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VOL. LII.
(Monday and Thursday)
ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA MONDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1935
(County Correspondents Solicited)
NUMBER 66
Prize Contest
Opens This Week
For School Girls
The Courier Sponsors Essay Ef
forts And Offers Valuable
Prizes For Winners
As a part of the national Better
Light-Better Sight movement The
Courier announces today a special con
test for all school girls of 14 years and
under. Three valuable awards will
be made to the winners for a few min
utes of interesting, educational fun.
All any contestant need do is to
write, in 100 words or less, her idea of
"How Better Light Means Better
Sight," This subject has been given
nation wide publicity and is of vital
importance to children, but more es
pecially to their parents. It is the be
lief of THE COURIER that by offer
ing the girls of this community an op
portunity to express their own ideas
on the subject that the intense value
of the new Science of Seeing will be
indelibly impressed upon their minds
and so serve the purpose of this great
crusade to protect the eyesight of the
young.
Assistance Is being offered by most
electrical dealers, department stores,
furniture stores and others who are
participating in this movement. They
are featuring sight-saving lamps that
have been approved by the Illumin
ating Engineering Society, and are ful
ly acquainted with this great move
ment. Contestants are invited to take
advantage of this assistance by visit
ing these merchants.
Three prizes are being offered for
the winning essays. The first prize
will be a new I.E.S. Study Lamp that
was designed by international lighting
experts. It is a beautiful lamp that
gives a soft, glareless light, exactly
right for studying, reading or sewing.
The second and third prizes will be
new and improved models of the handy
"Hang-lt-Up" lampi that may be pin
ned to the wall wherever better light
is needed.
Remember, this contest is open to all
school girls up to and including 14
years of age who live in this vicinity.
The rules are simple and easy to fol
low but it would be well to read and
adhere to them carefully. Your es
say may be written with pen or pen
cil ? but here are the rules, every one
of them ? * read them and then get
busy. The time is short and your es
say must be in our office promptly if
you want a chance to win one of these
beautiful lamps. The contest is sche
duled to close at noon, Saturday, Nov
ember 2nd.
RULES:
This contest is open to all school
girls up to and including 14 years of
age, excepting members of families con
nected with the Carolina Power and
Light Company and The Courier.
Write an essay of not more than 100
words telling "HOW BETTER LIGHT
MEANS BETTER SIGHT."
Essays should be mailed or brought
to the Courier office not later than
noon, November 2nd, 1935. Address
your entry to the BETTER LIGHT
BETTER SIGHT EDITOR.
Write on one side of the paper only
and be sure your name and address are
written plainly at the top of the left
hand corner. The contest editor will
clip your name from your essay and
assign a number to your name and the
paper submitted. In this manner the
essays will only be identified by num
ber at the time of judging.
Winners will be announced in the
columns of this newspaper as soon as
time has been had after the closing
date of the contest to select the win
ning essays.
The judges will be the Better Light
Better Sight Editor, F. O. Carver, Jr.,
Mrs. A. F. Nichols, and Miss Bessie
Daniel, and their decisions will be fin
al.
Olive Hill PTA
To Meet Thursday
The Olive Hill P. T. A. will hold its
first meeting of the year on Thursday
afternoon, Oct. 17 at 3 o'clock at the
Olive Hill School. All parents are
urged to be present.
Mrs. W. C. Pulliam, president.
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IN HOSPITAL
Henry Walker, Jr., small son of Mr.
and Mrs. Henry Walker, is ill in Mem
orial* hospital in Danville Va. He is
sick with typhoid fever but at this
writing is reported to be some better.
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BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Clarence L.
Abemethy a daughter, Barbara Re
gena, on Friday October 11. The child
weighed 8 1-4 pounds at birth. Mother
ano daughter reported doing nicely at
their home on Reams Avenue.
School Board Elects
3 New Teachers
In Called Session
Board Of Trustees Met Sunday
Afternoon In Extraordinary
Session To Make Imperative
Election
The Board of Trustees of the Rox
boro schools met Sunday afternoon in
called session to make at least one im
perative election to the faculty of the
schools. In all, three teachers were
elected and one granted a leave of ab
sence.
Miss Elizabeth Garnett of Garnett,
S. C., was elected as commercial teach
er in the Roxboro high school, filling
a vacancy that has been existent since
the resignation of Mr. Davis, elected
to fill the post, just a few days before
the opening of school. Miss Garnett
was due to arrive and take up her du
ties this morning.
Mrs. Orphia Allgood Gentry, former
ly a teacher in the Roxboro high school,
was elected to teach French and Lat
in during the leave of absence granted
to Miss Texys Morris during her ill
ness.
The board at its meeting yesterday
granted a leave of absence to Miss Mor
ris until such time as she may be able
to return during this school year. She
is now at the home of her parents in
Maysville, Ga.
S. R. Cockrum of Charlotte was elec
ted to succeed J. T. Speller, a teacher
in the Person County Training school.
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School Masters
Club Organized
| Among Principals
Satterwhrte Named President
At The Initial Meeting
Held Thursday
The Person County school principals
met at the Courthouse Thursday af
ternoon for the purpose of organizing
a School Master's Club. Superintend
ent! R. B. Griffin presided over the
meeting and gave a short talk, stat
ing the purpose of the club and cit
ing cases in which it had proved most
successful in other counties. "The
purpose of the organization," he said,
"Is to bring together the school heads
of the county so that they may dis
cuss the educational problems of the
day."
The following officers were elected:
President, S. B. Satterwhite, of Allens
ville; Vice-president, E. L. Wehren
berg of Bethel Hill; Secretary Mrs.
R. B. Dawes of the Olive Hill School,
and Treasurer J. B. Currin of the
Hurdle Mills School.
The members agreed to have a reg
ular monthly meeting during the din
ner hour of each first Tuesday in
the month.
Wednesday To
Be School Day
At County Fair
All White School Children To
Be Admitted Free On That
Day. Colored School Chil
dren Admitted Free On Fri.
On Wednesday, October 30, all
white school children in the county
will be admitted to the Person Coun
ty Pair, in session here throughout
that week, free of charge. On Friday
a similar occasion will be observed for
tne colored school children of the
county.
Indications now point to a very suc
cessful fair during the last week in
this month. The officials have made
all arrangements and everything now
awaits the opening day, Tuesday, Oct
ober 29.
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Play Date Changed
To October 25th
"Cicero Steps Out", a two-act musi
cal comedy, that is being produced
under the auspices of the Rtoxboro
PTA, and which was originally sched
uled for Friday night, Oct. 18, has
been moved up one week. The cyr
tain, will rise at 8:OOlP. M. Friday nite,
October 25th instead. All are asked to
note the change in date and make
Jails accordingly.
CA-VEL BALL CLUB VISITS NEW YORK YANKEES {
1935 champions of the Central State League, Ca-Vel ball club, pictured above, are shown hobnobbing with the New
York Yankees on a recent trip to New York.
Champions in their league which includes Jalong, Hillsboro, Durham, Henderson and Oxford, Ca-Vel ball artists
took a trip to New York to round out a successful season. They may have gotten some points from the Yanks, but,
on the other hand, maybe they gave their hosts a few pointers. You never can tell.
Members of the Ca-Vel ball club shown in the picture reading from right to left are: Owens, enthusiastic rooter
and keeper of equipment; Buchanan, outfielder; Holt, another outfielder; Monk, pitcher; Walker, umpire; Carl
Bowen, a non-player, except in Donkey Baseball; Carlton Slaughter, catcher; Maynard, "second base; Howard
Slaughter, first baseman; Wheeler, outfielder; James, short-stop; Baxter Mangum, skipper; Anders, third baseman;
Emmett Wilborn, pitcher; Claude Wilborn, pitcher and outfielder.
Yankee players shown are: Lou Gehrig, Earl Combs, Leo Broaca, Blondie Ryan, Glenn, Fletcher, Luke Seawell,
Hill and Red Rolfe.
Coca-Cola Bottling
Company Occupying
Pretty New Home
Mr. McBroom Has One Of The
Prettiest And Most Com
plete Plants To Be Found
Mr. O. B. McBroom, owner of the
Roxboro Coca-Cola Bottling Company,
has moved into his new plant, and it
is easily one of the most modern to
be found. It is located on Broad St.
near the Roxboro high school, and is
really a beautiful building, with all
of the latest machinery in his line.
For the past two weeks a representa
tive from Cleveland has been here in
stalling the machinery and he is now
serving his trade from the new plant.
Mr. McBroom intends in the near
future to have a house warming, when
the public will be invited to call and
inspect the plant. You will hear more
about this through these columns.
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Flue-Cured Tobacco
Crop Estimated At
759,000,000 Pounds
Both Claude Hall And J. B.
Hutson Question Depart
mental Estimate Of Crop
The flue-cured tobacco crop official
estimate of 759,000,000 pounds released
by the Department of Agriculture on
Thursday was questioned by Claude
Hall of Woodsdale, chairman of the
Flue-cured Advisory Committee, and
J. B. Hutson, head tobacco man of
of the AAA. Both think the depart
ment's estimate is too high. Mr. Hut
son places his estimate at 750,000,000
pounds, while Mr. Hall thinks the cor
rect figure is much lower, due to the
large amount of light tobacco.
This estimate is as of October 1
and is 16 million pounds ahead of the
September 1 estimate with ten mil
lion pounds of the increase accredit
ed to North Carolina.
By types the estimates are as fol
lows: Old belt 257 million, up three
million; Eastern Carolina 287, up sev
en million; South "Carolina 141, up six
million; and Georgia, 73 million there
being no change here.
North Carolina's total is 538 million
is against 528 million a month ago.
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Mr. C. O. Bagby
Averages $35.33
Mr. C. O. Bagby, one of the best
farmers in his section in the northern
part of Allensville township, sold a
load here this morning with the Hyco,
averaging for his entire load $35.33;
his highest pile bringing $40. He said
Roxboro was the market for him.
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REMODELING STORE
Messrs. Morris & Ledbetter, radio
and electrical dealers, are remodeling
their store front on Depot street.
When completed it will add much to
the appearance of their store. y
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RESEARCH CLUB CELEBRATES
TWENTY -FIFTH ANNIVERSARY
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Club Entertains With Lunch
eon Saturday At Community
House. Members And Former
Members Participate In The
Occasion
Roll Call Of Charter Members
And Present Membership
Called By President
Saturday, Oct. 12th was "Red Let
ter Day" for the members of the Re
search Club of Roxboro as it marked
the twenty-fifth anniversary of their
organization. For a quarter of a cen
tury this club has been striving to
do things for the uplift and better
ment of the town and community .as
well as improving minds, searching
and "'researching" for knowledge, cul
ture and pleasure.
Imitations printed In silver were
sent to all former members of the
club to meet that day at the commun
ity house for a luncheon. Quite a
number of them came and others that
were unable to come sent messages of
congratulations, greetings and love.
The former members were received
bv Mesdames A. M. Burns, A. S. de
Vlaming, L. M. Carlton and E. P
Dunlap. They are the only charter
members that are on the club roll at
the present time. The guests were
seated at a long table covered with a
lace cloth over green and beautifully
decorated with white flowers in sil
ver baskets. In the center of the ta
ble a lovely birthday cake rested on
a reflector. The cake was in two tier?
and beautifully decorated in green
with twenty-five candles on it. Later
this cake was cut and served by Mes
dames deVlaming, Dunlap and Carl
ton. place cards in white and silver
marked the places where the guests
were served a four course luncheon
consisting of fruit cock-tail, fried
chicken, candied yams, butterbeans.
hot rolls, pickles, stuffed tomato sal
ad, block cream, cake and coffee. The
club colors of green and white pre
dominated in food as well as in decor
ations.
mio. n. avx. oi^uto, wit p?co?ut4iu, i
in a few well chosen words welcomed I
the guests and told of some of the'
messages sent from former absent
members. Mrs. W. F. West gave a
toast to the guests. Mrs. R. L. Wil
burn toasted the charter members and
Mrs. S. G. Winstead gave some remin
iscenses of the club. All were very
cleverly done. Mrs. J. A. Beam de
lighted all by playing and singing
some of the old songs. Then each
person present was asked to make a
few remarks. It was interesting to note
the various thoughts and memories
that each person brought, some hu
morous and others touching.
The names of the charter members
were called. They were: Mrs. S. G.
Winstead, Roxboro; Mrs. Essie Mar
cus Thomas, deceased; Mrs. R. J.
Teague, Roxboro; Mrs. E. M. Snipes,
Durham; Mrs. O. P. Schaub, Apex,
N. C.; Mrs. J. W. Noell, Roxboro; Mrs.
J. A. Noell. deceased; Mrs. W. D. Mer
ritt. FJoxboro ; Mrs. Laura Long, de
based; Mrs. Hugh W. Foushee, Nor
folk, Va.; Mrs. E. P. Dunlap. Roxboro;
VIrs. A. S. deVlamtng, Roxboro; Mrs.
L. M. Carlton, Roxboro; Mrs. A. M.
3ums, Roxboro; Mrs. W. A. Brad
?her, Roxboro; Mrs. J. Sidney Brad
( Continued On Page Eight)
New Equipment At
Hotel Roxboro
Mrs. B. W. Gardner, manager of Ho
tel Roxboro, has been busy for the
past several days installing new fur
niture in the hptel bed rooms. The
hotel is one of the most popular host
elrles afforded in town and is attest
ed to by the fact that it continuously
remains filled.
The new bed room furniture Is In
keeping with the management's proud
boast that they maintain one of the
finest abodes for resident and travel
ler alike that can be found in this
section.
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Called Home,
Brother 111
Mr. Clyde P. Allen, who has been
in the hospital at Oteen for several
months, was called home Sunday on
account of the serious illness of his
brother, Mr. W. B, Allen. Clyde is
looking better than we have seen him
for some time, and it is hoped a few
months more at the hospital will com
pletely restore him to health.
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Rcxboro Tobacco
Market Coming
Into Its Own
Largest Sale Of Season Today,
With Prices Strong
AVERAGES FROM THIRTY
FIVE TO FORTY DOLLARS
With the exception of Friday's sale
offerings were light last week but this
morning it looked like old times, with
all four of the houses having good
sales, both as to poundage and price
The sale Friday averaged $22.35, and
unless we are very much mistaken the
average today will be better than $25
The first thing we heard this morn
ing, we live about two blocks from
the nearest warehouse, was the invi
tation, "Drive In," and they were
driving in until sales began. Wrappers
were selling better than at any time
this season, many bringing as high as
$60.00. with all other grades bringing
top prices.
If there is any one who thinks Rox
boro is not going to be among the best
markets in the State, then they have
another think coming. The buyers are
hee, ahd hey are anxious for tobacco,
especially tobacco of quality and they
arie loathe to leave until they have
gone the limit. Bring your next load
here, and they are anxious for tobacco,
fied with your prices.
MR. ALLEN'S CONDITION IS
REPORTED TO BE BETTER
Mr. Baxter Allen, who hfts been crit
ically ill for the past week, is report
ed as being somewhat improved thl
tnoming.
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Education Board
Adopts Suggestion
For School Site
Recommendation Of Dr. High
Smith And Mr. Credle Is
adopted By Board Sat.
LOCATION ON ROUTE 144
At a special session Saturday morn
ing in the County Superintendent's
office the Board of Education adopted
the recommendation of Dr. J. Henry
Highsmith and Mr. W. F. Credle as
to the site of the proposed school
building to be built in the western
section of the county. Their recom
mendation was that it be located on
Route No. 144 on the Roxboro- pros
pect Hill highway and a short dis
tance beyond Prank Whitfield's Store
at Bushy Pork on what is known as
the Bradsher property.
It is understood that the suggestion
of these two men, who were sent out
by the State School commission, was
to the effect that the building be lo
cated on this property which borders
the highway on both sides and for
that purpose fifteen acres be bought.
The exact location of the building
would be left in the hands of the
architect.
Dr. Highsmith and Mr. Credle came
up from Raleigh to look over the pro
posed sites Wednesday at the request
of interested parties and to make
their recommendations as to the best
location after all factors had been
taken into consideration.
Barring unforeseen circumstances it
is thought that actual work will be
gin on this and other school projects
in the near future.
Miss Mabel Glenn
Passes Following
Six Weeks Illness
Funeral Services Conducted
Th is Afternoon For Victim
Of Heart Trouble
Miss Mabel Glenn, 57, passed away
Sunday night at 11:00 o'clock follow
ing an illness that stretched over a
period of six weeks. Miss Glenn had
been in declining health for the past
three years.
Miss Mabel is survived by two bro
thers, Messrs. T T. ani J. Xt Glenn,
:.nd two sisters, Mrs. J. B. Daniel and
Miss Minnie Glenn. She had made
her home at the old Glenn homeplace,
home of her parents, the late Stephen
W. and Elmira Glenn, four miles west
of Roxboro.
The funeral services were conducted
this afternoon at 3:00 o'clock from
the home by Rev. Louie Coggins as
sisted by Rev. W. F. West. Following
the services interment was made in
the Glenn family cemetery near the
home place.
Pall bearers were; Messrs. Arthur
Whitfield, C. E. Mabe. O. R. Yarboro,
John R. Williams. J. R. Vanhook and
S. J. Stephens.
Miss Glenn who was never married,
made her home at the Glenn place
with her brother, Mr. John Glenn,
and her sister, Miss Minnie Glenn.
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Mr. Perkins Says
Bring It Along
Mr. Jule Perkins, proprietor of the
Planters Warehouse, Roxboro. has a
message for you. J&r. Tobacco Grower,
in this issue. He had a good break
Friday and averaged better than $22
for every pile on his floor: Messrs.
Perkins and Clayton averaged $32.46.
and Jule says if you have some good
tobacco now is a good time to sell it,
and of course, says The Planters is
the place. Read his advertisement.
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Eastern Star Will
Meet Thursday Nite
The Roxboro chapter of the East
ern Star wili meet Thursday night,
October 17, at 7:30 o'clock in the Ma- ?
sonic Hall.
Mrs. Ethel E. Dawson, District Dep
uty of Durham, will be present and
will conduct the initiation. Other
members of the Southgate chapter are
expected to be present.
Every member of the Roxboro chap
ter is urged to attend this meeting.
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Success that is permanent comes
slowly, if at all.
Genuine religion is conspicuous be
cause it lacks display.