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PRESENTING PERSON COUNTY’S FIRST SUNDAY NEWSPAPER CALL t 5 t We want all the news of your community. Please call us or send it in. IF YOU WOULD KNOW WHAT 18 GOING ON ABOUND YOU BEAD TH* PEBSON COUNTY TIMiB—IT 18 A FAFEB FOB ALL THE PEOPLE OF PEBBON AND ADJOINING COUNTIES. VOLUME VUL Tmes Goes To Semi-Weekly Paper will be mailed on Sunday and Thurs day of each week; Publishers believe that Sunday paper will be well received by sub scribers and advertisers. Extra paper no additional cost to those who are paid in advance. Contribution To Both Papers Are Welcome. Suggestions From Readers Gladly • Received. The Person County Times wishes to announce that beginning with this issue this paper will be printed twice a week. From now on you •yrill receive the Times on Sunday morning and Thursday afternoon. This is, of course, giving you one more paper each week th'an has heretofore been given. This change is being made in order to give our subscribers and readers a paper with more live news and to afford advertisers an additional opportuni ty to tell about their Wares. The Sunday idea is not new in the week ly field. It is being done by many other semi-weekly papers in cities approximately the same size of Rox boro. The publishers of the Times be lieve that advertisers will wel come this extra opportunity of telling readers about their merchan dise. The publishers also believe that readers of this paper will enjoy the Times on Sunday more than ever before. Roxboro is a growing city. A careful survey reveals the fact that approximately fifteen new concerns have opened here in the past eigh teen months. This naturally en larges the advertising market and created a greater need for an ad ditional paper. All subscribers who are paid in advance will receive the Times twice a week instead of once. The extra paper means no additional cost to those who are paid up. If your subscription is not paid you are urged to come in and pay it as early as possible. In the Sunday edition of the Person County Times you will find many features that have not appeared before. The front page as usual will be devoted main ly to local news. On the inside will be found the Sunday school lesson, farm news, editorial and liberal dis pflay of pictures. Other features will be added in two or three weeks. Contributors who wish their articles to appear on Sunday are requested to turn them in by Fri day noon, if possible. Items that constitute real news will be ac cepted up until 4:00 o’clock Satur day. You are invited to use the columns of the Times for worth while articles. Suggestion as to how either of the two papers may be improved are welcomed at all times. Visitors at the Times office are welcome at all times. It is your paper and as such every effort will be made to make both of the papers serve the people of Person County to the best advantage. o • '*■ SODA BY WIRE COSTS SI.OB \ — —— AMES, lowa, April I—(A. P.). — An lowa State College student here telegraphed his girl at Davenport, lowa, a double chocolate soda for an Easter present. The cost: Tele graph charge, 55 cents; money or der charge, 25 cents; tax, 3 cents; soda, 25 cents; total, SI.OB. o County for sheep growers to sell lambs and wool cooperatively this ■spring. One farmer reported that ■he lost SIOB last year by not coope rating in the pool selling. flersoti|Mimes PUBLISHED EVEBY SUNDAY ft THURSDAY ROXHbBO, NORTH CAROLINA, SUNDAY, APRIL 4, 1937 NUMBER THIRTY • EIGHT APRIL FOOL DAY PASSED QUIETLY Kids Pulled Their Usual Jokes And Parents Forgot It Until Reminded April Fool Day passed very quiet ly in Roxboro. The children pulled 'their usual jokes and the parents suffered. One man in Roxboro paid a bill and signed the check “April ! (Fob'll,” It wasn’t discovered 'until I later in the day. { Fool’k. Day v(as a real day of spring and people began to believe that probably their coal might last if they were careful. A large number of people spent the day getting their gardens ready. The Young Men’s Garden Club held a call meeting with new members, Coy Day, presiding. It was decided to plant a large quanity of Irish potatoes as they could be used so many different ways. The club voted to donate SI,OOO for the benefit of young married men who did not plant gardens, but then it was April Fool Day and there is some doubt about this mo ney being paid. BOTH DEBATE TEAMS OF ROXBORO WON Both Teams To Be In State Fi nals At Chapel Hill April 22 Roxboro’s affirmative team won over Hillsboro’s negative team in Yanceyville on Friday afternoon (in the state-wide triangular. The Roxboro negative team won over Yanceyville’s affirmative team in Hillsboro. Both teams will now be in the state finals at Chapel Hill on April 22. The Roxboro affirmative team is composed of Barden Winstead and Billy West, both sophomores. The Roxboro negative team is composed of Frances Winstead, Junior, and Nancy Bradsher, Senior. The subject for debate is: Resol ved that the government should own and operate all electric light and power utilities. Hillsboro and Yanceyville debated 'in the Roxboro High School on Friday afternoon at 2:00 p. m. Hills boro’s affirmative team defeated Yanceyville’snegative team 3-0 de cision. The judges were F. O. Car ver, Jr., R. B. Griffin, and G. C. Hunter. At the preliminary, Mrs. A. R. Warren presented a piece of North Carolina pottery to the senior class, in behalf of the Literary Club. Chas. Ball, Jr., president of the senior class accepted the pottery. o Mrs. I. D- O’Briant At Home Mrs. I. D. O’Briant and son re turned Friday from Watts Hospital. Both mother and son are getting along nicely. o Mrs. H. L. Crowell Better Mrs. H. L. Crowell, who has been ill for about a month, is able to sit up a little. TO CONDUCT REVIVAL i 181 —Slim— v«|h ; B^Hi ik ■Huff Rev. and Mrs. Baily will conduct a revival meeting at the Wesleyan Methodist Tabernacle beginning April 12th. and continuing through April 25th. "'" ■ I REVIVAL MEETING ' WESLEYAN METHOD! Rev. And Mrs. Baily To Preach And Sing; Revival Continues From April 12-25th. Beginning Monday, April 12 and continuing through April 25, Rev. and Mrs. Baily will conduct a revi- , val meeting at the Wesleyan Metho- . dist Tabernacle on North Main St. of Roxboro. Mrs. Bailey will havel charge of , the song service and Rev. Baily will greach. The special song service will begin at 7:30 P. M. and preach- j ing will start at 8:00 P. M. I There will be services every night. Both Mr. and Mrs Baily come ' to this city with an excellent re putation in their field and all who attend these services are assured , of good preaching and singing. | The public is cordially invited to attend these servces a't the Taber nacle. o T. H. Gentry Catches Large Fish Mr. T. H. Gentry knows his fish. Last Wednesday he caught a carp j weighing 25 1-2 pounds. This fish I; was three feet long and two feet • three inches broad. It was caught in 1 j Chub Lake on a small pin hook. 1; Along The Way'All Appears To Be Quiet-No News Its very quiat in Roxboro, no News. I wandered up Main St. and could easily see that work on the Thomas Building was about finish ed; the Royal Case was getting a new front and Stephen Georges says that it will be the most beautiful in Roxboro. In a very short time you will be getting your mail in the new postoffice. Anyone could tell that the workmen would soon be away from that place. I walked on up JJain St. and saw signs of tennis. The Winstead court has been graded and the Long court is ready for playing. I saw that Gus Deering was getting ready to plant his garden. He has just returned from Long Island, carried his wife and. children. Back to, Roxboro and still np news. Claude Hall has decided to put a second story on his new build HELENA DEBATERS DEFEAT ALLENSVILLE Query; Resolved That The Go vernment Should Own And Control Public Utilities Helena debaters won over Allens ville debaters Friday night at He lena in the state-wide triangular debate series. The subject for de bate was: Resolved that the govern mest should own and control pub lic utilities. Helena’s home team upheld the affirmative side. Debaters for Allensvillfe Were Miss Gentry and Dwight Gentry. /Helena was represented by Miss Mcßroom and Wyche Tilley. Judges were Miss Frazier of the Duke University library staff, C. B. Wood and E. G. Thompson. The negative team of Helena also defeated the E. M. Hall High School of Burlington Friday night. This de bate was held in Burlington. Helena debaters were Edward and William Green. o MRS. BEAM BETTER Mrs. J. A. Beam, who has been ill at her hom e on Lamar St., has recovered to such an extent that she is able to resume her duties as a teacher in th e Bethel Hill School. ing that is going up next to the laundry. This will be used for of fices or apartments. Joe Kirby plans to get a little extra space for his laundry. Up Lamar St. and what a pile of iron in the old building across from the Central Sjchqol. Tom Bipokja must have bought all of the iron in the county. One negro told him that he was afraid some of those so- Egners were giong Yp ahotot it :k at us. Tom is shipping to Ja pan. It has been said that two new houses, maybe four are going to be started on Lamar St. at once. Two are already going up. Labor is at a premium in Roxboro—that is good labor. Back to the Courthouse No News Sheriff Clayton poured out all the liquor last week. Work To Start On County Club At Loch Lily Immediately MERCHANTS PLAN DISPLAY CONTEST ] Chamber of Commerce Sponsors Novel Campaign For Better Window Displays And Light- ( ing In Retail Shopping Dist- , rict. Merchants And Public To Vie For Prizes Plans are near completion for a unique window display and window lighting contest in which all merch- : ants of this city are invited to participate. Many of the shops and stores in the retail shopping dis itrict have shown interest in the contest and are making preparations to take an active part in the event which is being sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce as part of a program designed to stimulate retail business in this city and to attract trade from surrounding sections. According to O. L. Bane, manager i of the Chamber of Commerce, the contest is calculated to have a far reaching effect in creating greater interest in local merchandising es tablishments and will bring those participating many benefits which will be felt long after the contest closes. “Our idea,’’ says Manager Bane, “is to interest our merchants as a whole in devoting more time and attention to the displaying of their goods in attractive, well light ed windows which will attract the attention of our local population as well as hundreds who visit Roxboro during evening hours.” “Many of our friends and neighbors from out lying sections come to Roxboro at nights to attend motion picture shows or to seek other entertain ment,” says Mr. Bane, “and a great Weal of benefit can be secured if they are greeted with well lighted, attractive display windows. In many cases, visitors as well as homefolks will see merchandise on display that will catch their fancy and they will return later to purchase from the store.” “Several of our merchants already maintain excellent window displays lfowever many are massing the splendid advertising value that a well decorated window display pro vides and it is the purpose of this contest to make all establishments more conscious of the benefits to be received from an investment of time and attention in window dis plays. Practically evtery merchant with whom we talked has greeted the idea with enthusiasm and we are sure that the downtown section of Roxboro will look like a dif ferent place after the contest gets under way.’” “Everyone in Roxboro and vi cinity is cordially invited to inspect the windows of the stores partici pating in the congest,” says Mr. Bane, and valuable prizes will be offered to those engaging in “win dow-shopper’s contest” which will be staged during the period of the main contest. Announcement of pri zes to the public as well as awards that will be given merchants hav ing the best decorated and lighted windows will be made as soon as possible.” Manager Bane and officials of the Chamber of Commerce feel that the coming contest will do a great deal towards cAltering the shopping in terest |of of people in ftfealrby communities in Roxboro and that local merchants will re > .’cei\(e substantial benefits over h ■ long period of time as a regard for the part they take in the contest. EIGHT PAGES TODAY Large Number Have Signified Intention of Seeing Project Through To Finish Many Forms Os Amusement Offered An enthusiastic meeting of the, directors of the Roxboro Country Club was held Thursday night at 7:30 in the Community house. The directors made plans to have work started at once repairing the club house and install water fix tures. At the same time work will be started on the golf course and plans have been made for other forms of recreation. A large number of citizens have agreed to see the project through and they feel that this project is one of the best that can be started in Roxboro and Person County. The invitation for others to join the club remains open and the di rectors urge all who can avail them selves of this opportunity. People in the county as well as people in Roxboro are invited. Plans call for many forms of re creation at the club. Tennis, golf, boating, bathing, fishing as well as all forms of amusement in the club house will be enjoy by the mem bers. The site, Lock Lily, has been cal led ideal for everything and arran gements have been made with the owners whereby this property comes almost as a gift. LONGHURST PLANT ' TO BE ENLARGED Addition Will Be Placed Over Dye House To Give More Room In Finishing Dept- Mr. J. A. Long, president of the Roxboro Cotton Mills, has an nounced that the company is look ing forward to making an early addition to the Longhurst plant. The finishing department of this plant has been crowded for some time' and this addition will be in the form of more space over the Dye House. The contract has not been placed, but it is very probable that it will be at once. The Longhurst plant is one of the best equipped plants in the state and this extra floor space will im prove it even more. 0. BL MCBROOM WAS ELECTED PRESIDENT CHAMBER COMMERCE The directors of the Chamber of Commerce held the regular month ly meeting Friday in their new of fice room, number 100 in the Tho mas Building. The following officers were elect ed to serve the board this year Mr. O. B. Mcßroom, president, J. W. (Tfoell, first vice-president, Oi I* Bane, secretary, and E. G. Thomp son, treasury. Plans for the annual banquet were discussed and the date which it is to be held will be announced , later. o E. L. Mize of Granville County thinned out 14 cords of wood an acre and left 754 trees, about 20 • years old, to be thinned later aa , fuel or timber is needed.
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