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IF IT IS NEWS ABofrr PERSON COUNTY, YOU’LL FIND IT IN THE TIMES. VOLUME XI PUBLISHED EVERY SUNDAY ft THURSDAY Arch Jones’ Motor Company Jo Open Here This Week Views Os The News NORWAY MAY BUY NORTHROP PLANES Los Northrop Air craft Co., Inc., disclosed yesterday that Lament Cohn, board chair man, is in New York authorized to negotiate a contract for war planes with the Kingdom of Nor wy. The Scandinavian Kingdom was reported ready to place a $2,500,000 order for fighting plan es with Northrop and the Doug las Aircraft company. Options, it was said, may bring the order to $5,000,000. ROOSEVELT BACK IN EXECUTIVE OFFICES ■ Washington President Ro(oee velt, recovering from a head cold, went to the White House execu tive offices yesterday for the first time this week. U-BOAT REPORTED SUNK BY BRITISH London The Air Ministry announced thlit a British bomber had attacked a German Submar ine off the German coast and was believed to have sunk it. SEVEN ARRESTS IN U. S. FOOD THEFTS TTwUan«.prtTM State police in vestigating theft of thousands of dollars’ worth of food from the Federal Surplus Commodities corporation have arrested seven Indianapolis men. 500,000 RUSSIANS EITHER DEAD OR WOUNDED Copenhagen Foreign military observers recently estimated the Finnish-Rufisian War had cost at least 565,000 casualties, half of them dead. The sources divided the losses: Russia Approximately 250,- 000 dead and 250.000 wounded. Finland 30,000 dead and 35,- 000 wtaunded. The abnormally high percent age of dead was attributed to the bitter cold weather in which most of the war was fought. Many deaths were from freezing after wounds which otherwise would not have been fatal. One Danish newspaper corres p:ndenjt reported Finnish casual ties on the Karelian Isthmus Front alone were 30,000, includ ing 2,000 young officers. LEEDS YACHT IN CRASH, ONE HURT New York One man was in jured when the 278-foot yacht Moana, owned by tinplate heir William B. Leeds, was rammed by coal barges early Thursday in the East River. Francis Hennessy, thirty-two, the yacht’s purser, suffered lac erations as he attempted to tie the barges to the yacht. The bar ges were drifting upstream when s hawser parted as they were be ing unloaded at a 49th street dock. Leeds, who was aboard the yacht, was unaware of the crash until the crew told him. He plans to leave soon on a cruise to lonely Pitcairn Island, which has been waging a laring battle against rodents for years. He hopes to rfcHfcaMMMl of ttts. _ » serso*sMimcs New Concern To Sell Dod ge and Plymouth Cars and Trucks; New Cars Expected Tomorrow. The Arch Jiones’ Motor Co., Inc. will open in Roxboro this week for the sale of new and used cars. This new motor company will sell Dodge and Plymouth cars and trucks and will do, business in the garage building on North Main street that was for merly occupied by Tar Heel Chevrolet Co. Incorporators of the new busi ness are S. A. Jones, Mrs. Amelia Jones and J. E. Kirby. S. A. Jones, iot Arch, as he is known in Person county, has been in the automobile business for many years and is .familiar with practically every phase of it. Service on all cars that are sold by Arch Jones’ Motor Co. will bet made Iby Tillman and Zimmer man who operate a repair shop next to the building that will be used by the motor company. Mr. Jones is expecting a ship ment of new cars tomorrow and he requests that the people of this county drop into his salesroom and view the new cars. o Ireland’s Patron Saint Discussed By Percy Bloxam Observing the approach of St. Patrick’s day, members of the Rhxboro Rotary club had as guest speaker at their weekly evening dinner session Thursday at the Roxboro Community house, Per cy Bloxam, recently chosen city manager of Roxboro, who, al though he has been an American citizen for many years, is a native of England and has visited the St. Patrick country in Ireland. Mr. Bloxam related the story of St Patrick, taking care to point out certain inaccuracies in le gends concerning him, St Patrick, as Mr. Bloxam related, was not an Irishman, but was a native of Scotland. Presiding officer was the dub president, R. B. Griffin. Announ cement was made that the inter club basketball game scheduled to have been played Thursday night between members icf the Rotary club and Kiwanis club, was postponed for ‘one week and will be played in the Roxboro high school gymnasium on Thursday, March 21. o City Fire Truck To Be Painted During Week Roxboro’s fire truck is to re ceive a coat Icf paint this week and although fire chief O’Briant did not know what day the work was to take place he requests all people to be extra careful about fires during the entire week. It wild 'be necessary to take the truck into a garage paint shop for the work and it w|ould be quite a task, to get it out to a fire while the painting is going on. The Ca-Vel truck will stand ready to answer all alarms and one automobile will be loaded with hose ready to go should an alarm come in. Even though the city fire truck will be in the paint shop, it would be possible for it to travel in oase of an emergency. As Turkey’s Mechanized Army Keeps Neutrality 'fro;\ Backed by one of the world’s most highly mechanized armies, mysterious Turkey holds the balance of power in the fight for domination of the Near East, now being waged by France and Britain on one side and Russia and Germany on the other. Although allied with France and Britain, Turkey’s motorcycle troopi and “big berthas” are aimed primarily to assure her neutrality. D. J. WILKERSON DIES AT HOME FRIDAY JfIGHT Funeral Services To Be Held At Virgilina, Va. To day at 3:00 p. m. David J. Wilk arson, 57, of the Allensville community, died at his home at 9:30 p. m. Friday nighit. Mr. Wilkerson had been in failing health for the past sever al months, but seemed to be as well as usual until stricken with paralysis about 6:30 p. m. Friday. At this time he was at the home l:f his sister-in-law, Mrs. Ida Ford, of Ca_Vel village. Imme diately after the stroke he was taken to his home. The deceased is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mary Wilkerson and by seven children: Miss Rosa Lee Wilkerson and Frank Wilkerson, route 2; Willie Wilkerson, Rox boro; Walter WilkerSm, Long hurst; Mrs. Elsie Fox, Roxboro; Felix Wilerson; Roxboro and Payton Wilkerson, Roxiboro. Also surviving are three sisters: Mrs. Lizzie Estard, of Blackstone, Va., Mrs. Mary Sneed,, Virgilina, Va., and Mrs. Bessie Walker, Angier, N. C. Funeral services will be held Sunday, March 17. at the Christ ian chqrch in Virgilina, Va. Services will be at 3:00 p. m. with Rev. Newmian in charge. Prior to the departure for Virgi lina, the body wil be ait the home of Willie Wilkerson on South Main street |cf Roxboro until 2:00 p. m. today. Active pallbearers wil be Frank, Willie, Walter, Felix, Payton Wilkerson and Arthur Fox. Interment will be at the Virgi lina cemetery., Virgilina, Va. - o Police After Cars With No City Tags According to an annonuement last week by Percy Bloxam, city manager of Roxboro, there will ibe a round up this week of all car owners who have not yet purchased city tags. Mr. Bloxam stated that many car owners had not yet bought their tags and that the law required that these tags be on cars around of the year. Police have been instructed to watch out for all city cars not wearing a city tag and to see to it that the oar owner gets a tag at once. r _ “No flowery road leads to glo ry.” —LeFoctaine. ATTENTION PLEASE In reply to a letter from this office, we received a com munication from Mr. H. T. Le wis, manager of the Lewis Stu dio, Asheboro, N. C., stating that icme of the photographs for which orders were taken in Roxboro, during the month of January, have been mailed out. and the (balance will be mailed to the respective persons here, as soon as completed. We are informed that the Lewie Studio is a relia ble firm, and ty&y Lgwis regrets the unayoidlable delay in getting his orders out earlier, but assurJ es us all orders taken here will be attended to. j Roxboro Chamber of Commerce W. W. Woods, Sec. P. T. A. WILL MEET March meeting of the Roxboro Parent Teachers association will be held Tuesday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock at Central Grammar school, according to announce ment made today. An interesting program has been planned and a full attendance is requested. . o STATION RE-OPENS After being damaged last week by fire, the John B. Wade Servi center filling station, on Lamar street, re-opened on Monday. In stallation of several new window glasses and repainting of the in terior of the office constituted necessary repairs. Along The Way —With the Editor o—o—o—o The Rotary - Kiwanis basketball game that was scheduled lor last Thursday night, was called off by someone. It “sorter ’ seems to be a mystery as to who actually called the game off. Dr. Thaxton, coach of the Kiwamans, said that the Rotary coach, Gene Thompson, called off the game and that he will tell you why Gene called it teff if you see him. Gene contends that the Rotarians were ready to play and that every man, with one exception, was in excellent shape. The man who was out of condition was, of course, Curtis Oak ley. Last year he had sore feet. This year he had a bad cold and we do not know what excuse he will have next year. Anyway, the Rotary coach has taken Curtis in hand; is * making hint workout every day and promises to have him on the hardwood court Thursday night, the night that the game is new scheduled. Whether Oakley will develop something else by Thursday is not yet known , Reports have it that Tom Brooks, prominent Kiwanian, is also trying to get out of playing this game. Tom, as you must know, is now in his thirties and you can’t exactly blame him lor not wanting to risk has ailing limbs on a basketball court. We understand that Glenn Stovall says he will play, but doesn’t want to play. Glenn, too, is getting along in years and had rather remain toy his fireside than to get out and play a game as rough as toasketoall. Jimmy Millican. Kiwanian, will probably play, tout strange to say he left town last year the day before the game. Dewey Bradsher doesn’t even pretend that he is young onmiigh Hie does say that he once played basketball, but lays no claim to being stole to play now DR. CLYDE ERWIN TO BE SPEAKER AT MAY_FINALS Well Known State School Official To Speak at Al lensville Finals In May. Dr. Clyde A. Erwin, of Raleigh, State Superintendent of Public instructions and probably one of ■the ml:st widely known educa tion leaders in North Carolina, Will deliver the finals address at the AUensrviUte high school com mencement program on Friday, night. May 10, according to an nouncement made today by Prin cipal S. B. Sartterwhite, Superintendent Erwin has giv en addresses in Person County on several previous occasions, and is regarded by many people as an excellent speaker. In making the announcement, Mr. Satterwhite expressed an op inion that all patrons and sup porters of Allensville school will wish to hear Dr. Erwni’s talk. FOR THREE GALLONS Marvin Clayton, who resides on the Durham highway, near this city, reports the theft of prac tically all of his clothing, taken from his home by an unidentified Negro man. With the exception of a coat, which the Negro attempt ed to pawn for three gallons of gasoline, nio trace of the missing garments has been bound. SUNDAY, MARCH 17, 1940 Hospital Trustees Accept Duke Endowment’s Grant Mrs. W. R. Clayton Passes At Home Friday Morning Mrs. Nancy Stanfield Clayton, 75, wife of the late W. R. Clay ton, of this city, died at her re sidence here at 11 o’clock Friday morning after an illness lasting three months. Immediate cause of death was paralysis. Funeral services were conduct ed Saturday afternoon at 3 o’- clock at Wheeler’s Primitive Baptist church by Elder T. F. Adams, of Willow Springs. In terment t'cok place in the church cemetery. Mrs. Clayton, who had ben a member of Wheeler’s church for 30 years, was the oldest member of the church. Her husband, Mr. CLaytlon, died nine years ago, but she is survived by two daughters; Mrs. W. R. Adams, of Willow Springs and Mrs. George B. Wal ker, of Roxboro, and by one son, W. R. Clayton, of Johnson bounty. Also surviving are one half bro ther, Rufus Stanfield, of Burling ton, and two grandchildren. Pallbearers were Messers. Ivy, Curry, M. Y., John, and Jack Pleasant and Sellars Regan. Flower bearers were Mesdames Clara Satterfield, Ruby Whitfield, Sue Evans. E. M. Green, George Avereltte, John Oakley, Buck Gar rett, Douis Stanfield, Walter Humphries?, Jule_^Smith, Mallie Westbrook and Melvin Hicks. o Mrs. R. S. Oakley Dies At Residence Mrs. Robert S. Oakley, 70, of the Somerset Mills community. Person bounty, died at her resi dence about 4 o’clock Friday morning, following a long illness. Mrs. Oakley was a member of Story’s Creek Primitive Baptist church, where funeral services will be conducted this afternoon at 2:30 o’clock, by the pastor, El der Lex Chandler. Interment will take place in the family cemetery. Surviving are her husband; four sons, H. M. and Wallace Oakley, of this city; J. S. Oak ley, of South Boston, Va., T. D. Oakley, of Leasburg; six daugh ters, Mesdames Gordon Palmer, James Roberts, J. B. Whitt and J. S. Jackson, of this city, and Mrs. John Turner of Petersburg, Va., and Mrs. F. A. Nichols, of Al ton, Va., one brother, James Da vis, and many grandchildren. Jordan History Being Written By D. S. Johnson D. S.Johnson, of Oxford, N. C., district deputy grand master of Masons in the twentieth district is prepamg a biographical sketch of Dr. Clement H. Jordan, who was born in 1805, practiced medi cine in Roxboro, and died in 1875. Dr. Jordan is remembered by a few people of this county, but since he died in 1875 there are not many who do remember much atolcut him. However, Mr. Johnson would like to get in touch with anyone here who can furnish him with facts concerning Dr. Jordan. Anyone remembering Dr. Jordan or having any information con cerning his life is requested to communicate with D. S. Johnson of Oxford, N. C. r ; t:. p THE TIMES IS PERSON**. PREMIER NEWSPAPER A LEADER AT ALL TIMES. C, NUMBER THIRTY -FIVE. , Citizens of Person County and Roxboro Will Be Ex. pec ted To Raise Remainder For Debt Fund. Formal acceptance of the con ditional grant of $12,000 offered recently to the Community hospi tal by the Duke endowment lbr the specific purpose of cur tailing the hospital’s outstanding financial obligations was rati fied by members of the hospital’s board of trustees, at a meeting held Friday morning in the of fice of Nathan Lunsford, attorney, who is chairman icf the board. In order to facilitate acceptan ce of the Endowment’s grant, which was offered for the cur rent year, only under provisions that additional funds for the li quidation of the Community hos pital’s debts be contributed by citizens of Person county and Roxboro, members of the board of trustees of the hospital ap pointed a cooperative finance com mittee composed of F. D. Long, J. W. Noell, and O. B. Mcßroom, all of whom are members of the board. It is understood that the total amlciunt which must be contribut ed by local citizens stands some where in the neighborhood of s 9, 000 and although no campaign plans to secure this amount, which together with the Duke en dowment fund would clear pre sent financial obligations of the institution, have yet been an nounced by either, the members of this committee or by the idfoaif-" ‘ man of the board, it is expected that Messers., Long, Noell and Mcßroom will approach members of the Person Qaunty Board of commissioners and of the Roxboro city council at their next regular session with the view of deter mining the exact amounts which those respective bodies may see fit to grant to the debt fund" on behalf of the county and city. Speaking for members of the board icf hospital trustees and for himself, Mr. Lunsford, in an in (Continued On Back Page) o Closing Date Set For Applications For Payments The Washington office has set March 30, 1940, as the closing date for accepting applications for payment on all farms partici pating in the Conservation Pro gram during the year 1939. Person county’s tobacco acre age allotment for 1939 was 12,- 767 acres, and 17,982 acres were planted. This means, of course, that a great number of farms were overplanted in tobacco acre age to such an extent that no pay ment under the Conservation pro gram for 1939 is possible. How ever, several hundred farms did qualify for payment; and the ma jority of the producers on these farms have signed their applica tions. All producers on all farms that qualified for payment in 1939, if they have not already signed their applications, should call at the office in the courthouse im mediately and sign these forms i in order that the applications may i be sent in before March 30, 1940, i as this is the final date for ac i cep ting such applications, in *c l cordance with the ruling of the . Washington office, l If a farm was oveiplanted in - tdbaeoo to such an extent tftaftt no t payment wm posrible, of course a it is not necessary to call at Hi* office. «7NV *• <'V>- •- $ - •
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