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ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA MONDAY, AUGUST 26, 1935
(County Correspondents Solicited)
NUMBER 52
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Office Boxes
fed al Early Hour
finday Morning
Was Taken From Boxes Of j
!oples Bank, Somerset
kills, Long, Bradsher &
rCo? And Roxboro Cot
ton Mills
RELEASED IN CUS
TODY C^BF PARENTS PEND
ING ARlltlVAL FED'AL A'GT
Mail
Bank R<
set Mills
was fou
all over
ped open
around, ps
their cont<
side.
Letters
on South
and Depo'
them had
with.
Upon dii
lice imme
suiting ii
garet 1
Mrs Je:
all
?m the boxes of The Peoples
ixboro Cotton Mills, Somer
and Long Bradsher and Co.
Sunday morning scattered
>wn. Envelopes had been rip
,and their contents strewed
:kages had been untied
:nts examined and cast a- !
from these boxes were found
Main Street, Lamar street
street. Practically all of
been opened or tampered
overy of the robbery po
iately went into action, re
the apprehension of Mar- ,
10, daughter of Mr. and
Davis. She had left a trail
| way up Main street, indicat
at it was a childish prank rath
r than an offense of more serious i
ature.
There was very little possibility of
any money being taken from any of
these boxes, as money is usually sent
by check, which could do no one ex
ceut the payee any good, or by regis
tered mail, which must be delivered to
a responsible person. Most of the con
tests found consisted of personal let
ters business correspondence, checks
sent to The Peoples Bank for cancel
lation, and packages.
Chief of Police S. A. Oliver got on
the trail directly and, after checking
several clues, issued a warrant for the
arrest of Margaret Davis. She was
taken into custody at the home of her
parents in South Roxboro.
Arraigned before Probation Officer
Nathan Lunsford Sunday afternoon
the child was released in the custody
of her parents pending the arrival of
a Federal investigator. At a late hour
this morning he had not arrived.
Scott Long Is
Transferred To
Farmville, N. C.
Mr. Scott Long, who has been work
ing with the Roxboro Furniture Co..
for some time, has be?n transferred to ,
the Pitt Furniture Company, a branch
store that this concern is opening. Mr. |
Long has many friends who will regret
to see him go, but who will rejoice
with him at his promotion.
Mr. R. H. Shelton, manager for the
Roxboro Furniture Company, is spend- :
ing a few days in Farmville to get the
new store will on its way.
FRIDAY NIGHT
AUG. 30TH, 8:30
"No News" will be presented by the;
*'Crazy Tobacco Tag," who appear!
aiaily owt W. P. T. P. in Raleigh, spon
sored by the Longhurst Methodist
f^hurch, at the Jalong school auditor- !
""ium Friday night, August 30, at 8:30 ;
P. M. Admission is fifteen cents forj
children and twenty-five cents for a
dults. Percentage proceeds go for the ]
benefit of said church. Roxboro and j
vicinity are cordially invited to enjoy ]
this wholesome entertainment.
Norfolk Friend Dead
Sorrow will spread among the friends
o^>Roxboro to hear of the sudden death
of Mfcs. taiijgaret Winner. She was the
only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bert
Har^ay of N?rfolk, Va.
/ She was better known as Margaret
Hardy, as siie visited in the homes of
L. P. Frederick and Mrs. Mona Fred
erick Qifjton before her marriage to
/erick ton
FreV/wir*.
ATTENrifV
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G THE
FIREflEN'S CONVENTION
Messrs. J.fyl. and Henry CB riant
left this abming for Wilmington
where they tfll attend the annual
convention of firemen.
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HAS APPENDICITIS
OPERATION FRIDAY
Miss Oveida Long was operated on
Friday at Watts hospital for ' ppendi
ottto. ? At this writing she is reported
to be convalescing satisfactorily.
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Eastern Markets
Open With Average
From 18 to 20 Cents
Big Breaks On All Markets As Aver
age Falls Below That Of Border
Belt And Georgia Markets
The markets in Eastern North
Carolina Tobacco Belt opened to
day with the disappointing av
erage of eighteen to twenty cents.
This average is from four to six
cents under that reported from the
opening sales of the Border Belt
and Georgia Markets.
All floors were reported to be
crowded with tobacco for the first
sales.
These figures were made avail
able from private source in Dur
ham.
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Rotary Club Meets
With The Ladies
Of Rock Grove Ch.
Ladies Served Very Delicious Supper.
Business Of Meeting Carried For
ward To Next Session.
The regular weekly meeting of the
Roxboro Rotary Club was held on
Thursday evening at the Rock Grove
Church in the Allensville section .The
ladies of the church were hostesses to
the club and served a very delicious
picnic supper.
The business of the club was car
ried forward to the next meeting.
Messrs. Wm .D. Merritt and J. B.
Currin made short talks.
The next meeting of the club will
be held on Thursday August 29th at
the Community Center. The program
is to be in charge of Billy Montague,
Chairman of the Fellowship Commit
tee.
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Negro Seriously
Wounded in Knife
Slashing Affair
Otis Holloway, negro of this coun
ty, was in a serious condition at his
home this morning and Paul Wiley,
another negro of Roxboro, was being
sought by police as the result of a knife
slashing affray Saturday night.
Holloway was cut about the face, up
his back, and in th?? abdomen fol
lowing an altercation with Wiley Sat
urday night about 8:30. It is report
ed that the argument grew out of a
misunderstanding that the two men
had some time ago.
After passing several blows Hollo
way turned and ran, but fell down.
Wiley caught him and proceeded to
carve him up.
About fifty stitches were required to
close the wounds.
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DUEY CARMICHAEL WITH
MORRIS AND LEDBETTER
Mr. Duey Carmichael, who for many
years has been with Carolina Power
and Light Company, has accepted a
position with Morris and Ledbetter.
Mr. Carmichael is well acquainted
with the duties contigent to his Job
and invites all his friends in to see
him at his new place.
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Cattle Show For
Person County On
September 26-27
Interest In The Display Of Per
son County Cattle Is In
creasing. Signs Point To
A Successful Occasion
The first cattle showing that Person
County has had is scheduled to take
place on September 26-27th, Thurs
day and Friday. Many interested cit
izens are planning to take an active
part in the demonstration, and is ex
pected that many Person County bred
cattle will be "displayed on these two
days.
The sponsors of the occasion report
excellent cooperation from all mer
chants and others, and they are optim
istic over a very successful showing.
For many years County Agent San
ders has worked on cattle breeding in
this county, preaching it as a matter
of economy for the farmer, as well as
a means of bripging in adltlonal rev
enue. This will be the first opporutn
ity to show what has been done along
these lines.
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CENTRAL STATE LEAGUE CHAMPIONS
Pictured above is the banner winning team in the Central State League. Ca-Vel won the first half banner,
and now has the second half sewed up. Standing left to right: Jack Cozart, B. B. Mangum, Reubin Wheeler, Howard
Slaughter, Ben Pearce, .Carlton Slaughter, Claude Wilborn, Arnold Holt, Tommie Crowder, Matt Dickerson, Bill
Owens, Buster Maynard. Sitting left to right: Lester J ames, Julian Richardson, Morris Briggs, Ralph Gravitt.
There are three other players who do not appear on this picture but who played a big part in the winning of the
banner. They are: Howard Anders, Emmett Wilborn, and Thomas Monk.
Ca-Vel Has League
Pennant In The Bag
UP TO SATURDAY
TEAM HAD WON 40
OUT OF 49 GAMES
Batting Average Shows .314 As
Compared With .217 For
Their Opponents
C. WILBORN LEADS
WITH .459 AVERAGE
Lefty Crowder, With Two Los
ses And Sixteen Victories,
Takes Pitching Honors
When first-half play in the Central
State League ended on June 19th, Ca- >
Vel had copped the first-half banner.
This performance has been repeated
for the second half, with three contests
to go.
Baxter Mangum's crew walked off
with first-half honors by losing only
three games, two of them to the Bulls.
In the second half play they are six
games ahead of Durham, their near
est opponents, and with only three
games to be played it will be impossible
for any of the other contenders to
catch them.
Out of fifteen starts in the final
series Ca-Vel has won fourteen.
Batting honors go to Claude Wilborn
who has come to the plate for Ca-Vel
170 times during season, scoring 78
hits for an average of .459. He is closely
followed by Briggs with 73 hits out of
182 times at the bat with an average !
of .401. 1
Lieity urowaer taices mouna nonors
with sixteen wins and two losses out
of eighteen starts. Claude Wilborn
follows closely on his heels with four
teen games won and two lost out of
sixteen starts.
Reward For Excellent Showing
As a reward for their excellent per- 1
formance all through the season the <
entire Ca-Vel team will be given a 1
trip to the world series in New York, t
if the series is played there. Other- 1
wise the mill management will give i
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CARRIED TO HOSPITAL I
ON FRIDAY NIGHT
Mr. O. T. Kirby was carried to Watts
hospital Friday night suffering with
appendicitis. He was operated on
Saturday morning and at this writing
it is reported that he is getting along
nicely.
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MRS. WHITFIELD SICK
IN GREENSBORO, N. C.
Mrs. E. R. Whitfield of Bushy Fork
section is improving slowly following
an eye operation of August 12th. She is I
at the home of her daughter. Mrs. Wal- 1
ter F. Snipes, 1413 Lexington ave. 1
PANORAMA
Tourists visiting Panorama
Hotel at Panorama, Va., high
up in the mountains of our neigh
boring state, last week thought
for a time that they were get
ting more for their money than
they had bargained for. Word
went out that Senator Huey Long
was a guest at the hotel. All
the guests came out on the por
tico to view the distinguished
senator, and they all were agreed
that it was he. But upon in
quiry at the desk the man whom
they had mistook for Huey was
none other than our own dis
tinguished citizen, Joe E. Kirby,
who was spending a few days
vacationing at the hotel.
Attended District
Health Meeting
In Henderson Fri.
Dr. M. H. Rourk and Mrs. I. D.
DUriant represented the Orange-Per
son Health Department at a district
meeting held in Henderson on Friday,
rhe following counties were represent
ed beside Person and Orange: Durham,
Franklin, Vance, Halifax, Wake and
Sranville. The representatives, forty
in number were entertained at lunch
it the Vance Hotel, after which various
representatives spoke on the health sit
uation in North Carolina.
Dr. Knox, child specialist of the State
Health Department, spoke briefly on the
polio situation, declaring that the di
sease was on the decline, but urged that
precautions be observed just the same.
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Barn Destroyed
By Fire Saturday
Saturday morning our good friend,
Mr. Ben L. Evans, had the misfortune
x> lose a tobacco barn, and contents, by
tire. Ben is easily one of the best
;obacco growers in the County, and
;his is quite a loss to him. We did j
lot learn whether he carried any in- j
iurance.
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Lloyds 20 To 1
On Cold Cure
London, Aug. 25. ? Hie chances of a
njre for the common cold being dls
:overed within the next 12 months are
!0 to 1. Lloyds underwriters are wili
ng to offer these odds against a com
non cold being discovered in 1936.
3dds of only 4 to 1 can be obtained,
lowever, against a cure being found
vithin the next five years.
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BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
Mr. and 'Mrs. W. P. Dixon of Leas
>urg, N. C? announce the birth of a
ittle girl. Pasty Annt on August 17,
935.
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Peoples Bank
Dresses Up With
New Coat Paint
The Peoples Bank is dressing itself
up with a new coat of paint on the
outside. The appearance of the build
ing is so changed that some people,
upon observing it for the first time,
have declared they had to stop and
think whether they were in the right
town or not.
The building is being painted the
natural color of red brick, trimmed in
white, and with the bricks striped. It
will add much to the appearance of
the corner whefle it is located when the
job is completed.
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Farewell Sermon
Rev. B. E. Kelley, pastor of the
East Roxboro - Longhurst Methodist
churches, will preach his last sermcns
to his congregations here Sunday,
September 1, before returning to the
Western Virginia Conference, which
convenes at Barboursville, W. Va. on
September 4.
Rev. Kelley was sent to this charge
while a student in the School of Re
ligion of Duke University. He received
his Bachelor of Divtnify degree in
June, and now returns to his home
Conference.
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INVENTOR'S SON
DIES SUDDENLY
Thomas A. Edison, Jr., Passes
Away In Massachusetts
Hotel Room
Springfield, Mass., Aug. 26 ? Thomas
A. Edison, Jr. 59 eldest son of the fam
ous inventor and head of the research
engineering department of the Edi
son plant at West Orange N. J., died
early today in a hotel room here. A
medical examination reported death
apparently was due to a heart ail
ment.
Edison arrived at the hotel with two
companions Friday night and register
ed under another name. Later he be
came ill and a physician was called.
The physician remained in attendance
until Edison died at 2 a. m. today.
His identity was not known by ho
tel officials until his step-brother,
Charles Edison, arrived from New
Jersey and claimed the body. It was
sent to East Orange, where he lived,
for burial. ,
The purpose of Edison's visit was
not known here.
Edison and his companions regis
tered at the hotel (Kimball) as W. H.
Hildebrand, J. J. Griffin, and J. J.
Byrne, al of Orange, N. J. Under which ?
name Edison registered the hotel clerk '
did not know.
Seventeen years ago he went to East
Orange to live and took up work in :
his father's plant at West Orange. i
Oldsmobile Coach
Badly Torn Up In
Crash Sat. Night
Loca|l Folks* Vacationing At
Myrtle Beach, S. C., Crash
With Negro-Laden Ford
None Seriously Injured
Messrs. Reggie and Billie Harris,
Earl Bradsher, Jr. and Miss Mary Eliza
beth Sanders of this city, and Misses
Louisa Rankin and Mary Coleman
Harris of Florence, S. C., en route from
Myrtle Beach, S. C? to Ocean Drive
on the Myrtle Beach-Wilmington, N.
C., highway in the early hours of Sun
day morning were involved in a head
on collision with a Ford laden with
seven negroes. The accident occur
red about 12:30 a. m.
The car, an Oldsmobile Six Coach,
and the property of Mr. W. H. Harris,
was being operated by Mr. Earl Brad
sher, Jr., at the time. It was prac
tically demolished, but none of the
occupants were injured to any serious
extent. The driver was hurt worse,
he having sustained a sprained left
arm, a gash down his nose, and two
cracked teeth. Injuries to the others
were of a minor nature, consisting for
the most part of bruises, and a gen
eral shaking-up.
The negroes were thought not to be
hurt, as six out of the seven occupants
ran after the collision. The seventh,
who turned out to be owner of the
car, was in the back seat and said that
he didn't know who was driving at the
time. It was reported that they were
drinking.
Messrs. Harris and Bradsher and
Miss Sanders left here Thursday to
spend a few days at Myrtle Beach. Mr.
and Mrs. Martin Michie and Mrs. Wal
lace Harris were already there, having
driven down in the car that was wreck
ed a few days before.
Misses Rankin and Harris of Flor
ence, S. C., were living at a cottage on
Ocean Drive, a nearby resort, and it
was while they were enroute there
in the borrowed car to take the young
ladies home that the accident happen
ed.
The car was so badly wrecked that
it was necessary to leave it, the party
from here returning home Sunday
night.
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Louisburg College
Self - Help Plan
A splendid faculty has been selected
at Louisburg College to care for what
now appears to be largest enrollment
for many years. This college is at
tempting an unique plan for the ex
tension of the self-help aid to all of
its students. The plan is meeting with
unusual success. Where ever the in
formation is carried about the new sys
tem at Louisburg College much inter
est has been aroused and many ques
tions and applications have poured into
the college.
The beauty of this plan is that it
dignifies and elevates ordinary college
labor to the level of an instructive
course. Students do not only do the
work but they are taught how to do
it and how to do it right. The col
lege is thus used as an industrial
laboratory for teaching and practice
in cooking, home making, gardening,
tree surgery, landscaping, the care of
shrubs and flpwers, woodwork and
many other interesting things all of
which are instructive and socially use
ful. The work is standardized and
graded and thus lifted from the level
of mere drudgery.
The rather limited dormitory ca
pacity of the college will be taxed to
the utmost, but every effort will be
made to accommodate any student who
desires to attend. If necessary stu
dents will be placed in desirable homes
in the community after the dormitories
have been filled.
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Arrest Two Nazis
At Jewish Parley
Lucerne, Switzerland, Aug. 24? po
lice announced today they had arrest
ed two Nazis who attempted to enter
the World Zionist Congress, which
heard a demand from Kurt Bluipen
field, German delegate, for a world
campaign to educate Jewish youth to
resist! "persecution." Authorities Re
clined to identify the prisoners.
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HOME FROM GEORGIA
Mt. and Mrs. H. W. Winstead and
children, Miss Anna Wooding, and
Wharton, have returned from Tifton,
Gfa. v^here Mr. Winstead has been
engaged in the warehouse business.
Miss Lillian Touchstone of Tifton re
turned for a visit with them. ?