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THE ROXBORO COURIER ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA PUBLISHED EVERY MONDAY AND THURSDAY By THE COURIER PUBLISHING COMPANY J. W. Noell President and Treasurer D. R. Taylor Vice-President Mrs. B. N. Clary Secretary J. W. Noell Editor F. O. Carver, Jr Associate Editor Mrs. Elisabeth Noell Mas ten, Local and Society Editor D. R. Taylor Manager Advertising Dept. H. W. Puckett Foreman Printing Dept. C. L. Abernethy Linotype Operator 1 year fl.50 6 months 75 3 months .50 ADVERTISING RATES: Display Ads, 35 Cents Per Inch Reading Notices, !? Cents Per Line The Editor Is Not Responsible For Views Expressed By Correspondents Entered At The Post Office At Roxboro, N. C. As Second Class Matter. THE AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION Foreign Advertising Representative Monday, December 9, 1935 It isn't true because THE COURIER says it, but THE COURIER says it because it is true. Sleep and death, two twins of winged race Of matchless swiftness, but of slient pace. ? Pope Come, gentle sleep! attend thy votary's prayer And, though Death's image, to my coach repair, How sweet, though lifeless, yet with life to lie, And, without dying, oh how sweet to die, ? John Wolcott ERA CLOSES SHOP ON Friday, so it was announced, the ERA closed shop, and receivers of federal relief money will exchange work for it. If there is to be fur ther use of the dole it must come frotn the county or town. At the close of the day there were sixty on the relief roll of the ERA here. Possibly some of these may be transferred to the WPA, but at any rate the number of needy is not excessive and if the worst comes to the worst the town, County, and private individuals will see that there is no suffering in this good County. That the ERA in this County served a good purpose will not be denied, though it is generally ad mitted that many impositions were practised and Miss Merritt was deceived by tlie tales of woe which was put up, just as was every other director of County ERA offices. We wish it dis tinctly understood that we are not criticising Miss Merritt, for she has worked faithfully and conscientiously at the job, but we do say that many deliberately lied to her, deceived her, and received aid. While the intentions of the President in estab lishing the ERA were wise and humane, still, in x setting it up it turned out to be possibly the greatest mistake he has made, and it fell far short of the batting average he hoped to make. Take our own County, if we are not mistaken in our figures, there were on the relief rolls here at one tfme 25 per cent of the entire population, one out of every four persons in the County. Now, you know, and we all know, that at no time was there any such need for relief, this, taind you, without any kind of calamity, no wind or sand storm, no epidemic of any kind, and yet, one-fourth of our citizenship asking help from the government. It was a reflection on our good County, and we were surprised that so many of our citizens could so far forget their pride as to fall for such an act. However, the NRA is no more, and coming just at this time, with the snows of winter just around the corner* it will be necessary for some one to see that none of the needy cases want for the necessities of the season; wood and coal, with clothing and food is going to be needed by some of these, and we believe the neighbors, as sisted by the County and town authorities will see that all necessary needs are supplied. WHY NOT GIVE SOMETHING USEFUL? AS usual many thousands of dollars will be spent for useless Christmas presents, and much of this money can ill afford to be spent. We sin cerely trust there will not be an empty stocking in this County on Christmas morning, but why can't we be sane and sensible and give gifts which will be of service, and still be just as ac ceptible. Take for instance the matter of towels; we know of nothing which will give the house wife more real joy than one of those beautiful Christmas towel sets put out by the Somerset Mills, for they are indeed things of beauty. You might search far and wide but a more beautiful Christmas present for mother could not be found. Not only would you be doing a real kindhess ^o-your friend, but you would be helping a home enterprise whiqh is worthy. We do not know ... ? -- * ? ? ~ > -? ? r how many merchants here are handling this line, but we do know there is absolutely no reason why a single towel should be sold over the count ers in Roxboro and Person County which was not manufactured by this firm. This may be a good advertisement ? we hope it is, but <it ds written without their knowledge or consent, but after seeing this line we just could not refrain from calling your attention to it. TWO LUCKY DRAWS FOR several years the town could not boast a a chamber of commerce, and for several months the town was without a city manager. When it was decided to organize a chamber of commerce the matter of a secretary was the first prime fac tor, and when the question was threshed out and Mr. H. A. Sawyer, a citizen of Durham was elected, we are convinced no mistake was made, for he has been on the job almost day and night, and has proven his woj"th. Likewise when the town elected a city manager, Mr. Ja'mes C. Harris of Fuquay Springs, they evidently se cured the best man. While he came to us from a small town, still, his experience there doubtless has been of much help to him, for he has shown that he not only knows his business, but he is also intensely interested in any and everything pertaining to the welfare of the town and Coun ty. True, he is backed up by a Town Board, which has not been surpassed in many years, and to gether they have accomplished great things, and in the coming years these things will show up on your tax receipt. Roxboro was lucky when they secured the services of these two splendid young men, and we only wish we had Imore like them. WELL, you remember that old saying;, "It is is just one thing afte,r another," and it still holds good. Just as soon as the baseball season ends, football takes the front pages, and then following this we are to have another session of Congress, which will meet early in January. We sincerely trust it may be a short session ? which it probably will be as all of the congressmen have to face election, with quite a numebr of the mem bers of the senate, and they will want to get home to look after their fences. Business gen erally is very much improved, and if, congress will only meet and get out of the way we may expect business to continue to improve. BUSINESS should be good in this town and County during the coming months, especially with the contractors and builders supply folks. Already contracts have been let for school build ings amounting toJ?i7 0,000, the post-office build ing will care for something like $75,000, several miles of roads are under construction, and num erous residences are going up, with prospects for several additional in the near future. Yes, we ca'me near forgetting the underpass at Brooksdale, which will more than likely be con structed early in the new year. Certainly few able bodied men wi'l have cause to ask relief from anyone. What Others Are Saying PRACTICAL SCHOOL COURSES FROM farming states is reported an "unpre cedented" demand for courses to help fit students for successful careers in farming and a similar demand for courses to fit girls for a. career as home makers. Vocational courses in hdme economics and ag riculture are gradually becoming the rule in pro gressive high schools. Moreover, the trend of public education is developing to the practical side of life with advanced educators insisting that the essential aim of education is to fit boys and girls for the problems of life, including the ability to earn a living, and the art of cooperat ing properly with the other members of their social group. The Courier does not intend to criticise the educational authorities of Person County but, we are thoroughly in accord with the modern ?movement in education and, while such changes must necessarily move slowly, we hope that the schools of this county will be kept in step. ? H. S. CHRISTMAS SHOPPING There is more to the "Shop Early" slogan than a desire to help the cterks in the various stores of Roxboro. Practically every merchant here has some special Christmas goods, already on sale. Those who do their shopping now will have the advantage that belongs to greater stocks, from which to select what you want. Just before Christmas the stocks will be "shot to pieces." The buyer, usually in a last minute rush, will have to take what is left, and be con tent. You can serve yourself better by going ahead with your shopping at once. ? H. S. SO far as we are, able to judge, the war in Africa is largely a matter of reporting victories, with the Italians a jump or two ahead at this writing. ? Ex. Court Will Hear Debate Over AAA Authority Today Hoosac Mills Case Involving Validity O f Processing Taxes Up For Debate FATE ON NEW DEAL'S FARM PLAN AT STAKE Supreme Court May Hand Down Rul ing- On Hauptmann's Petition To day; Argument Over Amended AAA Act Comes Next Week; Battle Over TV A Follows Washington, Dec. 8.? The Roose velt administration's farmaid pro gram goes on trial for Its life tomor row in the Supreme Court ? with the outcome projecting vast political and economic consequences. Lawyers for the government and the Hoosac Mills Corporation of Mass achusetts finished preparations to night for oral arguments of the con stitutionality of the Agricultural Ad ment Act. Their briefs, already filed with the nine justices who unaniimously struck down NRA, have raised not only the question of validity of processing taxes ? life-blood of the AAA ? but al so of congress' latitude In legislating for the natlion's "general welfare." "Welfare Power" The "welfare" power, never defined by the high tribiunal, has recently become the constitutiional peg on whiich many Dew Deal laws are be ing defended. Its scope has been de bated since the days of Alaxander Hamilton and James Madison, whose widely -confiictiing views have been cited. Before listening to the lawyers ? and questioning them ? the blackrob ed justices, convening at noon after a two weeks' recess, will deliver o pinlons, and may announce whether they wilil pass on Bruno Richard Hauptmann's appeal from conviction in the murder of the Lindbergh baby. Two of the 44 cases in which final opinions may be forthcoming involve the extensiion of federal power over state affairis and the "welfare" clause. One dispute affects the right of Congress to declare removal of agri cultural products from a federally licensed warehouse to be an offense against the United States. It origina ted in the arrest of Fred Hastiings on a charge of stealing a bale of cotton from a Clarksdale, Miss., warehouse. Home Owners' Case The other involves the validity of a sectioin of the 1933 Home Owners' Loan Act authorizing federal incor poration of buildinig and loan asso ciations over objection of the state which issued their original charters. Three Milwaukee associatioiins are di rectly affected. Appearing in formal morning dress, Stanley Reed, the Solicitor / General, will then begin his attempt? to con vince the Justices that the circuit court of appeapls at Boston was wrong in holding the entire farm act invalid in the Hoosac mills case. George Wharton Pepper, former Re publican Senator from Pennsylvania, will lead the assault on the legislation, contending among other things that it is an invalid delegation of power and does not directly affect interstate commerce. Those were the reasons the court gave for overturning NRA. Another farm-relief act ? the Bank head law for control of cotton produc tion ? will be argued as soon as the pros and cons of AAA are debated. That probably will be late Tuesday. Arguments will be heard December 16 on the petition of Louisiana rice millers for a permanent injunction against collection of processing taxes under AAA as amended. A tempor- | ary injunction was granted by the Su- j preme Court pending the hearing. TV A Act Soon. Three days later, the Tennessee Val ley Act will be attacked and defended. The remaining New Deal case before the justices, involving the right of the government to condemn land for a slum-clearing project, will be argued early next year. While expressing confidence that the farm act will be upheld, administra tion leaders say they are ready for any eventualities flowing from the court's final ruling expected in Jan uary. President Roosevelt has hailed the principles of AAA as a permanent pro gram and Secretary Wallace has as serted acceptable substitutes will be ready if any or all of the props under AAA are knocked out. A general sales tax and higher in jppme ..taxes have been mentioned by Wallace as possible alternatives to the processing taxes to raise money for paying farmers to curtail acreage planted to basic agricultural commo dities. Senator McNary, the Republican leader, has announced that he will offer on the opening day of Congress a bill providing for the optional application of either the equalization fee, export debenture or domestic allotment plan. Although the Hoosac case has to do directly with the validity of process ing taxes, the entire act is at stake. The decision of the court of appeals was sweeping. "It is clear, we think," it said, "that . . . Congress at the outset has attempt ed to invade a field over which it has no control, sines its obvious purpose. Highl Point Man Addresses Meeting Friday Afternoon Soil Conservative Meeiing Held Friday Afternoon; Meat-Cut ting And Meat-Curing Dem onstration Held; New Tobacco Contracts; Instructions For Buying Allotment Cards BY H. K. SANDERS MEAT-CUTTING AND MEAT-CUR ING DEMONSTRATION: About 45 people were present for the meat-cutting and meat-curing demon stration which was held on December 4th under the supervision of Mr. R. E. Nance of State College, Raleigh. The men and women present seemed to be very much interested in the work as it was explained by those in charge of the meeting. If anyone is inter ested in securing further information along thia line, they may either write or call at the office of the County Agent. SOIL CONSERVATION MEETING: Mr. Pollock, Assistant Technician from the High Point office addressed the meeting of the Soil Conservation Association on Friday afternoon, Dec. 6th. State Administrator, E. T. Erick son, found it impossible to be here himself, and Mr. Pollock came to make the principal address of the meeting. The meeting adjourned to the farm of Mr. W. A. Whitfield, near Somerset Mills, to see the work that has been done there. ' Those who were present seemed to be very much impressed with the work that has been done on Mr. Whitfield's farm by the CCC boys from the Oxford camp. Several new members joined the Soil Conservation Association Friday afternoon. The terracing unit is at work every day when the weather permits. NEW TOBACCO CONTRACTS FOR 1936-1939 The Raleigh and Washington offices are requesting that the new tobacco contracts for 1936-1939 be forwarded viz: to control or regulate the produc tion of agricultural products in the sev eral states by the method adopted in this act, is beyond the power of Con gress." That is the ruling the government appealed. The case originated in the refusal of receivers of the Hoosac mills to pay $81,694 in processing and floor stock taxes on cotton. The federal dis trict court for Massachusetts upheld th> tax . . I to them not later than January 1st, 1936. The County Agent's office Is mailing cards today to all those who have not signed their contracts, except in a few instances in which we have been requested to withhold these no tices in cases of the division of an es tate, which has not been completed, or the sale of a farm for division among the heirs, or some similar circumstance. If you wish to have a tobacco contract on your farm for 1938-1939, and if you have not already signed such a con tract, then you should attend to this matter within the next few days, If possible. TO THOSE WHO NEED TO BUY ALLOTMENT CARDS: We are required to have Cashier's checks or Money Orders to send to the Treasurer of the United States in the purchase of each card that is bought from the Department of Agriculture. The Postoffice closes at one o'clock each Saturday and the bank at 2:00 P. M. THOSE WHO WISH TO BUY AL LOTMENT CARDS FOR THE SALE OP TOBACCO MUST APPLY BE FORE TWO O'CLOCK ON SATUR DAYS. Please keep this in mind. | ADS-WANT-ADS MONEY TO LOAN ? CLIENT HAS $50,000.00 to loan on 3 to 10 years time on improved residential and business property in Roxboro. In quiry invited. Write A. W. PEACE, Oxford, N. C. 4tM-Tpd ON DEC. 14TH, 1935 AT 11 O'CLOCK at my home place I will sell at pub lic auction household and kitchen furniture, one mule, two hogs, Z. V. Barnette. 12-2-2ts FOR SALE ? 10 PIECE WALNUT dining room suite, in good condi tion and priced low. Apply to Mrs. Arch Jmes, Academy Street, Rox boro. tf FOR SALE ? STALK SELECTED Yellow Mammoth and Bonanza to bacco seed 50c ounce. Recleaned and grown by W. J. Rimmer, Hur dle Mills, N. C. near Roxboro N. C. 8ts pd 12-5 WILL UNLOAD CAR OF APPLES Tuesday, December 10th, and if you get yours this week you will save 50 per cent. Don't forget this week. HOBGOOD'S FRUIT STORE. Opposite Wade Grocery Co. ltp HOG KILLING TIME IS HERE ? Don't fail to can your sausage, the only safe way to keep it. I have the cans, 3 do3. $1.00. Apples 40, 50 and 75 cents per bushel. HOB GOOD FRUIT STORE, Opposite Wade Grocery Co. ltp PALACE Roxboro, North Carolina Wednesday Only Dec. 1 1 th - Matinee and Night LADIES MATINEE ? 2 FOR PRICE OF ONE ? 26c Special Midnight Show 11 :30 P. M. ALL SEATS 26c Clifford's 1935 Edition Manhattan Revue Bubbling With Joy -Sparkling With Laughter. COMEDY ? ACROBATS DANCING GIRLS! 8- Radio Ramblers -8 ? ON THE SCREEN ? v Warner Oland With Irene Hervey, Charles Locher In "Charlie Chan In Shanghai BROADWAY BREVITY: "OH EM ALINE" V rr i
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