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. ,
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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)
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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.
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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.
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State Disturbed
By Rejections
In Military Ranks
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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.”
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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.
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| 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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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!"
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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.
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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.
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Gravely Warns j
Against Private
Sales Practice
I Market Opening Dates Re
main The Same.
Declaring that foreign markets
now are beginning to reopen for
American exports of tobacco, L. L.
Gravely of Rocky Mount told the
Tobacco Association of the United
States Thursday that a coordina
tion of all forces in the tobacco in
dustry “will surely establish a sound |
and profitable money crop for this;
country after the war.”
Gravely, who was reelected presi
dent of the association, said that
while the United States probably
would never regain all its pre-war
export trade, increased domestic
consumption “can be made to
counter-balance any world trade we
| may not be able to regain.”
Earlier, the asociation approved
these opening dates for flue-cured
tobacco belts: Georgia-Florida, July
24; North and South Carolina Bord
er Belt, August 1; Eastern North
Carolina Bright Belt, August 21;
Middle Belt, September 11; Old Belt,
September 18; and Virginia Dark
Fire-Cured, December 3.
Reelected along with Gravely were
these officers: Clyde B. Austin of
Greenville, Tenn., N. M. Schaum of
Wilson, and John S. Meade of Dan
ville, Va., vice-presidents; and J. L.
Parker of Rocky Mount, secretry
treasurer. All the 50 members of the
board of governors were reelected.
Delivering his annual address be
fore the board of governors of the
organization, which is the controll
(Continued on page six)
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Residents Warned
Concerning Typhoid
The Person County Health De
partment issued another warning
Saturday for all who had not taken
the vaccination for typhoid fever
to do so at once.
Ffve cases of Typhoid hav; been
reported in Durham this year and
Person People are urged to take all
the necessary precaution. All resi
dents are urged to keep their prem
ises clean.
Vaccination days for typhbid
fever at the Health Department are
Mondays and Saturdays.
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MISS NEWELL GRADUATES
Miss Arlene Newell, who last week
graduated from the University of
North Carolina, Chapel Hill, will go
to Miami, Fla., soon to take up work
with the United States Amy in
recreation and physical therapy.
Miss Newell, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. H. Wheeler Newell, majored in
physical education at Chapel HllL
1 Fatal Highway-
Accident
IN PERSON COUNTY IN 1948
DON’T HELP INCREASE ITI
DRIVE CAREFULLY
NUMBER 61
Total Must Be Met By This
Saturday, Hunter Says.
Person County and Roxboro are
$17,000 short of their E Bond goal
in the Seventh War Loan drive,
the quota for which is $248,000.
Pew' counties and cities have yet
been able to meet their E Bond
quota, but officials of the Person „
drive are hopeful that the quota
here will be met before Saturday,
July 7, official closing date.
Statement from the Person and
Roxboro War Bond committees, as
issued this morning, reads as fol
lows:
"The quota is $248,000. Up to
Monday morning sales total $231,-
000. If we can secure twenty peo
ple who will be responsible for the
sale of SIOOO.OO each—we can
reach the goal. Several have al
ready promised to take the iast
[slooo.oo necessary to reach the goal.
"Now that we are in sight—we
must not fail.”
Wake County, one of the coun
ties in the district of which Gor
don C. Hunter, of Roxboro, pres
ident of the State Bankers’ asso
ciation is chairman, has met its
E Bond quota, according to Mr.
Hunter, who said this morning that
the E quota will be close here, al
though Person County and others
lin the district have already met
j their general quotas,
j Time is short, says Mr. Hunter,
j who points out that the business
i week will be disrupted by the July
4, holiday, making it all the hard
;er to reach the goal. Person Coun-
I ty in this war loan drive has a rep-
I utation at stake, since it has not
| failed to meet the E Bond quota
1 and the general quota in any of the
jother war loan drives, says Mr.
Hunter.
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Eggs Increase
In This State
Says Bureau
North Carolina was the only state
in the entire United States to show
any sizeable increase in the produc
tion of eggs in the first five months
of 1945. according to the U. S. Bu
reau of Agricultural Economics.
1 In fact, egg production in the
’ United States was down 7 per cent
for this period, while production In
North Carolina was up 2 per cent,
or 10,000,000 eggs, as compared with
1944.
Poultry specialists of the State
College Extension Service point to
the steady progress of the poultry
industry in North Carolina along
all lines. Better breeding and feed
ing methods, coupled with good
work by the poultry hatcheries In
the state, have resulted in more eggs
per bird and a much larger increase
in total production, the specailists
say.
North Carolina poultrymen are
much more careful than formerly of
getting disease-free chicks, of pro
viding better housing and more san
itary conditions for growing out the
chicks, and of producing strong,
healthy pullets, capable of laying
large numbers of eggs. Much, how
ever. remains to be done along this
line, according to the specailists, and
North Carolina can continue to show
improvement from year to year.
One of the most important factors
in large egg production is good
(Continued on page six)
Lt. Lester Now
Stationed In Texas
First Lt. Raymond O. Lester re
cently aarived at the Big Spring,
Texan Bombardier School, has been
assigned to duty, Colonel Halph C.
Rockwood, commanding officer, 'has j
'announced.
Lester is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
H. O. Lester of Woodsdale. He was
formerly stationed in the European '
Theatre of Operations, he has one
brother in the service.
O . ;J§
Motor Club Closes |
The Carolina Motor Club office
which has been maintained in tb®
: office of Tar Heel Chevrolet com- j
! pany for the past few month*.
closed as of Saturday, June 30, ac
: cording to Mrs. George Crumi»M||||
> 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.