Help Person Go , Over The Top In The Mighty Seventh VOL. LXIV. Marked Shortage In Foods Created By Association Needs Primitive Baptist Association Creates Extra Demands. The Lower Country Line Primi tive Baptist association will end its session this afternoon after having met since Saturday at Stories Creek church near the Person County Home. Moderator has been Plem D. Long, who has had the position for seventeen years and crowds have attended, but the meeting will be remembered in Roxboro even by those citizens who never put foot in the church at Stories Creek, and the reason they will remember it Is because of food shortage occasioned large ly by demands for extras served at association. Grocery stores were in many in stances sold out by noon Saturday. Especially in demand were such item* as pickles and mayonnaise, the last named being completely sold out. Demands wera heavy, too, for bread and tomatoes and at least one chain food store had to put in a call to out of the city headquarters for extra supplies. 4Shbrt likewise over the week end were bottled drinks, complete ly sold out last night. Ice, too, was short, and is still short, ac- i cording to Floyd L. Peudon, of City Ice and Milk Company. Peaden says, however that the increased demand for ice has been a con stant thing this summer and Ls not to be attributed to the Asso ciation. Fresh supplies were brought to Roxboro this morning and the tem- IKirary short shortage is over, but hundreds of citizens who were' fore warned on Saturday crowded the stores at an early hour. The rush hour at nine o'clock Saturday morn ing was equal to any other Satur d*gv *t,six in the afternoon. , —u Pastures, Like People, Need Rest Periods Permanent pastures are just like the man who has worked for 12 to 14 hours on a stretch, they must have rest. There are three general rest per iods for pastures during the year, one before early spring grazing, one during the dry periods of summer, and one just before the pastures go into winter quarters, say Extension specialists at State College. Short-change the pasture at any one of these three periods, and it will bring a reward of less total grazing. Some farmers practice pas ture rotation, and while this is good practice, one of the best methods of giving the permanent pasture a i-est is through the use of temporary grazing crops which can be easily produced for early spring, mid sum mer, or late fall. The specialists suggest that live stock be kept off of the pasture in early spring until the grass has made a growth of about 6 to 8 inch es, but who can do this? Only the man who has seeded a mixture of small grains and legumes, with relatively heavy and ade quate fertilizetion about the first of September. Eaft'ly seeding brings earlier grazing and more grazing. Who can rest his pastures during the long, dry periods of summer? Only the man who has planted soy (Continued on page six) o Pfc. Eggleston Now Expected Home Pfc. Thurman H. Eggleston, 19, of the United States Marine Corps, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph J. Eg gleston, of* Route Three, Roxboro, who was wounded in action by sharpnel at Okinawa in May, is now in a California hospital for further treatment and hopes to come to Roxboro soon, it was reported to day. Eggleston has been overseas for over a year and in service for two years. o - To Clean Cemetery Persons interested in the Martin- Claytoh cemetery are asked to meet at. the cemetery at the Martin Long hcmeplace Saturday morning at sev en o’clock to clean the cemetery, ac cording to announcement made this morning. Those who plan to come are. asked to bring rakes and other equipment. J. W. NOELL, EDITQR Spotted Fever Strikes Youth In County j Four Year Old Son Os Mr. and; Mrs. Charlie Waltman Dies Sunday. Person County has had its first ease of Rocky Mountain Spotted fever for the year 1945 and that case was fatal. The four year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Charlie . Waltman | of the northern section of Person j County died yesterday in Duke Hos- | pital with this dreaded disease. He was carried to Duke Hospital on June 22nd. Funeral services for the youth, Edward Sherman, will be held at three o’clock, Tuesday afternoon, July 3rd, in Virgilina. Interment will be in the city cemetery with Rev. Mr. Hovis in charge of the services. in addition to his parents the youth is survived by three brothers. | Charles, Elmer and Roy. Three sis ters also survive, Virginia, Kather ine and Mary Elizabeth. This is the first case of spotted fever In this county this year. There have been other eases in Person 1 County in past years and at least one fatal case. There were none re ported last year. u State Disturbed By Rejections In Military Ranks ■ Charlotte. July I.—North Carolina has been aroused by the fact that 56.8 per cent of her registrants were rejected for military service, Mrs. Ernest B. Hunter, of Charlotte, pres ident of the North Carolina Mental Hygiene society, said in a report is sued today. While the figures for those reject ed In this state on account of ment al deficiency have not been made available, national studies show that 32 men in every 100 examined for service in the armed forces did not have minds equal to this service, the report said. "AV present too little is being done in this state to meet the needs of this group of citizens,” Mrs. Hunter said. There are three types of mental defectives —morons, imbeciles, and Idiots, the report pointed out. “Many morons make an inconspicuous ad justment in the community, but since they are often unrecognized as defective they do not receive the supervision and training that would protect society and enable them to live most effectively. Idiots and im beciles are less trainable. They are usually recognized as delective, how ever, and so are more protected. Idiots require custodial care and cannot be trained for a vocation or independent living. “Idiots and imbeciles need a special kind of institution where they may be given any neccesary medical and nursing care in pleasant surround ings. These individuals can live hap pily in such an institution, whereas if they remain at home they consti tute an emotional and social burden that may prevent their families from leading normal lives.” Mental hygiene authorities be lieve, the report said, “that mental defectives of all three levels should be carefully studied. Sterilization is usually advised for imbeciles and idiots since they are incapable of supporting and training offspring. Idiots rarely reproduce. “Morons probably constitute the largest group rejected for military service as mentally defective. These men can be trained for simple rou tine tasks, performed under super vision in military or civilian life. They do not have the ability to an ticipate danger or foresee the re sult of their actions. If recognized, trained and supervised they can be independent and an asset to society. Morons appear among rejectees and delinquents, and are social liabili ties when their needs of supervis ion. training and sterilization have gone unrecognized and unmet.” o The best bargain on the market today: War Bonds A SSO bond lor only $37.50. ®ht Courier George E. Harris Rises Conducted Saturday At Home Well-Known Person Man Djes Suddenly Ihursdav Af-~ ternoon. Funeral services for George Ed ward Harris, 78, prominent Person County native and landowner, with warehouse interests in Danville. Va., who died Thursday at his home on the Leasburg Road, was held Satur day morning at 11 o'clock at his home, by the Rev. Daniel Lane of Roxboro and Elder W. C. King of Greensboro. Interment was in the G. E. Har ris family cemetery, northeast of Roxboro, on the Virginia road. Mr. Harris observed his 78th birthday the day before he died. Death was attributed to complica tions, his condition being serious j for only" a short while. He was a son of the late John Dolian Harris and Elaine Brooks Harris of Leas burg. Mr. Harris, who owned much real estate and was for more than thirty years associated with the Danville Tobacco association and with the Banner Warehouse in Danville, Va„ was in Roxboro only a few hours before his death. He had been in ill health several weeks, but was able to be in Roxboro several times | during that period. On Thursday afternoon he became i ill while in Roxboro and died at five o'clock that afternoon. Surviving arc his wife, the former • Valeria Anne Stanfield; two sons, George Kitchin Harris and John Hambrick Harris of Roxboro; seven daughters, Mrs. Nettie H. Bullock, Mrs. Ruth H. Thompson, Mrs. Ella H. Winstead and Mrs. Kayte H. j Wilkerson. all of Roxboro; Mrs. Jcs ! sie H. Wade of Cedar Grove, Mrs. Mabel H. James of RobersonviUe ; and Mrs. Corinne H. Grant of Had donfield, N. J. . Also surviving are two brothers, i A. J. Harris of Roxboro and Dolian ; Harris of Durham; four sisters, Mrs. J. S. Snipes of Richmond, Va„ Mrs. Ivey E. Pleasants of Leasburg and' Mrs. N. A. Wrenn and Mrs. S. S. Royster of Danville, Va., and 21 grandchildren. Eight grandsons are in military service. Active pallbearers were Frank Winstead, Jr., Will Crumpton, Jr., Beverley Bullock, Jr., of the United States Navy, George E. Harris, 2nd., ! and Bill and Bob James, Jr., the I last two of RobersonviUe. More j j than eighty citizens served as hon jorary pallbearers and flower-bear ers. o | New Head Chosen For Camp-Hospital Councils In State Edward L. Beam, of Charlotte, has recently been assigned to the AAF ORD at Greensboro as Council Secretary of the Piedmont and Cen tral North Carolina Camp and Hos pital Councils. His duties will be to assist the military authorities, upon request in providing the armed forces with supplementary equip ment, supplies and services by chan neling community resources to the various army and navy installations and veterans administration facili ties, which lie within the jurisdiction of the Red Cross chapters partici pating in the Council. Person and Roxboro chairman is Mrs. T. Miller White. The majority of the work done by the Piedmont and Central Councils at Camp Butner, Ft. Bragg, Camp McCall, Seymour Johnson Field, and Laurenburg-Maxton Air Base has been on behalf of the disabled men on the hospitals. Many of extra facilities and little comforts enjoy ed by the disabled veterans were ob tained' by the Council from numer ous civic organizations, which the army or the Red Cross were unable to contact. o Pvt. Russell Long Has Bronze Star Pfc. Russell R. Long, son of Mr. an Mrs. Ralph H. Long, of the Ox ford road, Roxboro, has received the Bronze Star for meritorious achievement against the enemy m Germany, February 27, according to Information received* here today. Pfc. Long Is credited with havtng installed and maintained wire com munications to a forward observa tion post despite heavy enemy ar tillery and mortar fire. His “out standing display of courage and de votion to duty in accomplishing his mission reflect highest credit,’* ac cording to his commanding officer, Lt. Col. H. Penglly, of the 69th In fantry Division. ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA Benefit For Oxygen Tent Successful Success of the benefit dance held Friday night here by the Roxboro Exchange club assures the-purchase of an oxygen tent for Community Hospital, according to club officers, who reported at noon Saturday that more than enough money was rais ed at the dance to pay for the tent. Assisting with the dance were members of the Durham Exchange Club, who came to Roxboro in large numbers. Many visitors also came from Oxford and Henderson and other cities. It is understood that the Roxboro Exchange club, newest of civic clubs here, will have an other benefit dance in August. Pro- Temperature Up AH Over County Saturday, June 30 —The weather — Oh Yes, everyone has been com plaining about it but no one, as usual, has done much about it dur ing the present week. The temperature by some ther mometers has been around 100 In the shade during the afternoons of this week and by other thermomet ers has been higher. There is no offi cial recording of the heat in this county. j However everyone has agreed that the weather has been unusually warm and light clothes have been all the rage. No one has tried very hard to be in style or act dignified by wearing a coat. Comfort has been the pass word. Gardens in the city have reach ed the stage where no one brags about them. They look very dry and many items are pasi repair even if a rain does come over the week-end. On Saturday morning the streets of the city were crowded at nine o'clock which is something a little unusual for this city. There were two reasons for this. One was that the housewives were trying to get their shopping _ done early before i the heat wave for that day really hit here and the other was that they were trying to get someting to cat for Sunday dinner befoe it was all bought by someone else. o Chub Lake Will Have Malarian Control Program j A campaign designed to attack the malaria mosquito in its favorite haunts—the dark, cool places in and around homes—is being launched in Person County this week, according to the Person Health Department. Sponsored jointly by the State and County Health Departments, in co operation w r ith the U. S. Public Health Service, the program is planned for the benefit of the eligi ble citizens. Meetings will be held Wednesday night, July 4, at Roxboro Country club and on Friday night, July 6th at Duncan’s store. Both meetings will be at eight-forty-five o’clock. The spraying will be done between July 12 and 16th and will Include 44 homes in the Chub Lake area. o Commissioners In Budget Session County Commissioners who met this morning in regular first of the month session, completed budget matters, but had no visiting delega tions, according to auditor T. C. Brooks. The commissioners met in his office. R. P. Burns, county at torney was absent. It is expected that a published report of the pro posed new budget will be available next Monday. o CEMETERY CLEANING Members of the Olive Branch church are requested to meet Fri day morning, July 16th, for the purpose of cleaning the church and grounds. - /UatUf 74e Waif, m A few days ago two Southern gentlemen and scholars walked into a popular case of this city and called for one es the large bottles of Pepsi Cola. Then they asked for two glasses. One of these gentlemen took half of the Mhk and the other took the other half. Then they asked the proprietor es the case te put s little crushed ice In both glasses and also wondered if he had two straws. To top all of this they then MMM for the drink and argued about who won. These men were 9Mk Merritt and If. C. Steele and someone bet me a pretty that I would not write it up on Steele and myself. The only point in this story HM I can get is that since both of these men were so tight with tMfe money that they mat not have much and aa this la a humble pMUeu to their respective Arms to please give them a raia£ HOME FIRST, ABROAD NEXT Ject for this dance will be the crip pled childrens benefit. Music for Friday's dance which was in the Roxboro high school gymnasium, wsls by Jimmy Fuller’s orchestra. Chairman of the com mittee on arrangements for the Roxboro club was Arthur Rlmmer. It ls reported that oxygen tent, first to be available in the city, will be purchased at once. It is planned that it will be used by Community Hospital as long as that institution is operated and will then be transferred to the War Memorial hospital when it Is built. The tent Is expected to cost $305. July 4th To Be Holiday In County July 4th will be observed in Roxbore and Person County as a holiday by a majority! of the people. Practically all of the stores in the city and county will be closed. As far as can be ascertained there will be no special execirses or programs in the county. A large number of people hare planned picnics for the day and many others are planning fish ing parties. As usual, for this day, ail swimming places will be crowded unless the weather man interferes. OPA Retained In Law Os Nation President Truman, returning to the White House from his cross country plane trip, today signed the OPA extension bill and warned that the fight against Inflation must be continued after the war. j The measure subject of weeks of congressional controversy, was ap proved finally yesterday only a few hours before the price control act was scheduled to expire. It had been flown to Kansas City for tne President's signature but he brought lit back with him and signed it in ! the White House study. "I congratulate the Congress on | having enacted a sound and welt considered statute,” he said in a formal statement. “Under it, per plexing problems of food supply can I be met and the stabilization and re conversion programs can be suc cessfully carried forward The “renewal of the statutes without weakening amendments give the country reassurance that the fight against Inflation will be carried on during the difficult year that lies ahead. We shall have need for stabilization not only In fin ishing the war but In solving the problems of reconversion which we are already confronting. He expressed gratitude that “Con gress did not disturb the existing arrangements for co-ordinating these programs and for settling dif ferences among agencies." The house had originally voted to make Mr. Trumans’ new secretary 1 of agriculture, Clinton P. Anderson, j absolute food czar but lt was re ! vised before passage to make cer | tain that the office of economic j stabilization has an over-all cheik ion his decisions. I The President said that stabiliza ; tion agencies have served the na i tion “loyally and well" In the face I of their “unpleasant, thankless task I of enforcing controls during a criti cal period.” “We must always remember,” he added, “that lt (is the war—not these agencies—which arc respon sible for shortages and hardships. I am confident that the public vill support the stabilization program with renewed vigor.” Library To Close Person County Public Library will be closed on Wednesday, July .4, ac cording to announcement made to day by Mrs. Margaret Howard, library clerk. MONDAY, JULY 2, 1945 $2.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE Miss Hurdle Has Honors At 4-H Camp At Winston Camp Betty Hastings Attend ed By One Representative From Person. Seventy five boys and girls from all over North Carolina, including one girl from Person county, have Just completed a short session at Camp Betty Hastings, near Winston- Salem. where they took intensive training in Wildlife Conservation, and also studied Soil Conservation, according to Miss Evelyn Caldwell, Person Home agent, who says the 4-H Club members were selected on the basis of the work they have completed in their Wildlife projects in the 4-H Clubs throughout the State. Person County was allowed to send only one Club member, and Miss Lena Elizabeth Hurdle was se lected as Person representative as she has made a splendid record in her Wildlife project. Miss Hurdle made a map of her father's farm and identified all the trees that grow on this farm, read 11 books on Nature Study, made a scrap book of all leaves and flowers she could find and identify, con structed two bird-houses, collected cocoons and rocks and has written a theme on "Kinship, with Nature”. With this background of work al j ready accomplished, Miss Hurdle was well prepared to take advant age of the intensive short course given at Camp Betty Hastings. She was one of four who attended the camp to identify the largest number of trees, and was awarded an at tractive book on Nature Study as a prize while at the camp. Much time was spent this year on a subject which is of prime import ance to the Nation as a whole —Soil and Forest Conservation. At this camp, Soil and Forest Conservation was taught by movies and lectures given by R. W. Graeber, Extension Forester of State College, Raleigh. The students were given ample op portunity to ask any questions on which they wanted additional in formation. Bird Study, Trees and Flowers j were subjects taught while on hikes | in the woods. At night special instruction was given in locating and identifying stars and planets. Miss Hurdle feels that though camp life began at 5:30 A. M. (with a dash of cold water in her face) she has had something that cannot be taken from her In experiences of camp life. In her own words she says: "I cannot describe all the wonderful times I had. Only by be ing there can one appreciate the fun we had!" o Security Number Needed In New Business Ventures Durham, July I.—Many returning veterans are going into business for themselves for the first time. Some are men who have never been an employer of labor before. Those indi viduals are reminded that any new employer should file an application with the Social Security Board for an identification number for the business. This is necessary even though only one person is on the payroll, and perhaps works only part time. Each employer is required to keep a record of the worker’s social security account number for use when it comes time to make out the social security tax return to the collector of internal revenue. Interested individuals, who live outside of Durham, should watch the newspapers of their cities for the announcement of when a repre sentative of that office will visit their community. New employers may secure identification numbers either by calling at the Durham office which is located in the Post Office Building in Durham or by writing this office for application. o Rotarians Install Their New Officers Installation of officers, including Dr. John Fitzgerald as president, formed basis of the Roxboro Rotary club program Thursday at Hotel Roxboro, with Fred Long, retiring president presiding. G. Lemuel Al len, secretary, succeeding Ray Par rish, who has moved to Thomasvllle, was retained in office. Vice president is the Rev. Daniel Lane and treasurer is W. Reade Jones. Feature of the meal was bar becued chicken furnished by Um stead Laws, dub member. Person Needs Only $17,000 To Put E Quota Over Top Helena Group At Conference Camp For Week Twenty-five FFA members and j guests of the Helena Chapter Fu ture Farmers of America are spend ing the week of July 2 at the White Lake FFA Camp, largest camp in the state for boys studying Agri culture. The camp is owned and has been operated .since 1928 by the Future Farmers of North Car olina. The camp will be in operation for twelve weeks this summer, with Mr. Brown, principal of Hillsboro high school as camp manager. The camp will accommodate 20 chap ters per week or about 600 chapter members. FFA members from the Helena School are as follows: Billy clay ton. Hugh Blalock, M. B. Garrett, Isiah Oakley, Luther Oakley, Mac Rogers, Philip Jones, Lewis Rogers, Judson Rogers, Earl Tilley, Billy Turner. The following will be guests and ; accompany the group to camp.j Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Teague, Mr. j and Mrs. Robert Hamlin, Mike Tea- \ gue. Bob Hamlin. Mr. and Mrs. T. | H. Clay, Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Liles, I and Billy and Royce Liles. The group left Monday morning! and will return on Saturday as-1 ternoon. ——- manager, but will reopen somethni :.- this month. Connected with the of- ■ I flee Ls the license bureau. which i handles the sale of State Uoensh J ■ P>»tes.