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VOL. LII.
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ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA MONDAY, JULY 29, 1935
(County Correspondents Solicited)
NUMBER 44
STATE CLOSES BIENNIUM
WITH $112,253 SURPLUS
Present- Fiscal Year Opened
With $500,000 More Than
Legislature Expected
GOVERNOR IS HAPPY
OVER FISCAL RECORD
Expenditures Last Year Increased Ma
tonally Over Those Of
The Year Before
The Budget Bureau yesterday an
nounced that the State of North Car
olina completed the last biennium,
ended June 30, with a general fund
credit balance of $712,253. The sur
plus was $512,253 more than the Leg
islature had counted on to balance the
budgets of this year and next.
The statement showed a cash bal
ance of $355,631 to which was added
$356,622 of deferred income tax pay
ments, assessed but not yet collected.
The total of deferred income taxes has
been added to the cash balance to de
rive surpluses, or subtracted from the
shortage to figure deficits, ever since
the Legislature first authorized install
ment payments of the levy.
However, the bureau did not include
in the surplus any estimate of the
amount due from chain filling station
taxes. These taxes were due in June,
the last month of the past biennium.
but collection was deferred until the
Attorney General and Commissioner
of Revenue had decided just what
the new tax did. According to Revenue
Commissioner A. J. Maxwell's estimate
of the amount which will be collected
under the new chain flax ? monjpy
which would have come in during
June if it had not been for legal de
lay ? the actual surplus for the past
biennium would have been well over
a million dollars.
If tax collections for the remainder
of the present fiscal year run as high
as the Legislature estimated the sur
plus will mean that the Governor, as
Director of the Budget, will have al
most a million dollars which he can
use to raise State salaries ? up to one
fourth of the amount they already
have been raised ? if he deems it ad
visable.
Assistant Director of the Budget
Frank Dunlap, who helped write that
section of the appropriations act re
garding the possible use of surplus,
does not understand, however, that the
surplus could be used for the salaries
of one class of the employes, such as
school teachers, alone.
Governor Pleased
Governor Ehringhaus yesterday ex
pressed keen pleasure at the existence
of the. surplus, the second during his
administration as the State ended the
fiscal year 1933-34 with a credit bal
ance of $74,072.
"It is a source of great gratification
to know that for the second straight
year the State has come through with
a cash surplus in its treasury," he
said. "This was done without borrow
ing one penny, even for tax anticipa
tion purposes, a practice that has been
used in recent years.
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Accepts Position
With Duke Hospital
Miss Rachel Stephens left this
morning for Durham where she has
accepted a position with Duke Hos
pital. Miss Stephens, graduate of W.
C. U. N. C. class of *35, specialized in
laboratory technician work, and will
serve in that capacity and as secretary
to Dr. Perlzweig, head of the Blood
Chemistry Department at the hospi
tal. Miss Stephens is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. I. G. Stephens of this
county.
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A Real Tobacco
Opening At Tifton
Our good friend Mr. Harry Winstead
manager of the Twin-Brick warehouse
in Tifton, Ga., sends us the following:
If you want to see a real tobacco
opening come to Tifton on "August
first. We expect over one million
pounds of tobacco, five thousand men,
three thousand women, and one thou
sand babies, red lemonade, hot dogs
and ice water . I am glad you have
a good crop in Person County. My
self and family enjoy the Courier
trice every week. With best wishes.
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BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
WILL NQT MEET MONDAY
The. regular meeting of the county
Board of Commissioners scheduled for
Monday, August 5th, has been defer
red until Thursday, August 8th.
R e x a 1 1 Sale At
Hambrick, Austin
fir Thomas Store
Enter The Rexall Contest To Win A
Chevrolet Sedan Free Of Charge
Get your entry blanks from Ham
brick, Austin and Thomas, local Rex
all dealers, to enter the contest fea
turing ten 1935 Chevrolet sedans.
This contest will b?gin THURSDAY,
AUGUST 1ST and continue all the
month, closing at midnight, Sept. 7.
You do not need to buy anything or
send any cartons or labels. Just ask
for your entry blank. *
During August Hambrick, Austin" and
Thomas will stage a f&ctory-to-yout
Rexall sale, at which time they will
offer the trading public many excellent
values in Kfexall products. Lcok over
their advertisement on another page
and see for yourself that this will be
a sale well worth attending.
Contract Signers
Asked To Answer
Circular Letters
Each Contract Signer Will Re-,
ceive Letter By First Of
August. Requested To
Return Immediately
BY H. K. SANDERS
Circular letters will be mailed by
August 1st, to all contract signers who
have signed their compliance sheets,
asking each producer to give a list
of his tenants and to specify whether
or not he wishes the name of any ten
ant to appear on the 1935 allotment
card for the sale of tobacco. Each
producer is asked to state definitely
HOW MANY CARDS he will want for
his contract and HOW MANY POUNDS
ON EACH CARD. In a space in the
upper right hand corner of the cir
cular letter each producer will find the
number of pounds permitted under his
contract. He can ask for just one
card for his contract or he may divide'
his alloted pounds and have just as
many cards as he wishes. The name
of the contract signer will appear on
each card he asks for. In addition
to that he may also have the name of
any tenant he designates on any par
ticular card. However, this is a mat
ter for each contract signer to decide
for himself.
The County Agent wishes to empha
size the fact that promptness in re
turning these circular letters to his
office will be of great assistance in pre
paring the allotment cards. They
should be returned AT ONCE.
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ACREAGE PLANTED:
The farmers of Person County nave
at various times expressed the opinion
that perhaps it might have been ad
vantageous if the growers had been
required to hold to planting only 70
percent of their acreage. We feel sure
they will be interested to know that
the measurement of the tobacco acre
age "is practically completed, and that
the records in the office of the County
Agent show that only 75 percent of the
base acreage for the county has been
planted. The permitted acreage for
all the flue-cured belt was 90 percent
for 1935. Therefore Person County
farmers have planted 15 percent less
acres than they ^ were permitted to plant
this -year. At'this writing we do not
know what the figures will be for the
State nor for the flue-cured belt.
LESPEDEZA
The many fields of ?Lespedeza now
in evidence in Person County show a
oig increase in acreage in this crop.
Eight years ago Lespedeza was grown
on only two farms In the county, the
farms of J. H. Sherman and W. A.
Warren. In the spring of this year,
1935, the merchants of Roxboro sold
42400 pounds of Lespedeza seed. In
the f aft -of 1934 many farmers had seed
pans on Iheir mowing machines and
saved seed for their own farms and
also had surplus seed to sell to their
neighbors. We have 4000 acres grow
ing in the county today. This gives
promise of fertile fields and bounti
ful crops in'a successful crop rotation.
tETUjRNED TO GREENSBORO
Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Crutchfleld of
Greensboro, who have been visiting
friends in the County for the past ten
days, returned to their home in Greens
boro today.
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Candidate For
Lieuf. Governor Is
Staunch Democrat
George McNeill, Cumberland Co.
Business Man, Is Prom
inently Identified With
Life Of State
Fayetteville, N. C., July 28 ? Senator
George McNeill, widely known Fay
etteville business man who has been
prominently connected with the po
litical life of Cumberland County and
the State of North Carolina as a
staunch Democrat for the past thirty
five years, today announced his can
didacy for the lieutenant governorship
of North Carolina subject to the Dem
ocratic primary of 1936.
In making his announcement Sen
ator McNeill said, "I am a candidate
for the nomination of lieutenant gov
ernor of North Carolina subject to the
Democratic primary of 1936. In mak
ing this announcement I desire to in
form the public that I am just a
plain, every-day business man and if
elected lieutenant governor shall try
to apply the same practical methods
to the affairs of the state that I have
always endeavored to ap.My to my
personal business. .
"As the campaign progresses and the
issues arise, I shall face them squarely
and fearlessly."
Senator McNeill, direct descendant
of one of Cumberland County's oldest
and most influential families, is the
son of the late Captain James D. Mc
Neill, noted fire fighter and organizer
of the North Carolina State Firemen's
Association.
He was associated with his father
in business from the age of seventeen
until the death of Captain McNeill in
1927 and at which time he acquired
ownership of the entire business by
purchase. As the years have passed
Senator McNeill's establishment has
developed from a small grist mill to
a modern flour mill, first class ginnery,
and an up-to-date ice manufacturing
plant.
Senator McNeill has been identified
with the county Democratic organiza
tion since his majority and has been
a member of the Congressional Com
mittee for the past eighteen years and
has been chairman of the district com
mittee for the past eight years.
He represented Cumberland County
in the General Assembly of 1919 and
1920 and was a member of the State
Senate in 1933 where he served as
chairman of the important inaugural
committee. For several years he was
a member of the North Carolina State
Board of Elections.
Cumberland County and the upper
Cape Fear section are standing square
ly behind Senator McNeill in his cam
paign for lieutenant governor.
For Lieut. Governor
GEORGE McNEILL
Claude Hall Talks
To Rotary Club
On Crop Outlook
Tells Fellow Members That
Crops Are Looking Good
Except In Eastern
Carolina
The ladies of the Prospect Hill com
munity were hosts to the Roxboro Ro
tary Club and their guests on Thurs
day evening. A delicious and bounti
ful meal was served in picnic style on
the grounds of the high school.
The business of the club was dis
pensed with due to inclement weather.
The program was in charge of Ben
Davis, chairman of the Rural-Urban
Committee. Claude Hall gave a very
interesting and informative talk on the
present outlook for the coming to
bacco season. The speaker touched
briefly on the condition of the crops
in various sections ..He reported that
the Georgia crop was a little above
normal while the tobacco in South
Carolina appeared to be about 25 per
cent below normal in eastern Caro
lina. In connection with the Old Belt,
he pointed out that present status of
the crop in this section indicated that
it would be best in several years. With
reference to prices, it is expected that
an average from twenty-three to
twenty-five cents per pound will be
obtained.
president Jim Walker announced
that the club had accepted an invita
tion to meet next Thursday August
1st, at the Allensville Church and re
quested 100 per cent attendance.
UNDER THE TEMPLE 8=SS
An attempt by the staff of this
newspaper to give our readers an
accurate account of interesting;
things that occur about the court
house. We start with a history of
the courthouses and some of the
personnel that works in the pres
ent one.
On October 13, 1930 the cornerstone
for the present courthouse in Rox
boro was laid with fitting ceremonies.
This was the fourth similar ceremony
that has been held for a court house
here.
Reaching back into history we find
that Dempsey Moore deeded to Person
County about fifteen acres for a court
house. This was in 1792, just after
the county had been formed from Or
ange. For a time court proceedings
and legal matters were conducted at
Payne's Tavern, about four miles south
of Roxboro.
The site for the permanent court
house and the development of the vil
lage of Roxborough was selected on ac
count of two excellent springs of wa
ter, one near the present location of
the Roxboro Primitive Baptist Church,
the other near the home of the late
Oan M. Andrews on Depot Street.
So the first courthouse ? a one room
log structure? was built on approxi
mately the same location of the pres
ent building. There was a seat for the
judge, seats for the jury and possibly
one for the prisoner, but everyone else
had to stand up. To one side of this
building was another two room build
ing that housed the county officials
of that day. Behind the courthouse
was the Ja'il, a two room structure
built of double logs, with a log floor.
The next temple of justice was a
three room frame building that housed
the court, the sheriff, the clerk of the
court and the register of deeds, the
last two offices being combined at that
time.
This building outgrew its usefulness j
and the third courthouse was built !
This one is remembered by practical
ly all citizens of this county, who have
resided here for the past six or sev
en years. The red brick courthouse
with the town clock on top. Who
doesn't remember the faithful old town
clock that got the business man out
of bed in the morning, sent him home
to lunch, took in school, told the
housewife of approaching meal time,
and called young lovers in at night?
And so we come down to 1935 when
the village of Roxborough with 150 or
200 souls has grown to a metropolis
of five thousand with a tobacco mark
et, progressive business houses, a Cham
ber of Commerce, and industrial enter
prizes scattered in it and on its sub
burbs.
SKETCHES OF PERSONNEL
CLERK OP COURT: Miss Sue
Bradsher ? connected with the office
since 1923 ? efficient ? accomplished ?
chief hobby is walking.
SHERIFF: Melvin T. Clayton? in
office for seven years ? hasn't had a
day off since he took office ? married ?
raised a family of five ? three boys
and two girls ? has cleared out all the
stills in the county.
COUNTY AGENT: H. K. Sanders?
in office since Jan. 1, 1927 ? chief hob
by is soil improvement ? when young
scared of hoot owls, snakes, being in
top of high trees, and deep wells ? mar
ried "off and on" since May 14, 1913.
DEPUTY REGISTER OF DEEDS:
Mrs. W. T. Kirby ? married in 1922?
family of five boys ? cooks best pound
cake of anybody ip county.
CUSTODIAN: A. M. Long? in charge
of courthouse and Jail since 1932 ?
works garden for recreation ? married
Miss Nettie Perkins ? has a family of
eight ? two boys and six girls ? works
twenty-four hours per day and seven
days to the week.
Mrs. Fannie Newell
Passes While On A
Trip lo Myrtle Beach
I
Beloved Roxboro Woman Strick
en Late Wednesday Night
While On Vacation With
Some Of Her Children
Mrs. Fannie M. Newell, 75, passed
away in a hospital at Conway, S. C.,
Friday afternoon after being stricken
late Wednesday night at Myrtle Beach,
S. C.
Mrs. Newell, with her sons, Wheeler
and Bruce and their families, left here
Tuesday morning to spend some time
at Myrtle Beach. About 10:00 o'clock
Wednesday evening Mrs. Newell and
ner grandchildren retired to their '
rooms. When the other members of
the party started to retire, Mrs. New- !
ell was heard to complain of pain. !
A physician was summoned immediate
ly and she was carried to a hospital in
Conway. Mrs. Newell sank rapidly,
passing late Friday afternoon.
Funeral services in charge of her I
pastor. Rev. J. F. Herbert, assisted by I
Rev. Thomas H. Hamilton, were con
ducted from Long Memorial Metho
dist Chureh Sunday afternoon at 3:00
j o'clock. Pall bearers were: Messrs
Henry Sergeant, George Newell, E. I
G. Long, Frank Brinn, Cliff Winstead,
E. G. Long, Jr., and Kenneth Oakley.
Flower bearers were: Mesdames R. L.
Harris, Hugh Woods, E. P. Dunlap,
Lula Bowen, R F. Huddleston, Joe
Moore, N. V. Brooks, R. G. Cole, W. T
Pass, T. D. Winstead, Henry Gates,
Roger Wilkerson, Sr.. S. G. Winstead,
W. D. Merritt, Margaret Teague, Ove
ida Long, O. B. McBroom, W. T. Kir
by, Ruth Stephens, C. C. Critcher, D.
W. Long, H. K. Sanders, Beulah Far- j
ley, Mollie Hatchett, and Misses Rosa
Hamlin, Maude Satterfield, and Mar- j
garet Williams.
Immediately following the services
Mrs. Newell was laid to rest in Burch
wood Cemetery.
The death of Mrs. Fannie M. Newell
was a great shock to this community
where she has lived for many years,
taking an active part in the social and
church life of the town. She was a
faithful member of Long Memorial
Methodist Church, having taught a
class of young people for years.
Besides a host of "friends she leaves
to mourn their loss three sons, B. B., J
H. W. and R. E. Newell of this city, two
daughters, Mrs. C. C. Winstead, of
Roxboro. and Mrs. Frank Brinn, of
Sanford, N. C. One brother, Mr. Char
les Harrington, of Mullins. S. C., and
two sisters, Mrs. Mattie Petty and Mrs.
J. W. Mcintosh, also survive.
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Beulah Baptist Asso.
The Beulah Baptist Association met
last Thursday morning with Antioch
Baptist church. The attendance was
unusually good, and the sessions high
ly enjoyed. Business matters occu
pied the time during the morning and
afternoon, while the night session was !
given oyer to Rev. Alexander and Dr. 1
I. G. Greer, and we do not overstep
the bounds of truth when we say we
have not heard more interesting or
timely addresses. Again on Friday
morning Rev. W. F. West, pastor of
Roxboro First Baptist Church, deliv
ered a masterful address on "World
Missions and Affairs". He gave his
audience something to think about, and
told them of many existing conditions
of which they were unaware; really,
It was a wonderful address.
On Friday afternoon the old officers
were re-elected, and the association ad
journed to meet with Baynes Chapel,
Caswell county, on the fourth Thurs
day and Friday in July, 1936.
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Two More Polio
Cases Reported
Little Daphne Harris, small daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Claude Harris, was
carried to Watts Hospital Sunday af
ternoon with Infantile Paralysis.
Magdaline King, 7-year-old daugh
ter of Mr. Haley King, is reported to
be in the hospital with Infantile Par
alysis. The dondition of neither fc>f
these children is known at this writ
ing, but everyone joins in wishing for
them a quick recovery.
Little Tommie Woody, who nas been
confined to Watts hospital with the
same disease, is reported to be getting
along nicely and it is expected that
he will be able to return home soon.
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WILL LEAVE FOR CANADA
Mr. Joe Solomon, who has been go
ing to Canada to engage in the to
bacco business for many years, will
leave for that Dominion today. Joe says
he isn't told that Canada has a won
derful tobacoo crop.
Violent Deaths
Take Five Lives
During Week-End
Prominent Citizen Of Clinton
Takes His Own Life With
A Pistol
HERTFORD PHYSICIAN
DIES IN COLLISION
Greensboro Youth Drowns At Myrtle
Beach; Surry Boy Is Killed In A
Crasb ; Negro Killed When Ron
Over Near Wendell; Onio Crash
Over Near Wendell.
Violent deaths claimed five lives In
North Carolina over the week-end, a
survey revealed yesterday.
At Clinton, Faison C. Parker, 37 years
old and popularly known, died of a
self-inflicted pistol wound. He was
found mortally wounded sitting by a
telephone upon which, it was said, he
had been talking to a young woman
friend.
Dr. George. E. Newby, 65-year-old
physician of Hertford, died instantly
in a crash of cars on the highway be
tween Tarboro and and Rocky Mount.
His nephew, W. A. Williams and the
occupants of the other car, R. L. Dunn
and J. E. Hull of Edgecombe County,
were seriously injured. Finding evi
dence of drinking, the coroner ordered
Dunn into the sheriff's custody when
he is able to leave the hospital.
Enjoying the surf at Myrtle Beach
while on a week-end holiday with a
group of friends, Oliver O'Neil Sigmon,
17, of Greensboro, was drowned.
A group of young people were return
ing from an ice cream supper in
Surry County when their car over
turned, killing Joe Bell, 16, of Siloam,
seriously injuring Ernest Posey and
inflicting slighter hurts on two other
young men. .
wniie trying to dodge one automobile
on Highway 90 west of Wendell, Geo.
Wilder. 70-year-old Negro, was instant
ly killed when struck by a Norfolk
Southern bus driven by W. T Walker,
who was absolved of blame by a jury
empanelled by Coroner L. M. Waring.
Three women ? Mrs. W. S. Green
wood, Lula Greenwood, High Point, and
Ms. D. C. Hunter Winston-Salem?
were injured when two cars crashed at
an intersection in Mt. Airy. Eight
other occupants of the vehicles were
unscathed.
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Georgia Weed Mart
To Open Thursday
Growers To Market Tobacco Despite
Pleas Of State Commissioner
To Withhold It
Tifton, Ga., July 28 ? Indications to
day were that Georgia's bright leaf
tobacco auctions would begin Thursday
with farmers throughout the belt of
fering their product with warehouse
charges the same as last year.
Comment from a number of growers
here and at other big auction points
showed they intended to go ahead
with marketing despite the plea of
Commissioner of Agriculture Tom
Linder that he wanted them to keep
their tobacco off the market because
warehousemen enjoined the state's new
law reducing warehouse charges.
Federal Judge Bascom S. Deavor at
Macon Saturday granted warehouse
men of the belt a restraining order
against enforcement of the new state
law which fixed rates lower than those
previously charged for handling the
crop.
The case is to be heard by a three
judge federal tribunal as to a perma
nent injunction. Meanwhile ware
housemen must file daily reports of
each sale, pay the court registry the
difference between fees prescribed by
the new law and what they collect
and past a $1,500 bond to guarantee
the cost of disbursing the fund in
event the law is upheld.
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R. H. S. ALUMNI ASS'N.
WILL MEET TUES. NIGHT
A meeting of the Alumni Association
of Roxboro High School has been call
ed for Tuesday night at 7:00 o'clock'.
This meeting is for the primary pur
pose of laying final plans for a dance
to be given at the high school gymna
sium Friday night, proceeds from which
will go to the badly depleted Athletic
Fund. All interested persons are in
vited to attend.
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TO PREACH AT BROOKLAND
CHURCH SUNDAY MORNING
Rev. Roy Monk will preach the
Brookland Methodist Church on Sun
day, August 4th at 11:00 A. M. The
pubuic. is cordially invited to these
services.