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ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA MONDAY, AUGUST 19, 1935
(County Correspondents Solicited)
NUMBER 50
Lifelong Resident
Passes Suddenly
While On Visit
Mrs. Margaret B. St ray horn
Passes Friday Afternoon
While Visiting Neice and
Husband In Gastonia
FUNERAL SERVICES TODAY
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Mrs. Margaret B. Strayhorne passed '
away Friday afternoon at the home of j
Dr. and Mrs. P. E. Huth in Gastonia,
N. C. Mrs. Huth is a niece to Mrs.
Stryhorne. She left here two weeks
ago to visit her neice and husband in
Gastonia, and since her arrival at their
home apparently had been enjoying the
best of health.
Death claimed her at 4:30 P. M. Fri
day after an illness that lasted only a
few minutes. She had complained of
not feeling well and asked Mrs. Huth ;
to summon a doctor, but when he
arrived she had lapsed into uncon
sciousness, the end coming a few min- j
utes later.
Mrs. Strayhorne had made her home I
here with Mrs. Ruth Stephens for a
good many years, and the funeral ser
vices were conducted there this morn
ing. Rev. E. B. Craven and Rev. J.
H. Shore were in charge of the services
which occurred at 10:00 a. m.
Pall bearers active: Messrs. Reginald
Harris, D. R. Taylor, Sam Merritt,
W. H. Adair, Preston Satterfleld and
W. C. Bullock. Honorary: Messrs.
Walter Woody, S G. Winstead, Will
Merritt, John Winstead, Bill Harris,
A. M. Burns, George Walker, W. H.
Griffin, W. A. Sergeant, W. T. Pass,
C. H. Hunter, Hugh Woods, J. D. Win
stead, F. O. Carver, W. R. Hambrick,
E. E. Bradsher. Ray Jackson, Dallas
Long, J. A. Long, G. C. David
son, N. Lunford, Dr. B. E. Love.
Dr. A. F. Nichols, and Dr. B. A. Thax- j
ion.
Mrs. Strayhorne, nee Miss Margaret
Barnett, was the daughter of the late
S. C. Barnett and Lucy Anne Dickens
Barnett. She married the late J. S.
Strayhorne and survived him by a
number of years. Surviving relatives
are two neices, Mrs. P. E. Huth, of
Gastonia, N. C., and Mrs. J. F. Doch
erty of Conneaut, Ohio. Mrs. Stray
home had made her home here for
practically her entire life, living with
Mrs. Ruth Stephens for a good many
years.
Immediately following the funeral j
services she was laid to rest in Burch
Wood Cemetery.
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Denning To Meet
Seagers Labor Day
Champion Of U. S. Navy Will Meet
Champion Of U. S. Marines
Jake Denning, champion of the U.
S. Navy, will meet Johnny Seagers.
champion of the U. S. Marines, as the
feature bout on a card to be staged
here September 2nd, Labor Day.
Other bouts that will appear on this
program have not as yet been lined
up, but it is understood that the pro
moters are preparing the most in- '
teresting and best event that lias been
put on here yet.
Denning refereed the bouts here of
last Thursday, but he said that he
would rather be in the ring as a fight
er than as a referee.
Fight fans of this section will have
an opportunity to see some real fight- ;
ing on Labor Day. Watch for further
announcements.
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Returned From .
Nags Head
Dr. and Mrs. G. W. Gentry, and son
Read;., Mr. and Mrs. O. Z. Gentry and
son, Zacky, Mr. D. W. Ledbetter, his
sister, Miss Willie and Miss Nan Coth
ran, of Statesville, Dr. J. H. Hughes,
Mr. M. G. Clayton, Mr. G. C. Hunter
and daughter. Miss Rebecca returned
Sunday from a week's fishing trip to
Nag's Head, N. C. Most of their fish- j
ing was done in Oregon Inlet. They
caught much fish, the largest catch
of Saturday's effort being a forty-five
pound drum by Reade Gentry.
Week-End In
Greensboro
Mrs. J. Lee Peterson of New Bruns- i
wick, N. J. and Mrs. J. H. Berry of
Durham, sister and mother of Mrs. R
H. Shelton, motored to Greensboro on
Saturday to spend the week-end. Mrs.
Peterson is expected back this week
and will probably be joined by Mr.
Peterson who has been attending sum
mer school at Columbia University in
New York.
Hospital Discussed
At Meeting In Court
House Friday Night
Mr. G. H. Winfrey, Hospital Ex
pert Of Richmond, Va. Of
fers Proposal For Local
Institution
Sponsored by the Person County
Medical Society and the Roxboro
Chamber of Commerce a meeting was
held in the courtroom Friday night at
8:00 o'clock for the purpose of discus
sing ways and means of building a hos
pital in Roxboro.
Mr. G. H. Winfrey, past Secretary of
the Virginia Medical Society, and a
man who has been prominently con
nected with hospital work in Rich
mond, was here to address the group.
He outlined a plan for a fifty-bed
hospital that called for an outlay of
$75,000, which included building, equip
ment, etc. It was proposed that as
much money as possible be raised in
this trade territory by selling stock at
$100.00 per share, to bear an interest
rate of six per cent. The interest
would not be payable in cash, but in
hospital service. Any person who
bought as much as one hundred dol
lars worth of stock would be entitled
to thirty days hospitalization per year
at no cost. A further phase of this
proposal was that any person who
would be willing to subscribe as much
as five dollars per year or fifty cents
per month would be entitled to hospit
alization at the nominal cost of one
dollar per day. All others would be
charged at the regular rate.
When all the money that could be
raised in this trade area under this
plan had been exhausted the remaining
sum would be applied for under the
P. W. A. It is felt that fifty thousand
dollars can be raised here without any
great amount of trouble.
As soon as the plans are put into
shape Mr. Winfrey is going to be ask- I
ed to come back here and head up the j
movement.
The crowd at the courthouse, while :
small in number, was enthusiastic. In j
the absence of both the president and
vice-president of the Chamber of Com- ;
merce its secretary, Mr. H. A. Sawyer,
occupied the chair.
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Uncle Sam Gels
More Than $4,000
In Chain Letters
Denver, Colo., Aug. 16 ? Uncle Sam !
got more than a flock of headaches
and bunions out of the recent chain
letter craze.
Postmaster J. O. Stevic disclosed to
day nearly $4,000 was impounded here
in dimes, quarters and half dollars ? I
all taken from chain letters that had
wound up in the dead letter depart- 1
ment.
"At the height of the craze people's
minds seemed completely unhinged,"
commented Stevic.
"They would stick into the mail
boxes letters containing perhaps dol
lar bills, and addressed to, say, John
Jones, without a street address or a
stamp."
The money will be held a year, then
turned over to the treasury.
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Raised Tobacco For
20 Years Before
Seeing Auction Sale
He's raised tobacco for 20 years but
saw his first tobacco sale last Thurs
day in Whiteville. This unusual per
son is John Lay, prosperous farmer
of the Pireway section, who visited the
local market last week.
?Mr. Lay has been raising tobacco ?
good tobacco ? for two decades. During
that time he has allowed his sons. Bill
and Fred Lay, to handle the "market
ing of all the weed which he grew, and
has always been satisfied with their
selling.
Last Thursday he took a notion to
visit Whiteville's market, "to see how
thl? 'money market' is operated" he
said. And, he added, he likes it fine.
? News Reporter.
MR. FARMER
I saw tobacco selling good in South
Carolina. They did not take any in.
They seemed to be satisfied with the
prices.
How about taking out the curing
or pack -barn insurance with us.
We can write you a life policy and
date it in the fall for you too. We
sell all kinds of insurance.
KNIGHT'S INS. AGENCY.
WITTICISMS SILENCED FOREVER I
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Above is a picture of Will Rogers taken during the production of one of his
last pictures. It was snapped while he was in action on the lot.
Will, with Wiley Post, crashed to their deaths last Thursday while touring
Alaska.
Tentative plans for his funeral have been set for Los Angeles on next
Thursday.
Tenant Farmer
Loses Barn Of
Tobacco By Fire
Willie Williams, Tenant On Mr. S. G.
Winstead's Farm, Has Barn To
Burn Friday Morning
Willie Williams, tenant farmer on Mr.
S. G. Winstead's farm located just on
the western edge of town, had the mis
fortune Friday morning to lose a barn
of tobacco by fire.
The barn had between six and seven
hundred sticks of tobacco in it and
was in the process of being killed out
when the accident occurred. The
fire broke out in the top and burned
like kindling wood.
The fire department was called out,
but the fire was beyond control when
they arrived. There was nothing
that could be done except to watch it
burn and prevent it from spreading
to nearby buildings.
The barn and tobacco were a com
plete loss as there was no insurance
on either.
Annual Stew Held
Friday Afternoon
By Local Community
The annual stew, which has almost
become traditional, was held Friday
afternoon in West Roxboro. On a high
knoll that overlooks all surrounding
territory and situated just to the rear
of Mr. J. M. O'Brlant's property the
scene of the occasion was set. All
the residents of that particular section
were asked to contribute something to
go into the stew, and when they arriv
ed, with invited guests, four pots of
delicious brunswick stew greeted their
eyes and nostrils.
Mr. Melvin O'Briant, with the able
assistance of his neighbors, especially
the ladies, had spent practically the
entire day in preparation for this
event. And the stew certainly did
their efforts justice. It was pronounc
ed as the best stew ever.
Practically all of the neighbors and
many of the townspeople partook of
the stew and all seemed to enjoy it
thoroughly.
UNDER THE TEMPLE Comment ||
FATHER AT 82 ? Mr. and Mrs.
John Henry Zimmerman who live away
up in Cunningham Township are the
proud parents of a young son, John
Henry Calvin Zimmerman. He was
born July 29, 1935.
Nothing so remarkable about the
birth of a child. But "Uncle Henry",
as Mr. Zimmerman is more familiarly
known, probably possesses the distinc
tion of being the oldest father of a
newly born son in the county. He
had passed the eighty-second mile
stone. His wife is twenty-nine.
They were married fourteen years
ago when Mrs. Zimmerman was fifteen
and her husband sixty-eight. John
Henry Calvin is their only child.
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HEALTH DEPARTMENT ? With
Msr. Ruth ^IcCollum O'Briant back at
her desk in the health office things
around the courthouse are assuming
a more familiar shape. Mrs. O'Briant
had an able assistant in Miss Clara
Gentry during the course of her recent
illness, but she has become such an
institution d using her years of service
to the county as health nurse that it
would not be the same without her.
If you want a rare experience you
should Just go out with Mrs. O'Briant
on her trips she makes throughout the
county, into every nook and corner
of it. She runs into all kinds of sit
uations and has yet to come upon one
which she cannot handle.
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FARMING ? Miss Bessie Daniel says
that she has three hobbies In life ....
farming, figures and folks. Dropped into
her office the other day and saw a
bundle of tobacco lying on her desk.
When asked whose It was, she replied
that it was grown on her farm. Then
she proceeded to show us how to tell
tobacco of good quality when we saw
it. Yes sir, Miss Bessie knows her
onions when it comes to farming.
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INSTITUTIONS ? Custodian Ar
thur Long has one of the most regu
larly attended institutions that is in
the county. He keeps house up in the
jail on the third floor of the courthouse.
It's almost like a hotel up there with
so much room. But even at that he
is sometimes crowded. Every month
that passes there are some twenty or
thirty who partake of his hospitality.
He says that he doesn't care how
mean they get, he thinks he can handle
them. But he hates to handle a
crazy one.
Whenever a new prisoner came in
the old hands used -to have a regular
initiation ceremony. These had to be
cut out, however, because the process
became a little too rough.
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POLIO ? Infantile Paralysis is on
the decrease, reports from all sections
of the country Indicate. There have
been no new cases reported here for
the past several days. This is one of
the best pieces of news that we have
for this issue.
TEXT BOOKS ? No one seems to
know just what the new text book
rental system is going to do for the
schools of North Carolina. It is un
derstood that difficulties are being en
countered with the publishing houses
that furnish the books for North Car
olina. as well as other states in the
country. Just what plan can be work
ed out is at this time unknown.
ROGERS AND POST FALL TO DEATH
IN AIRPLANE PLUNGE OF SIXTY FEET
Liquor Sales Will
Put Millions Into
State Treasuries
Chicago, Aug. 18 ? The national
thirst will put nearly $145,000,000 into
state treasuries this year, a survey on
state liquor taxation made for the
American Legislators' association
shows.
The report included actual or es
timated revenues of $92,230,000 in 24
of the 32 states which license beer and
liquor dispensaries, and $51,798,000 rev
enue in 10 of the 14 states operating
liquor stores.
Wide variation in "expectations"
from liquor taxes was shown among
the states.
New York state received $14,490,000
from excise and license taxes in 1934
1935, a per capita revenue of $3.20.
California anticipated an annual rev
enue of $3,300,000, or 54 cents per
capita.
Ohio topped the list of expected an
nual revenue among states operating
liquor stores, with an expectation of
$16,196,000, or $2.38 per capita. Penn
sylvania's anticipated revenue was $15,
000,000, or $1.58 per capita and Michi
gan anticipated $7,579,000, or $1.50 per
capita.
The report pointed out that Alabama
was only state in which it was impos
sible to buy a legal drink since the first
of the year.
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Sawyer Speaks To
Rotary Club About
Tobacco Market
Definite Action On Plans Held
Over Until Later. Club Hos
pital Committee Is
Appointed
NEW MEMBERS WELCOMED
Mr. Hugh Sawyer, Secretary of the
Roxboro Chamber of Commerce spoke
to the Rotary Club at its regular meet
ing on Thursday evening on the plans
formulated for the development of the
local tobacco market by committees
representing the Kiwanis and Rotary
Clubs. The meeting was opened for a
general discussion erf this subject by
the members and due to time limits,
the plans were held over to a later
meeting at which time a definite course
of action will be decided upon.
Bedford Love, on the behalf of Mr.
Sawyer informed the Club of a move
ment to organize a hospital in the
city and requested that a committee
be appointed to meet with the physi
cians and various other committees
representing all of the civic organi
zations at the court house on Friday
evening. The purpose of this meeting,
to which the general public is invited,
is to hear the plan which has been of
fered to the Chamber of Commerce
and to determine the wishes of the
public in this connection. The fol
lowing members were appointed to act
on this committee: Reg Harris, Geo.
Kane, Paul cashwell, Howard Strang,
David Brooks, Moffett Spencer, Joe
Kirby, and Nath Luneford.
Two newly elected members, Lee
Umstad and Reade Jones, were wel
comed into the club by Bedford Lov*
and Jim Walker.
President Jim Walker announced
that the next meeting is to be held at
the Rbck Grove Church on Thursday
evening at six thirty. Rotary Annes
and friends of the members are to be
invited.
Messrs. Hugh Sawyer, W. W. War
ren, and James Harris, newly appoint
ed City Manager, were guests of the
Club.
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Free Attraction
Thursday Night
Griffin Motor Company will sponsor
an out-door picture show Thursday
night on the Central Graded School
Grounds, next door to the City Of
fice. There will be talking pictures,
and the program will begin at 8:00 p
m.
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TOURING IN MOUNTAINS
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Noell and Dr
R. H. Noell of Rocky Mount, N. C.
eft Friday for a tour of the moun
tains of Vlrginia and Western North
Carolina.
World Famous Comedian-Hu
morist And Ace Pilot Killed
Instantly When Plane
Falls. Impact Drove
Motor Through The
Fuselage
TRAGEDY OCCURED NEAR,
POINT BARROW, ALASKA,
OUTPOST OF CIVILIZATION
The Master Of Wisecrack And The
_Ace Pilot Had Taken Off After Stop
ping To Inquire Way To Destina
tion. Were Preparing To Undertake
Trifling Ten Minute Run When The
Plane Misfired On Take-off, A Mere
Sixty Feet In The Air.
Word was flashed all over the coun
try Friday morning telling of the
tragic death of Will Rogers, master
comedian and humorist, and Wiley
Post, ace pilot. The two men were
touring Alaska and had stopped on a
small stream about fifteen miles from
Point Barrow, tiny outpost of civili
zation in Alaska, to inquire their way.
On the take-off the plane, piloted by
Post, misfired when only sixty feet in
the air, and plunged into the stream.
The terrific impact drove the motor
of the ship back through the fuse
lage, crushing the pilot and his fa
mous passenger. Indications were that
they died instantly. ?: ,?/ :
They had landed on a small river
when the Arctic fog had made them
uncertain of their bearings on a 500
miles flight from Fairbanks to Point
Barrow.
An Eskimo pointed out the way. A
few seconds after the take-oft the
plane's engine sputtered the ship drop
ped into the river, striking first on its
right wing and then nosing into the
bank head-on. The Eskimo said that
he ran to the bank and called but
there was no answer.
Alarmed, the terrified man turned
ana ran the fifteen miles to Point
Barrow and informed Sergaent Mor
gan. He was three hours running the
fifteen miles across the rough Tun
dra, with many small lakes to encir
cle and many streams to cross.
Sergeant Morgan immediately pro
ceeded to the scene of the wreck, but
darkness and ice made progress slow.
When he arrived natives had pulled
the body of Rogers from the wreckage
and salvaged what personal : effects
they could. Under Morgan's direction
ropes then had to be secured to the
wreckage to pull it apart to free the
body of post which was jammed un
der the wreckage.
The bodies of the two men were
taken to Point Barrow where they
rested at the Presbyterian Mission
warehouse. They were dressed by
Charles D. Brower, "King of the Ar
tie," whom Will Rogers was flying to
see, Sergt. Stanley H. Morgan, of the
U. S. Army Signal Corps, and Dr.
Henry w. Greist, medical missionary.
PRESIDENT LEADS NATION IN
EXPRESSION OF SORROW
"I was shocked to hear of the trag
edy which has taken Will Rogers and
Wiley Post from us," said President
Roosevelt. "Will was an old friend of
mine, a humorist and philosopher be
loved by all . . . Both were outstand
ing Americans and will be greatly
missed."
Many other expressions of grief
were made by men high in the official
and business life of the nation. These
only expressed the grief that shrouds
the entire country, prince and pauper
alike, at the tragic end of these two
men who reached the top in their re
spective professions.
Famed For Homely Humor
A cowboy's drawl, a shy grin and a
mirthful tongue that convulsed king
and commoner alike made Will Rogers
an international favorite. At 56 he was
known all over the world where mo
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Bowling Alley
To Be Placed
On Depot Street
Mr. A. E. Jackson is clearing out
a building on Depot Street and will
establish an up to date bowling aJey
there. It will be located next door to
Morris and Ledbetter's Radio Store,
and will be modern in every respect.
Watch for announcements concern
ing the opening of this new business.
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TONSIL CLINIC
Dr. B. W. Fassett of Durham, will'
hold a tonsil and adenoid clinic here
at Motel Roxboro, Aug. 30, 1935. Please
see Mrs. B. W. Qardner at hotel for
appointments.