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VOL. LII. (Monday and Thursday) ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, AUGUST 15, 1935 (County Correspondents Solicited) NUMBER 49
Roxboro Is Approved For Postoffice Building
APPROPRIATION
SECURED fOR SITE
AND P.O. BOM
Congressman Hancock Wires
Approval For Local Proj
ect By Interdepartmental
Committee
This Is the best news we have had
in many days and all Roxboro is proud
of Mr. Hancock's efforts; he has as
sured us for some time that he intend
ed Roxboro should have a suitable post
office building, and he has been on
the Job faithfully. While no men
The following telegram was re
ceived yesterday morning:
Washington, D. C.
Aug. 13, 1935
J. W. Noell,
Roxboro, N. C.
Roxboro approved today for
site and postoffice building.
Frank Hancock, M. C.
tion was made in the telegram we
imagine under the present condition,
with the Government seeking to put
every unemployed man to work, that
the matter will be rushed and that
ere many months pass we shall see the
building under way.
Of course, there is one more hurdle
to pass, that being the selection of a
site, and this may cause trouble and
delay; while there are many suitable
sites too often the owners try to hold
up things by asking unreasonable
prices. However, as there are sever
al already offered we are anticipating
no trouble along this line, and ex
pect to see things take shape rapidly.
351 Building Projects Selected
The treasury and postoffice depart
ments have announced the selection
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Will Attend
Bar Ass'n Meet
In Nova Scotia
Mr. S. P. Nicks, Jr., will leave here
Friday morning for Norfolk, Va. He
will Join members of the North Caro
lina Bar Association for a trip to Nova
Scotia.
The association will hold its annual
convention on board a boat while en
route to Nova Scotia. They will ar
rive there Monday for a few hours
stay, re-embarking for Norfolk late in
the afternoon. They wiil make the
southern port on Wednesday.
Attorney General and Mrs. A. A. F.
Seawell passed through here yester
day on their way through the Valley
of Virginia and New York. They will
meet the North Carolina Bar Associa
tion in New York and go with them
to Nova Scotia. They stopped here to
visit their son, Billy, who is spending
a few days with R. D. Bumpass.
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Tobacco Committee
1 Mel Yesterday
Sawyer Named Chairman And
Several Motions Adopted
At recent meetings of the Rotary and
Kiwanis clubs committees were ap
pointed to see if something could not
be done looking to an increase in
sales of tobacco on this market. " At
the meeting yesterday afternoon the
following members of the committee
were present: H. A. Sawyer, E. E.
Bradsher, Will Price, Sam Merritt, H.
W. Newell, C. H. Joyner, Freeman
Nicks and Joe -Kirby. Mr. H. A.
Sawyer was named as chairman of the
committee, and after considerable dis
cussion the following resolutions were
adopted :
1st: That local club members who
raise tobacco, or have tenants, be in
vited to a social meeting.
2nd: That every member of Rotary
and Kiwanis band together' and call
on EVERY farmer in Person county
14 1 the interest of the tobacco market.
3rd: That a combined meeting of
Rotary and Kiwanis be held at Frank
Whitfield's Store and a barbeque and
brunswick stew be served, with all
warehousemen and buyers on the Rox
boro market as guests. Mr. S. G.
Wins te ad was Invited as speaker for
the occasion.
ANNUAL TOBACCO EDITION
WE will begin work on our Annual Tobacco Edition next
week. This is a worth while proposition which enables our
merchants, and our warehousemen to get in touch with
every family in the County, as this edition goes to practic
ally ever farmer m the County. Our advertising men will
see you soon and we hope no firm in the town will be left
out.
Let's boost the market and show the farmers we appre
ciate their business.
ECONOMY TO BE KEYNOTE IN THE
ADMINISTRATION OF TOWN AFFAIRS
Brother Of Local
Man Reported Killed
In Pittsburgh Wreck
Word was received here yester
day that Belt Chandler, brother
to Mr. Robert Chandler, resident
of Chub Lake Avenue, had been
fatally injured in an automobile
wreck in Pittsburgh, Pa.
Further details of the accident
were not available.
Mrs. Ivey Gillis
Injured When Car
Turns Over Wed.
She And Husband, Driving
Home Front Work, Turn
Over On Roxboro-Virg
ilia Highway
Mrs. Ivey Gillis was rushed to Watts
hospital late yesterday afternoon and
was found to be suffering with a
fractured skull as a result of an auto
mobile accident a short time before.
Mrs. Gillis and her husband were
going home from their work in one
of the local mills. Mrs. Gillis was at
the wheel of the Chevrolet coach
when suddenly the car apparently got
out of control, turning over three
times before finally stopping. The ac
cident occurred on the Roxboro-Vir
gilina highway about one mile east
of Mr. Albert Wrenn's store, more fa
miliarly known as Street's Store.
Mr. Wrenn brought Mr. and Mrs.
Gillis to town, an ambulance was
summoned at once and they were
rushed to the hospital. Superficial ex
amination showed that Mr. Gillis was
suffering more from shock than any
thing else, but that Mrs. Gillis had a
fractured skull and other minor in
juries.
The latest report of ner condition
was at 4:00 a. m. this morning. She
was reported to be resting comfortably.
Mr. Gillis returned home after an ex
amination by the hospital doctors. He
was described as suffering from shock
and a slight injury in his chest.
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One Other Case
Of Polio Reported
In Co. This Week
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Six Year Old Son Of Mr. and Mrs. R.
O. Coble In Hospital With In
fantile Paralysis
Roy Coble, Jr., six-year -old son of
Mr. and Mrs. R. O. Coble was carried
to Watts hospital Sunday with In
fantile Paralysis. His condition is
not known at this writing.
This is the only case that has been
reported in the county for the past
several days and indications would
point to the fact that the dread di
sease is on the wane.
Little Daphne Harris, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Claude Harris, who has
been confined to the hospital for sev
eral weeks suffering with a like mal
ady, has returned home and is report
ed to be getting along nicely.
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Mr. London Harvey
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v ttuc t y ut: 5 v/pciuttuti
Mr. Landon Hartey, who has been
on the South Carolina tobacco mark
et, returned home one day last ireek.
Yesterday he was carried to Watts
hospital where he underwent an ap
pendicitis operation today.
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Mr. James C. Harris, Newly
Elected City Manager, Took
Office Today. Has Ex
cellent Hecord In Mu
nicpal Adminis'tion
"If for nothing else, my administra
tion as City Manager for Roxboro is
going to be noted for economy" stated
Mr. James C. Harris yesterday in an
interview. Mr. Harris was elected City
Manager at a recent meeting of the
board of commissioners and entered
upon his duties this morning.
He came here from his home in
Inez, N. C., Wednesday to more or
less get the lay of things before be
ginning his active duties.
The new city manager stated that
he intended to dive right in, make a
thorough study of the town and its
condition, both financially and phy
sically, and lay immediate plans to
pull it out of the hole in which it
has been struggling for the past sev
eral years.
He left a similar post in Fuquay
Springs to take over the administra
tion of Roxboro's affairs. Prom all re
ports he left behind him in Fuquay
an administration filled with achieve
ments that go to make a good city
manager.
In addition to pulling the town out
of debt and projecting an improved
sewer and water system to the tune of
$45,000 Mr. Harris organized a Busi
ness Men's Club, acted as Secretary of
the Fair Association, and started a
newspaper. '
Congratulations are due the board
in selecting such a wide-awake young
fellow to take charge of its affairs,
and everyone joins in wishing for him
the best success in his administration.
All available members of the board
of commissioners said yesterday that
they anticipated good results under
the new set-up. That it was not their
intention to be hard-boiled or un
reasonable. but that taxes due must
be collected so that the town, in turn,
could meet their pwn obligations.
. It will be the duty of the manager to
collect not only what taxes crone into
the office, but also to go out and get
those that should come in.
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Sunday (losing For
Service Stations Is
Still In The Air
Fairly Representative Meeting
Held Yesterday At Old Wo
mans' Club Building
Sunday closing for service stations
within the limits of Roxboro is still a
subject that is in the air, but for
which no definite conclusion has as
yet been reached.
At a meeting yesterday in the old
Woman's Club building twelve out of
the eighteen service stations in the
town were represented. "An organi
zation was perfected, and it was de
cided that the matter be postponed,
for another week in order that all
places might be represented and plans
laid to the end in view.
The next meeting was set for the
same place on next Monday. In the
meantime an effort was going to be
made to get "other stations to send
representatives to this meeting.
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Important
Relief Notice
Every person on relief must register
on or before Saturday, August 17th.
This is very important, please give- it
attention. "
K. H. Oakley.
Re-employing Agent.
Man Sets Fire To
Mattress Narrowly
Escaping Death
Ernest Mills, Placed In Jail Sat
urday Night, Fires Mat
ress; Almost Suffocates
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Ernest Mills, white, man about; fifty
years old and from Johnson County,
set fire to his mattress in the county
jail Saturday night and almost suffo
cated before help arrived.
Mills was placed on the third floor
of the court house Saturday night for
being drunk, Mr. A. M. Long, the cus
todian, said that shortly after he had
put him in a cell he heard him break
ing glass. He went to the head of the
steps and yelled for the man to cease,
and in less than five minutes he smell
ed smoke. Going to invesitgate he
found the man lying prone on the
floor of his cell and with smoke from
the burning mattress filling the room.
He said the smoke was so thick that
he couldn't see the man, but had to
hunt for him.
He dragged him to the fresh air,
and Mills quickly revived. Mr. Long
said that, in his opinion, if he had
been a few minutes later the man
would have suffocated.
It so happened that Mills had been
placed in a cell convenient to the
custodian's quarters, thus eliminating
the delay in time that would neces
sarily have resulted if he had been put
in another part of the building.
It was learned later that the man
had broken out the window in an ef
fort to get some air into the smoke
fllled room.
Mr. Mills could advance no reason
for his act other than he didn't know
what he was doing. The mattress was
destroyed, but the bed, which is built
of steel, was damaged to a very slight
extent. The cell was also smoked up
some.
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Arch Shotwell Dies
From Blood Poison
Poison From Cut On Foot Is Fatal
To Ca-Vel Youth. Funeral
Services Wednesday
Arch Shotwell, 12-year-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. Zannie Showell of Ca
Vel Village, succombed Tuesday at
Watts hospital to an attack of blood
poisoning following a cut sustained on
his foot early last week.
He became seriously ill Friday night
and was carried to the hospital Sat
urday morning. He died at 9:30 A. M.
Tuesday.
Surviving In addition to his parents
are four brothers, William, Marshall,
Earl and Ben Shotwell, and two sis
ters, Misses Elizabeth and Pauline
Shotwell, all of near Roxboro.
Funeral services for the young vic
tim were conducted Wednesday af
ternoon at 4:00 o'clock at the W. D.
Yarbrough family cemetery in this
coundy. Elders J. A. Herdon and Lex
Chandler were in charge of the ser
vices.
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No Clues Uncoyered
In Rougemont Scrape
Up to this time Durham County
officers have been unable to dig up
any clues in the shooting of George
Huff, night-watchman at H. L. Car
ver's store in Rougemont, according
to a statement by Sheriff E. G. Bel
vin Tuesday.
Huff was shot when he challenged
an unkonwn negro whom he saw ap
proach the store from an out-tiouse
where he was secreted. Instead of
throwing up his hands, he he was or
dered to do, the negro tinned and
shnt Ml H11IT tht.iiuU?Mi-?ti-ti(4wg-htm'
Jjp. the arm and going up his back. He
is -f%port?^i to be resting well at Watts
hospital, where he has been confined
since the .shooting.
Following a series of robberies Huff
had been employed by the owner of
the store, Mr. H. L. Carver, to keep
watch there at night. It was in pur
suit of his regular duties that he was
wounded.
Wests On Vacation
Rev. and Mrs. W. P. West ajid son,
Billy, left yesterday morning for Ven
us, s. C., a mountain resort, where
they will spend some time. Before re
turning they will visit relatives and.
friends in Georgia.
Bill MOORE SUCCUMBS TO INJURIES
SUSTAINED DIVING AT WHITE LAKE
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THANK YOU SIRll
Congressman Frank Hancock who
got behind the movement for a new
postoffice building in Roxboro and
put it across.
Mass-Meeting In
The Interest Of A
County Hospital
Mr. Winfry Of Richmond, Va.,
Will Address The Meeting
COURT HOUSE FRIDAY
NIGHT AT 8 O'CLOCK
All of us know that the Federal gov
ernment is going to spend throughout
this country in the near future the
huge sum of four billion eight hundred
million dollars for public improve
ments. Citizens of Roxboro and Per
son County, should make a real effort to
secure tneir part of this huge fund
for so many needed public improve
ments. We are all agreed that one
of the biggest improvements that
could be made in our county would
be the establishment of a public hos
pital.
The Person County Medical Society
and the Roxboro Chamber of Com
merce are sponsoring a move to secure
a hospital for our town and county.
Public sentiment will determine whe
ther or not this great blessing can be
accomplished. Tomorrow night at
eight o'clock in the courthouse, there
will be a mass meeting of all the in
terested citizens of our town and coun
ty. The principal speaker will be Mr.
G. H. Winfrey, a hospital finance ex
pert from Richmond Virginia. He
will describe to the people a workable
plan for securing this badly needed
hospital.
We feel thaat every citizen is vitally
interested in a project of this kind. Our"
only way of determining the public
attitude is the response the citizens
give to this called meeting. We urge
you to come and bring your friends.
Roxboro Chamber Of Commerce.
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Aged Resident Of
Loch Lily Com'unity
Passed Away Mon.
Mr. Zach Briggs Died Monday Night
Following An Illness Of Four
Months.
Mr. Zach Briggs, aged 77, died Mon
day night at 9:05 o'clock following an
illness of four months duration. His
detrt*r ~was"~attributed to a cancer of
the stomach.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Judie
L. Briggs, two sons, Messrs. Jim and
John Briggs, and one daughter, Mrs.
Mary Soloman. Sixteen grand child
ren also survive.
Funeral services were conducted
from the Theresa Baptist Church at
3:00 P. M., Tuesday. Rev. C. E. Sulli
van was in charge of the services. Act
ing as pall bearers were: Messrs. Wil
liam Soloman, Johnnie Clayton, Jessie
Clayton. Bryan Long, Walter Wilson.
and Will Rudder.
Immediately following the services
Mr. Briggs' body was laid to rest in the
Theresa church cemetery.
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Novel by H. L. Davis, ex-cowboy,
wins $7,500 Harper prize.
Popular Roxboro Young Man
Died Monday Night From A
Fractured Vertebra In Neck
Received Sunday While Vaca
tioning At Lake Resort
FUNERAL SERVICES
WEDNESDAY MORNING
Funeral services were fconducted.
Wednesday morning at 10:00 o'clock
for William J. Moore, more familiarly
known to his host of friends as "Bill."
The services , held from Long Memor
ial Church, were in charge of his pas
tor, Rev. J. P. Herbert, Rev. W. F.
West and Rev. E. B. Craven.
Active pall bearers were: Messrs.
Frank Siegali, Dolian Long, Spencer
Woody, William (BUI) Winstead, Eu
gene Thompson and Thomas Hatch
ett. Honory pall bearers were: Messrs.
George Thomas, Nat Dean, Garrett
Stanfield, J. M. Robinson, Bill Sat
terfleld, James Thomas, Ben Brown,
Arch Woods, Coleman King, Lawrence
Hall, John Wade. Bill Walker, R. D.
Bumpass, James Clayton, R. P. Mich
ael, and William Morrison.
The flowers were in charge of the
following: Messrs. Henry David Long,
Henry Woods, Boone Monk. Edgar
Long, E. B. Craven, Jr., Carl Winstead,
Joe Wilkerson, James Newman, Reg
inald Harris, Jr., Ben Davis, James
Carver, Linwood Carver, and P.* O.
Carver, Jr.
Bill, with a party of friends from
Henderson, was sojourning at White
Lake, N. C. on a house party when
the accident resulting in his death oc
curred. Shortly after they arrived at
the lake he suggested that they go in
swimming and proceeded toward the
lake. He dived from a springboard in
to shallow water and was found to
have suffered from a fractured verte
bra in his neck. He was removed to
Thompson Memorial Hospital in Lum
ber ton, N. C. and the following day
(Monday) was brought to a bone spec
ialist at Duke Hospital, Durham. Every
effort was made to relieve him and to
help his condition but all efforts were
unavailing and he passed away aft
11:35 P. M. Monday.
He leaves to mourn his passing his
mother, Mrs. Hattle J. Moore, three
sisters, Mrs. W. H. R. Jackson of ?Au
rora, N. C., Misses Ethel and Emily
Moore of Rloxboro, and two brothers.
Wallace and Lawrence Moore, also of
RoxbOro.
Besides these immediate relatives he
leaves a host of other kinspeople and
friends that mourn at the passing of
this young man who was only twenty
four at the time of his death.
He graduated with the class of 1929
from Roxboro High School and later
attended Duke University. Since leav
ing College he had been employed at
Collins and Aikman, Inc., and was an
employee of this concern when he died.
He was a member of the Long Mem
orial Methodist Church, being one of
the oldest and amoi^g the leaders in
the Ideal Bible Class of that Sunday
School.
Noted Bridge Player
Is Visiting Here
Sister Of Mrs. R. H. Shelton
And Husband Win Six Tro
phies At Tournament
Mrs. J. Lee Peterson, prominent
bridge teacher and tcurftament di
rector of New Brunswick, N. J. is vis
iting her sister, Mrs. R. H. Shelton,
here. In the recent Culbertson Nation
al Bridge Convention held at the
Croyden Hotel in New York, she, with
Mr. Peterson as her partner, won the
highest average score for the tourna
ments held Monday and Tuesday even
ings. On Monday the couple won the
trophies for top score, and on Tues
day the runner-up trophies.
During their stay they were guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Ely Culbertson at the
duplicate game at the Crockford Club,
in which Mr. and Mrs. Culbertson and
Hal Sims played. Mr. Culbertson and
Mr filmc p-,aved as partners and woo
top score for north and south; Mr.
and Mrs. Peterson won top place tor
east and west.
Trophies were sterling silver cups
bearing the Crockford Club emblem
and made a total of six cupa the
couple won over a period of three days.