman's Department Store, is put ting on a real sale, many articles have been reduced just one-half, and every thing in the store marked down to a money saving price. Read his spread on another page and, as he says, "Come. Tide if you can, walk if you must, but COME." Sale begins Friday. July 12th. o RETURNED TO RICHMOND Mr. L. M. Carlton, Jr., who is taking a course in business, has returned to Richmond after speeding a few day? at home with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Carlton. o Polio Spreading In Old Dominion Virginia Total Raised To 83 Cases Since June I; Eight More In This State Richmond, Va., July 10 ? Seven new I cases of infantile paralysis in Vir- i ginia were reported to the State Health Department here today as Dr. I. C. Riggln, health commissioner conferred with Federal officials in Washington on the outbreak of the disease in the Old Dominion. Dr. Riggin, who was expx-tod to return to his office here early tonight, hfld a conference in the capital with Dr. Warren Draper, former Virginia health commissioner who is now an assistant surgeon general in vhe health service. The seven cases reported today brought the total since June 1 to 83, although it was pointed out that the figure actually would stanl at 86 since three cases reported by the Rich mond Health Department had not been formally recorded by State authorities Of this numebr 34, have been included In July. Richmond, which has 15 rases, includes in that number four brought here for treatment, Dr. ferownlee Pos ter, health director for the city said. OC the seven cases reported today, four came from Brunswick County alone, one from Petersburg one from Mecklenburg, and one from James City County. NORTH CAROLINA TOTAL RAISED TO '358 CASES North Carolina's official total of in fanitle paralysis cases was increased to 338 yesterday with reports of eight new cases, including the first from Madison County. Sixty-two counties have reported the disease thus far this year, and all the cases but 15 have been reported since May 1. Rome Again Says Ethiopia Causing Growing Tension -O Charges Two New Hostile In cidents To Ethiopia As War Plans Go Forward ? ? ? ? NO IMMEDIATE START OF ACTUAL WARFARE Ethiopia Appeals To League Of Na tions, But Rome Says Action Is Useless'; Americans And Other For eigners Begin Leaving East Africa For Safe Zones. Rome, July 10 ? Italy tonight charged Ethiopia with two new hostile incidents in their bitter dispute shortly after Benito Mussolini called Into council 120 generals and other high officers of his army. An official communique said Ethio pians were guilty of anti-Italian of fenses July 6 at Harrar, Ethiopia. A protest has been sent "to Addis Ababa. Official spokesmen hastened to as sure questioners that the new inci dents, "although "demonstrative of the increasing intolerable Ethiopian in fluence," would not necessarily fur nish the spark to set off a war. * A government spokesman called Ethiopia's appeal to the League of Nations tloday tfor intervention an other "useless attempt" to prolong the league influence into the conroversy. The Harrar incidents involved the Italian consul at Harrar, who was "in sulted and menaced," the communi que said, and an attack upon an Erit rean soldier attached to the Italian consulate. The communique asserted ha. was clubbed and stoned by 20 Eth iopians. while the consul was en route to the town of Dare-Deue, continued the communique, his automobile was halt ed by a group of Ethiopian soldiers under the command of an officer. "With injuring words and attitude" it said, the Ethiopian officer tried to halt the car. On the afternoon of the same day Italy announced, the Eritrean soldier, while en route to the post office for the consulate, was "surrounded and wound ed by clubs and stones by about 20 natives, among whom there were even some municipal police and soldiers in uniform. "The royal consul at Addis Ababa has already made the necessary for mal protest to the Ethiopian govern ment covering the two incidents." Eearielr, the newspaper Giornale D' Italia, usually authoritative and often (OfltyiaUy inspired, accused Ethiopia of deliberately seeking the breakdown of conciliation efforts "in an efTort to gain time . . for her war-like prepar ations." This latest broadside in the press battle against the African empire was fired as the number of troops destined for East African service rose to 120,000 with authoritative disclosures that two new troop divisions would be created immediately. Already concentrated in Italy's Afri can colonies are more than 100,000 soldiers and expert workmen and 2,000 more Blackshirt volunteers sailed from Nayles today aboard the steamship Belvedere. Two thousand others were to leave this evening aboard the Col ombo, while other thousands awaited 'embarkatio n at several ports. ?o RETURNS FROM HOSPITAL Miss Mary Craven, daughter of Rev. and Mrs. E. B. Craven, returned Tues day from Duke hospital where phe underwent an operation for appendi citis. At this writing she is reported to be progressing nicely on the road to recovery. ? o VISITING ASHEVILLE AND RIDGECREST Msr. A. M. Burns and her sister, Miss Rose Paschal, left today, the former going to Asheville, where she will visit her son, Mr. A. M. Burns, Jr., and his family, while Miss Paschal will spend some time in Ridgecrest. o QUESTION BOX IS OMITTED THIS WEEK The Question Box, edited by Rev. J. F. Herbert, is omitted from this issue on account of Mr. Herbert being out of town. This column has been very pop ular and we hope all who are interested will forward their questions every week. If there is something you want to know, Just tell Mr, Herbert about it and he will give you an honest, straight forward answer. Mall" your questions, or bring them to this office by hand, arid they will have attention
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