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VOL. LII.
(Monday and Thursday)
ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1935
(County Correspondents Solicited)
NUMBER 60
TOBACCO FARMERS' PLEA
TO BE HEARD WEDNESDAY
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Delegation Will Appear Before
AAA In Washington,
Conference Decides
TELEGRAMS ARE SENT
FIVE MANUFACTURERS
Farmers' Committee To Confer Wed
nesday Morning; AAA To Hear
Their Suggestions
The petition of Eastern North Car
olina farmers for immediate Federal
action to increase the price of tobacco
will be presented to the Agricultural
Adjustment Administration in Wash
ington next Wednesday, it was decid
ed at a preliminary conference at the
Governor's mansion yesterday.
Representatives of tobacco manufac
turers were invited, by telegrams sent
yesterday, to attend the Washington
conference and cooperate in the price
boosting movement.
The case of the tobacco farmers will
be presented by a committee compos
ed of the Governor, Senator Bailey,
the State's 12 Representatives in Con
gress or as many of them as can be
present, the State Advisory Commit
tee, representatives of the Eastern
Carolina Warehouse Association, and
Dr. Clarence Poe and the other mem
bers of the committee which had j
charge of the farmers' mass meeting
held Saturday.
Farmers' Committee Meeting
Before the conference with AAA of
ficials and representatives of the tobac
co companies, scheduled to be held
Wednesday afternoon in Washington,
the farmers* cominittee will hold a
preliminary meeting at 10 o'clock this
morning.
The various suggestions approved
by th? mass meeting, which included
an immediate announcement of a bigi
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E. Y. Floyd Tells j
How Growers Can
Boost Market Price
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Points Out Other Uses For To
bacco That Brings Low
Price On The Market
Tobacco growers themselves can do
a great deal to boost weed prices this
season, said E. Y. Floyd, extension to
bacco specialist at N. C. State College.
The first thing, he said, is to keep
off the market all scrap tobacco and
all lower grades which bring less than
six cents a pound.
Heavy offerings of inferior and scrap
leaf tend to glut the market and de
press prices, he pointed out. Furth
ermore, a pound of scrap counts just
as much on the allotment card as a
pound of good tobacco.
Since tobacco is a good fertilizer,
Floyd stated, growers will find it ad
vantageous to save their scrap for fer
tilizing purposes. A ton of weed con
tains 86.8 pounds of nitrogen, 10 lbs.
of phosphoric acid, and 114.8 pounds
of potash.
But he warned against the use of to
bacco to fertilize fields on which to
bacco is to be grown next year, as in
some cases diseases would be carried
over to infect the new crop.
After the growers have sold all their
leaf that will bring more than six cents
a pound, they should take the unused
part of their allotment cards, if any is
left, to their county agents, who will
try to sell it at the rate of four cents
a pound.
This would give the growers four
cents a pound for the unused part of
their cards and at the same time al
low them to keep their inferior weed
at home.
However, Floyd pointed out, contract
signers whose allotments were neither
raised nor lowered this year are due to
receive deficiency payments in the
event that they failed to produce the
full amount of their allotment.
These growers should consult their
county agents before selling any part
of their cards, as they might lose more
than they would gain. The agents
will explain why, Floyd added.
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Visitors From Kinston
Mr. R. L. Stanford, a former resi
dent of this County, but now living
in Kinston, was a visitor Saturday. He
is connected with one of the ware
houses In Kinston, and he says what
the fanners are saying about prices
would not do to print In these col
umns.
Post Office
Inspector Here
Mr. P. G. Hoback, post office inspec
tor, is here looking over the sites of
fered the government for that new
building. He will probably finish his
inspection today or tomorrow and will
then make his recommendation, but
at this writing has given no intimation
as to what his recommendation will be.
Well, Copeland Garrett says if he
can not find just the site he is looking
for he has a fine location out on Route
144 which he would be willing to sac
rifice for about $800 per acre.
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Dr. Anders Speaks
To Rotary Club At
Regular Meeting
Baptist Missionary Talks Inter
estingly On Italian-Etho
pian Scrap. Claud Hall
Makes A Report
Dr. J. C. Anders, physician of the
Baptist Mission Board in Nigeria, Af
rica gave a very interesting and con
structive talk on the Italo-Ethiopian
controversy at the regular weekly
meeting of the Roxboro Rotary Club.
Of particular interest to his listeners,
was the speaker's vivid description of
the great barriers confronting the It
alian nation in the way of tropical
disease and the native's prowess as
huntsmen should Ethiopia be actually
invaded. He also laid great stress on
the possibility of further trouble should
Italy be allowed to continue its ag
gressive policy and strongly advised
against continued increasing of ar
maments by all nations. Dr. Ander's
address was well received by the au
dience and was considered as being the
most interesting address heard recent
ly.
Claude Hall gave the meeting a re
port of the farmer's mass meeting held
in Raleigh on that day and advised
that another meeting was scheduled
for Saturday. It is expected that
some cdnstructive movement will be
started at that time to increase to
bacco prices.
Dr. J. C. Anders and Earl Stanley
were guests of the Club.
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A CORRECTION
In the report of the funeral seryices
for Mr. S. B. Oakley it was said that
Elders Lex Chandler and Roy Monk
were in charge. This was a slightly
eironeous report and we make the fol
lowing correction: Elder Chandler was
in charge of the services at the home,
but had no part in the services at Mt.
Tabor Church, at which time Elder Roy
Monk was the officiating minister.
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MOVING TO KENTUCK-Y
Mr. and Mrs. J. Howard Young and
family, will leave tomorrow morning
for Louisville, Ky., where Mr. Young
is a student in the Southern Baptist
Theological Seminary.
About $35,000 In 1
Rental Payments
Received Here
Amount Is In Seven Hundred
Checks For Land Kept Out
Of Tobacco Production
This Year
County Agent H. K. Sanders has re
ceived checks amounting to something
more than $35,000 in rental payments
for tobacco land kept out of production
this year. This amount is in seven
hundred checks and a steady stream
of people have been occupying the
agent's office in the basement of the
courthouse for the past three days to
get their checks. u,
This represents approximately half
of the checks that will come to the
fanners of this county, as about six
hundred more are expected. All those
who have checks in this shipment were
notified by card from the county agent.
It Is not known what the amount of
those checks that are yet to come will
represent.
Victim Of Strange
Disappearance Is
Thought Found
Woman Who Was Driven Off By
Strange Man While Stopping
Here Believed To Have Been
Located.
The body of a young woman, be
lieved to be that of Mrs. W. T. Mar
tin, was found lodged against a Neuse
River bridge near Kinston by Con
gressman Graham A. Barden. Mrs.
Martin disappeared from Roxboro on
August 10 when she and her husband
were enroute to Waynesboro, Va. for a
visit with Mrs. Martin's parents, Mr.
and Mrs. J. R. Lott.
Mrs. Lott said that her son-in-law,
told her that he and his wife had
encountered trouble with their car
and had accepted a lift from a pas
sing motorist, and that while he had
stopped in a store in Roxboro, N. C.
to purchase some cigarettes, the help
ful motorist had driven off with his
wife.
Congressman Barden found the
body, which had apparently been in
the water for about a month. The
parents were today enroute to Golds
boro to identify the body, if it is their
daughter. The mother said that she
could tell whether or not it was she
by clothing and a deep scar on one
hand. The body has already been bur
ied.
Jewish Holiday
Saturday, September 28, is a Jew
ish national holiday. The following
stores will be closed in honor to the
holiday:
Raiff's Department Store.
The Quality Shoppe.
Goodfriend's.
Forman's Department Store.
Customers of these stores are asked
to note this announcement and plan
to do their shopping before Saturday.
These stores will be open for business
Monday morning.
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Severe Hail Storm
Visits Brookiand
Section Sunday
Dr. Tucker Caught In the Storm
Says It Was The Worst
That He Ever Saw
Yesterday afternoon at about five
o'clock a most severe hail and wind
storm visited the section in the neigh
borhood of Brookiand church. For
j tunately practically all of the tobacco
had been cut, and the only damage
was to some late corn.
Dr. E. J. Tucker happened to be
visiting his farm, which was in the
very center of the storm, and was out
in the field when it first began to hail;
he made haste in getting to the house,
but found no one at home and he had
to take refuge on the front porch. In
describing the storm he said there
seemed to be two clouds which met
almost directly over him, and for sev
eral minutes the wind was so strong
that he had to hold on to the columns
on the fronth porch, and even then he
expected the house to be blown down.
Doc says, and we are frilling to accept
his statement, that he was not fright
ened, but we'll bet he done some of
the most ardent praying he has done
in many moons.
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General Booth opens world-wide
"war" on sin.
Palace Theatre
Thurs., Sept. 26th
Presenting the Pick of America's
New-found Stars
ON THE SCREEN
Major Bowes'
Amateur Theatre
Of The Air
The Pick of the new entertain
ers you've been rooting for on the
radio, including: Doris Wester,
Phil Lebowitz, Jimmy Brown,
Adolphus Robinson, Three Hot'
Spots, Morris Sisters, The Mis
souriarvi, etc.
Ladies Matinee 3: IS? Two For
Price Of One ? 26e.
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Mother of Two at 14
DETROIT . . . Mrs. Jeanette Jones,
14, with her two children, Baby Bar
bara, 2 weeks, and Teddy Vernon, 1
year old. Her husband, a young truck
driver, met Jeanette at a local school
playground and they eloped to In
diana to be married. Jeanette was
born in Kentucky but moved here when
she was 4.
Hospital Discussed
A meeting was held in the court
house Friday night for the purpose of
considering building a hospital for the
County. The attendance was very
small and after much discussion it was
decided to instruct the secretary of
the Chamber of Commerce to get in
touch with the gentleman in Rich
mond, who is promoting the enter
prise and see if he thinks It will be
advisable to held another county-wide
mass meeting.
Everyone present was of the opinion
that a hospital was desirable, but the
opinion was divided as to the possi
bilities of maintaining such an insti
tution.
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Louis, Baer Ready
For Scrap Af Yankee
Stadium Tomorrow
Sports Writers Predict Win For :
IJaer. Fight To Be Broad
cast At 9:00 P. M.
joe Louis, conqueror of the mighty
Camera, is reported to be all ready to
meet Maxie Baer, former world cham
pion who lost to Jimmie Braddock, in
the Yankee Stadium tomorrow night.
Sports writers Edward Neill and Eddie
Brietz are predicting that Baer will
put Louis to sleep before the schedu
led fifteen rounds are up.
Baer and Loius have been training
hard, Louis, on his way up, and Baer
trying to make a comeback after his
defeat at the hands of Braddock. for
this supreme effort of their careers.
More than $1,000,000 worth of fans
will witness the scrap in the stadium
tomorrow night and many thousands
more will be listening over the radio
to the blow-by-blow account of the
battle that will be broadcast over a
nation-wide hook-up.
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Burlington Noses
Out Roxboro Skeet
Club By 7 Shots
Burlington Shooter Breaks Local Club
Record With 47 Hits Out of 50
Shots
Burlington nosed out the Roxboro
Skeeters Thursday afternoon by seven
points when the two clubs .met for
the first time this year. The Bur
lington aggregation won by seven
points out of 250.
A. P. Cuculla, shooting for Burling
ton, broke the record of the local
course with 47 hits out of 50 shots. He
shot forty-four straight targets with
out a miss.
Other scores are as follows: Burling
ton: A. P. Cucalla, 47; J. E. Schauf
fner, 42; W. L. Brown, 36; T. L. Stan
ford, 38; D. M. Reeder, 36, Roxboro,
Lin wood Bradsher, 42; O. C. Hunter,
40; G. I. Prillaman, 37; Jim Allgood,
40; Dr. G. W. Gentry, 33; George Cur
rier, 33.
The local club will shoot the Burling
ton Club a return match next Tues
day afternoon at Burlington.
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Italian walks out of League Coun
cil as Ethiopia argues case.
Dr. Highsmith And
Dr. Newbold To Be
Here Thursday
Dr. J. Henry Highsmith is going to
conduct a conference with the high
school and elementary principals of
Person County Thursday afternoon at
3:30 o'clock. Dr. Highsmith always
brings us some interesting and help
ful information and a full attendance
is expected. The meeting will be held
in the grand jury room, next door to
the County Superintendent of Edu
cation office.
A meeting of the colored principals
will be held by Dr. Newbold in the
Person County Training School at the
same hour.
Young Girl Killed
When Struck By
An Auto Sunday
Lida Gray, Daughter Of Mr. and
Mrs. Zeb Harris, Dies Al
most Instantly Of Head
Injuries
FUNERAL SERVICES TODAY
Lida Gray Harris, four-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Zeb It. Har
ris, was almost instantly killed yester
day afternoon while attempting to
cross highway No. 144, about two miles
south of Roxboro. The child, with her
father and sister, Pauline, were about
to cross the highway near their home
when Lida Gray ran directly into the
path of an oncoming automobile, driv
en by Mr. Cleveland Wrenn. Mr.
Wrenn did everything in his power to
avert a collision but was unable to
stop his car soon enough to avoid hit
ting the chiid.
After the car had been brought to
a halt the child was picked up and
carried by Mr. Wrenn to a physician,
but she passed away just a few min
utes after the doctor had examined
her.
She is survived by her parents and
one sister, Pauiinp about seven years
of age.
Funeral services were conducted
from the home this afternoon at 3:30 ,
p. m., with Elder Lex Chandler in
charge. Immediately following the ser
vices the child was laid to rest in
the Harris Family cemetery, near Mr
F. D. Long's Store.
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BEAUTIFUL DAHLIAS
Attendants at the services in the ;
First Baptist Church yesterday weir
greeted on their entrance into the
church by a setting of beautiful dah- j
lias. These were grown by Mr. Earl
Satterfield and were pronounced most
beautiful by all who saw them. Mr j
iBatterfield is quite a horticulturist,
having grown many different variet
ies of lovely flowers.
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RETURNED FROM A VISIT
OF RELATIVES IN OHIO
Mr. E. L. Wfehrenberg of the Bethel
Hill section, has just returned from
a visit to his "relatives in Ohio. He
says the condition of the farmers in
this section is much better than in
the west.
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Person County
Fair To Be Held
During October
. .
More Than Four Hundred Dol
lars Will Be Paid For
Exhibits
The Person County Agricultural Fair
Association, Inc., will stage a county
fair here during the week of October
28, running through November 2. Pair
grounds will be opposite the prison
camp on the Leasburg highway.
The World's Exposition Shows will
present many features for the enter- ,
talnment of patrons.
More than four hundred dollars in
premiums will be paid for exhibits.
Due to the lack of space there will
be no livestock at this fair.
Officials of the association are: Pres- ?
ident, R. C. Hall; Secretary J. Alden i
Rogers. For particulars- pertaining to
exhibits see either of the above named
officers or Erwin Moore.
1 9 3 6 Adjustment
Will Not Exceed 35
Percent Says Hutson
Director Of Tobacco Division
Discusses Price Situation
In Following Article
With references to prices paid for
flue-cured tobacco in portions of North
Carolina, the Agricultural Adjustment
Administration today made public the
following statement by J. B. Hutson,
Director, Tobacco Division.
"In , connection with the price situa
tion for flue-cured tobacco the ques
tion has been raised as to the prob
able 1936 plantings.
"The 1936 flue-cured tobacco ad
justment program provides for a re
duction of NOT EXCEEDING 35 PER
CENT FROM THE BASES ESTAB
LISHED IN THE CONTRACT. Wheth
er the reduction will be the full a
mount authorized, or a lesser figure, will
depend upon the size of the 1935 crop
and developments affecting world con
sumption during the next few months.
"At the time the program for 1935
was formulated it was anticipated that
the program would result in a crop
of approximately 715 million pounds.
Some current estimates are above and
some below this figure. It was con
templated that a crop of 715 million
pounds would bring stocks, which were
below normal following the short crop
of last year, to near the normal level.
With a normal stock situation, plans
for 1936 would provide for the reduction
of between 25 and 30 percent from the
bases established under present con
tracts unless world consumption should
increase above present levels. If
consumption should decline materially
below present levels, and if the crop
should turn out to be near the higher
of the current estimates, the full 35
percent reduction probably would be
made."
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All Are Invited
To Attend Cattle
Show This Week
All Plans Have Been Made For
Big Day Here Friday
Pinal plans for Person County's
first cattle show have been made.
The stalls are ready for the cattle,
which will be called for by trucks on
Thursday morning. Sept. 26th. The
Creedmoor Supply Company is send
ing three big truck suitable for haul
ing cattle. They will call at the farms
for these cattle and deliver them to
the Planters Warehouse in Roxboro,
where Mr. R. L. Perkins will have
everything in readiness to receive
them.
The second day of the Show Mr. A.
C. Kimrey and Prof R. H. Ruffner,
both of State College, will be in EJ3X
bcro. Mr. Kimrey will speak on "Bet
ter Cattle" and Prof. Ruffner will be
the principal judge of the cattle on
exhibit.
Ali cattle will be on parade at 10
a. m. The speaking will take place in
the rear of the Planters Warehouse
at 11:00 a. m. and the judging will
begin at 1:00 p. m.
Everybody interested in good cattle
will enjoy seeing these beautiful ani
mals. Person County now has some
cattle that are worthy of being shown
with the very best in the State. Come
and bring all the family for a day
in Roxboro, where a warm welcome
awaits you.
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RECOVERING NICELY
Ned Thomas, youngest son of Mr.
and Mrs. George W. Thomas, is recov
ering nicely at Watts hospital, Dur
ham, from an appendicitis operation.
Ned was operated on Wednesday night
shortly after being admitted to the
hospital.
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MRS SAWYER RETURNS
Mrs. H. A. Sawyer, who has been a
patient in Watts hospital for the past
ten days, returned home this after
noon. Mrs. Sawyer underwent an op
eration and we are glad to report her
condition is very satisfactory.
STATE SUPERVISOR
HERE LAST WEEK
Miss Josephine Daniels, State Super
visor of Nurse?, spent several days
visiting the Health Department of this
county last week.
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Knox answers critiC3 by saying he
favors aid to farmers