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THE COURIER, A SEMI - WEEKLY DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF PERSON COUNTY AND HER PEOPLE. Sflje Hoxboro Courier ESTABLISHED 1S8L PERSON COUNTY'S OLDEST AND BEST NEWSPAPER. UNDER SAME MANAGEMENT AND OWNERSHIP FOR 50 YEARS. 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, AUGUST 1, 1935 (County Correspondents Solicited) NUMBER 45 Valdosta Averages 20 Cents Or More I Georgia Market Opens With Good Breaks Of Tobacco With An Average Of Twenty Cents As Compared To Twenty Five Cents Last Year * MARKET IS ' BLOCKED In a telegram received here this morning at 11:30 the Georgia market was reported to have opened with good breaks. Coming from Valdosta, one of the leading markets in that state, it is felt that the average and breaks there would be a good cross sec tion of the entire state. The Vaidostif market reported an average of twenty cents or better with good quality tobacco being sold*. The market was blocked for opening sales. The sale of bright leaf tobacco, which was scheduled to begin on Au gust 1st on the Georgia market, opened today with a slight decline in the average price that is being paid this year. Just a year ago another telegram said that the market had opened with an average that was twenty-five cents or better. According to our information the to bacco this year is averaging febout twenty cents for the opening day. The crop there this season is said to be first-class. This market will open sixty days from now, and everywhere is heard the re port that tobacco in Person is looking better now, and prospects are for one of the best crops that has been raised here in many a long year. We will give you more complete details about the prices brought on the Georgia mar ket in Monday's issue. o Wiley Post Begins Flight To Siberia Accompanied By His Wife And Ex pects To Hunt Tigers In Siberia Los Angeles, July 31. ? Mr. and Mrs. Wiley Post took off today on the first lap of a transpacific flight to Siberia. The famous, globe -girdling flier ex pects to make his first stop at Oak land. After ironing out passport difficult ties in San Francisco, he planned to continue to Seattle tomorrow for in stallation of pontoons on his fast new Lockheed monoplane. He expected to learn in San Fran cisco whether his old passport to Rus sia is still valid or whether a new one is needed. Hopping from island to island along the Alaskan coast and the Aleutian chain, Post plans to cross the Pacific at its narrowest point, Bering Sea. He is making the flight to hunt Si berian tigers and other big game. Post said. He denied reports he is pion eering a new north Pacific air route. o BREAKS HIS LEG 13 TIMES Hollidaysburg, Pa. ? William Erb, 5, has broken his leg thirteen times. Physicians say his bones are brittle due to lack of calcium. The last frac ture occurred while he was waiting In the car for his mother to return from a shopping expedition. When she got back he said, "I have broken my leg again." Tobacco Acreage On Wilson Farm Is Plowed Under Wilson, July 30. ? A 50-acre tract of tobacco owned by Joseph us Parker, former chairman of the Wilson county board of commissioners, and his son, J. D. (Parker, was being plowed up to day as the result of investigation by agents of the agricultural adjustment administration. For the past 10 days five investiga tors for the AAA have been engaged in examination of contracts of tobac co growers in, this section and determ ining if the acreage under cultivation is in accordance with contracts. " The tobacco on the Parker acreage was estimated as worth $10,000 and the agents Said the Parkers faced the possibility of having to pay $4,000 in j adjustments to tenants and having j rental and parity payments of $1,500 j confiscated. o Kiwanians Will Meet Rotarians In Softball Game The Kiwanians will again engage the Rotarians in a softball game on the high school grounds Tuesday after noon at 5:00 o'clock. This will mark the third time that these two have met in a baseball contest of this kind. I The other two times the Kiwanians 1 have come off victorious, but the Ro- i tarians have pushed them hard and j they will be looking for revenge on ' next Tuesday. o Adult Paralysis Case Reported In County Durham, Aug. 1. ? The first adult case of infantile paralysis in Durham county this year was reported yester day to local health authorities. The case is that of Miss Fannie Dos- ! sett, 49, of 524 Holloway street. She is receiving treatment at Watts hos- j pital. It is unusual for infantile paralysis to attack adults and most cases are confined to children under the age of 12 years. BIG BLUNDER The proof reader for this family journal was evidently asleep when he read the proof of the article giving the names of the teachers of Bethel Hill high school last week. The name of Mrs. J. A. Beam was omitted from the list, when all should know that Bethel Hill high would not be com plete at all without the name of "Mother" Beam. We apologize for the mistake, but feel quite sure that every one reading the article knew it was simply omission. o MISS CARNEY IS RECUPER ATING AFTER OPERATION Miss Claudia Carney who underwent a major operation at Watts hospital Tuesday morning is reported to be im proving nicely. ? o REMOVES OWN TONSILS Chicago. ? Dr. N. L. Seelye used a lo cal anesthetic and removed his own tonsils with the aid of a mirror. THE DEATH TOLL FROM HEAT MOUNTS BEYOND HUNDRED The death toll from heat in the Mid West mounted beyond 100 today with little relief in prospect. Mercuries over a wide area hit new seasonal high marks yesterday. Hot winds blew across sunbaked plains. Crops suffered. The toll In 11 Central states from the current heat wave reached approx imately 50. A s'szler two weeks ago causing upwards of 60 deaths. Fatilities by states, where figures were available, for the summer: Wisconsin, 6; Minnesota, 13; South Dakota, 6; Nebraska. 19; Oklahoma, 18; I'llnois, 8, seven of them In Chica go; Kansas, 9; Missouri, 8; Texas, 110; Iowa, 4, and Arkansas, 3. Kansas remained a super-heated spot. The mereurv climbed to 106 &t Topeka, a new high record. Lincoln, Nebr., had 105. Pierre, S. D., where the past four weeks has been the hot test of record, sweltered under a mini mum of 101. Two were overcome at St. Louis as the mercury climbed to 96. At Carbon dale, 111., the top was 102.5 degrees, Oklahoma City sizzled again. Kan sas City looked vainly for relief with an unofficial 103. Minnesota generally was slightly cooler. Showers , brought slight relief in northern Nebraska but not sustained cooling -off. Chicago had heavy rains that held temperatures down In South eastern South Dakota. A CORRECTION In reporting the Rotary meeting held at Prospect School in Caswell last week the statement was made that Mr. C. T. Hall said tobacoo this season would average twenty five cents. What Mr. Hall said was, that should the foreign trade take a certain amount, then the price might reach twenty-five cents but he did not predict such a price for the next crop. We are glad to make this correction, for Mr. Hall is noted for his conserva tism and we would not want to put him in a false light. Cattle Show Plans Made Definitely For Week Ot Co. Fair ? R. L. Perkins Will Head The Demonstration As Chair man, Dr. B, A. Thaxton Vice-Chairman; Hugh Sawyer As Secretary ????? Mr. R. L. Perkins, the man who has been active in getting a cattle show for Person County, was named chairman of the movement at a meeting held in the court house Tuesday afternoon. Dr. B. A. Thaxton, prominent physi cian and farmer, was named vice-pres ident, and Hugh Sawyer, secretary of the chamber of commerce, was elected secretary. About fifteen farmers and other in terested men attended the meeting. Mr. W. K. Wilkerson spoke eloquently to the group on cooperation, pleading with them to enter into this contest with spirit, and to do all that they could to make it a success. It was decided to set the cattle show for the same week as the county fair, though the two would have nothing to do with each other, nor would they be held on the same grounds. It is expected that the cattle show will be held somewhere back of the court house. There will be another meeting on Thursday, August 22, at 3:00 P. M. at which time Mr. A. C" Kimrey, Exten sion Dairyman from State College, will be present to demonstrate ways and means of preparing cattle for the Cat tle Show. Anyone may enter cattle in this show who so desires, but prizes are of fered for only Person County cattle. Thieves Abandon Stolen Car When Officers Arrive Chrysler Sedan, Undamaged, Located In Danville, Va., After Being Stolen From R. H. Gates SET OF BUGLAR TOOLS FOUND IN STOLEN CAR A Chrysler sedan belonging to Mr. H. H. Gates of this city was located in Danville, Va., early Wednesday morn ing. The thieves, driving Mr. Gates's car, stopped at a doctor's home in Danville, with the apparent intention of taking a Packard sitting in his gar age. However, the doctor saw them and summoned the officers. When the police arrived, they went to the front of the house and the would-be thugs escaped from the rear, leaving the car they were driving be hind. This car, carrying a set of Virginia license tags, with the original tags and another set of North Carolina licenses in it, was identified as the one that was stolen from Mr. Gates's driveway in the early hours of Tues day morning. When found it con tained a complete set of burglar tools which the drivers had had to leave behind in their hurry to escape the of ficers. Mr. Gates's car was undamaged, with nothing missing from it. The only thing that had been done to it was a few scratches on the body, in dicating that the thieves had traveled side roads. The Virginia tags belonged to a Martinsville, Va., resident and had been stolen, too. It is thought that the car was taken from the driveway abcut 2:00 o'clock Tuesday morning, the thieves tearing up the switch with a screwdriver in order to start the motor. Mr. Gates discovered his loss about 4:00 A. M. and from that time until it was lo cated an intensive search had been made to locate it. The car had been driven about two hundred and thirty miles in the meantime and a fresh I change of oil in it had been almost ! "whipped to death," indicating that it had been driven at a terrific speed. At this writing the thieves have not been apprehended, though the car was thoroughly finger-printed in an effort to determine who they were. It is thought that there were three in the party and that they made other attempts to get cars while here be | fore taking Mr. Gates,. FRANKLIN COUNTY MOB LYNCHES AXE-SLAYING NEGRO MANIAC r% . . ? - Twenty-Five Year Old Negro Who Ran Amuck Tuesday Morning. Killed Man, And Beat Up Others. Is Strung Up By Mob INVESTIGATION STARTED Govan, "Sweat", Ward, 25-year-old negro residing in Franklin County, was taken from Sheriff John P. Mocre and deputies ruesday about noon, car ried five miles away, and strung up to a tree. Ward, who had returned only re cently to his native heath of Franklin from Norfolk, Va? where he had re sided for some time, apparently ran tmuck Tuesday morning about 9:00 o'clock when he asked a ride of Spur geon Ayscue. As soon as he got in the car, the negro began to fight with the driver, who fought him off and drove to the negro's house where he put him out. He talked to the negro's cister, Rosa Kearney, telling her that he had known the boy all his life and had never known him to act in that manner before. Hien he drove off to Louisburg to get officers. Ward then attacked his sister, strik ing her over the head with a long pieee of metal. She ran down the road to set help from Mr. Charles G. Stokes, a prominent white farmer working in a nearby field. Ward is thought to have followed her, and when she went on down the road to geb further help, ex olaining to Mr. Stokes that her broth er had gone crazy, he struck the white man over the head with a rock, seiz ing an axe and chopping off his head. Ward then picked up the head and tarried it back to the house of his sister, leaving a trail of blood as he went. Here he was found by Deputies Clarence Wrenn, Red Neal, and Mr. Fuller when they came to arrest him for the attack on Mr. Ayscue. He was sitting in the yard with the head of J Mr. Stokes lying on the ground. He submitted to arrest quietly, but on the way to Louisburg, he became violent, and was subdued only after they struck him over the head with a blackjack. Before carrying him to jail the dep uties took their prisoner to the office of Dr. H. G. Perry to have the wound inflicted by the blackjack dressed. Al though handcuffed he fought savage ly before he was subdued, tearing up furniture in the office and destroy ing some valuable medical equipment in the meantime. Sheriff Moore, seeing that there was a possibility of mob violence on ac count of the brutal slaying of Mr. Stokes, decided to carry his prisoner to Nashville, N. C. to a stronger jail They started but had got only a short way on the Nashville road before they found the road blocked. Turning off into a side road, he attempted to cir cle and take his prisoner to Raleigh, but the mob beat him to It, blocking the road here and taking Ward away from him. They carried the negro back to with in a half-mile of the scene of the slaying of Mr. Stokes, riddled his body with bullets and hanged him to a tree with a ploughline. His body indicated that he had been dragged some ways before reaching the tree. It could not be determined whether he had died before being hanged or not. His neck was not broken, but there was a bullet hole just under the heart that could have caused death. Governor Ehringhaus, as soon as he was notified of the arrest of the negro by the Associated Press, ordered Na tional Guardsmen from Henderson end Oxford, and all available State Highway Patrolmen from Raleigh to proceed immediately to the scene of the first killing. They did, but arrived too late to prevent the hanging of the negro. Solicitor William Y. Bickett. of the (Continued On Page Eight) EHOS SLAUGHTER AUTOGRAPHS LOUISVILLE SLUGGER BASEBALL BAT Roxboro Is Still Talking About Them Union, July 30 ? Much progress is be ing made by the city street department together with FERA workers on the new roads leading to the proposed Poster park of 45 acres adjacent Goss park here. If present plans mature and loan from PWA is granted for $35,000, Union will have a modern city park, golf course, and lake. This will give the city three parks, Foster, Goss and Union. o Officers For R. H. S. Alumni Association Elected Tues. Night Officers With Committees And Chaperones For Benefit Dance Named The Alumni Association of Roxboro High School, a much discussed organ ization, has finally been formally pro jected. At a meeting Tuesday night held in the Central Graded School the fol lowing officers were named to head this organization: President, R. D. Bum pass; First Vice-President, R. L. Har ris, Jr.; Second Vice-President, Mrs. Wallace Harris; Secretary and Adver tising Manager. F. O, Carver, Jr.; Treasurer and General Business Man ager, D. D. V. Long; Decorating Man ager, Boone Monk, his assistants be ing, Edgar Long. R. P. Michaels, Jr., J. V. King, and Bradsher Davis. Floor Manager, W. H. Harris, III, with the following assistants, Edwin J. Hamlin, Thomas Bumpass, M. C. Warren, and Lester James will be in charge of the dance to be given at the high school Friday evening in the gymnasium. Plans for this event have been made and the cooperation of all is urged, in so much as the proceeds from it will go to the depleted athletic fund. Billy Groffe and his orchestra will furnish the music for the occasion. This orchestra is well known amon? local folk for its excellent entertain ment and it is expected that this oc casion will be one of the high lights in the social life of the town. Athletic Fund At Low Ebb The Athletic Fund, for which thit dance is being given, is reported to be at a low ebb. For the past several years no direct funds have been avail able to give high school students in Roxboro adequate means for health ful recreation. It takes more than mere physical exercise and mental ef fort. Equipment must be bought with hard, cold cash. Nets for the tennis courts, uniforms for football, baseball and basketball teams, balls with which to play these various contests are a few examples of the things that are needed. It is to be hoped that this alumni association may be made a permanent organization, not to put on dances, but to rally to the rail . ol iielp from your Alma Mater and the place where children of the residents of Ihis town and community will get their mental training and physical education. With the cooperation of all its alumni and the citizenship as a whole it can be done. 1> FINED Chelsea, Mass ? The Western Union Telegraph Company was fined $500 by Judge Samuel R. Cutler, who held it In contempt of court for handling two telegrams addressed to him protesting the arrest of certain defendants,. Player In Tri-State League Has Knocked Between Twenty And Twenty-five Home Runs This Season SON OF MR. AND MRS. ZADOC SLAUGHTER Enos Slaughter, son of Mr. and Mr?. Zadoc Slaughter, and who started his baseball career with the high schools of this county, has been asked to au tograph a Louisville Slugger bat man ufactured by Hillerich and Bradsby Company of Louisville, Ky. Major League stars such as Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig and others are fre quently requested to autograph bats that are placed on sale by the corn pay. The Louisville Slugger is the most famous bat in baseball and is the one that is mostly used, albiet it is more expensive than others. It is understood that he will get a royalty from each bat that is sold with his name on it. Ca-Vel will use some of the bats that have been so autographed. Mr, Slaughter is twenty years old. r.nd until the current season played ball with the Ca-Vel nine, batting an average of .475 last season. This year he joined the Tri-St'ate League and has hit between twenty and twenty five home runs. For a time he played with the Asheville, N. C. club but since that time he has been transferred to the Martinsville, Va. club, owned by the St. Louis Cardinals. If he continues his brilliant work at the bat, it is thought that there is an excellent chance for him to break into Major League ball. o LOYALTY MONTH The Jefferson Standard Life. Insur ance Company of Greensboro, N. C. was organized in August 1907. Since that date the growth of the Company has been phenomenal, and it is now considered the largest financial in stitution of the Scuth. Its growth, its progress, and its worth to N. C. can not be measured in dollars and cents. Every North Carolinian should point with pride to this Home Company and support its progress in every possible way. Since August 1907 the company has set aside each year the month of Au gust as "Loyalty Month." Every per son connected with the company or with the field force works a little hard er to make that month the best month of the y?ar. The Thompson Insurance Aeency has been assigned a quota of $50,000 for the month of August .and while this seems a large amount of insurance to write in a small town this agency has not only promised the Jefferson Standard to try to secure this much business, but has advised them definitely that this much busi ness will be secured. The Thompson Insurance Agency earnestly request all of their friends who' are contemplat ing taking insurance during the year to give this business to them during the month of August. They will need the cooperation of all their old policy holders and friends to reach this quota. The people of Roxboro and Person County will be informed of the prog ress of this agency toward their goal in the weekly papers each week. Also this information may be secured from the placard which is now posted at the entrance of Thompson Insurance Agency. We solicit your cooperation. ? ? : a ; u Returned From Asheville ? Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Burns, who have been _ visiting their son, Mr. A. M. Burns, Jr., and family in Asheville have returned home. o DOCTOR CALLS HIS END Los Angeles. ? While attending a meeting, Dr. D. H. Calder, 57, felt a pain and said, "It is a touch of an gina." He crumpled up in his chair and died a little later. N. C. STATE TAX COLLECTIONS SOAR ABOVE EXPECTATIONS The State of North Carolina col lected $4,140,442.05 in taxes during July. The total was $382,427.21 or 10 18 per cent above collections in July 1934. Of outstanding significance was the fact that the Increase was achieved before money from the "exemptlonless sales tax" began to pour In ? although j the restaurant meal tax was included ? and before the big oil companies paid the new chain filling station tax. The General fund collections were $2,330,956.29* or 6.15 per cent above those of the first month of the last fiscal year. Collections for the high way fund were $1,809,485.76, represent ing a 15.84 per cent increase. The monthly collection report, an nounced by Revenue Commissioner A. J. Maxwell last night, showed that col lection of every form of tax the State uses, with a single exception, was greater last month than in July 1934. The exception concerned franchise taxes, the collections of which were $1,068,069.39 as compared to $1,368,* 828.03 for the same month last year. "But I do not attach any significance to that," said MJr. Maxwell. "It may mean only that the check from one big corporation got in in time to be counted last year while this year it is in the mail," - i