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ipipiwwfiriA ■pH' B NEWS ABOUT C'i- ■ > PERSON COUNTY, YOU’LL FIND IT IN THE TIMES. VOLUME xn ONLY ONE WEEK OF COURT WILL BEHELDHERE Commission* rs Fail To Discuss Matter of Agricul 4aral Building. On recommendation of the Per son Bar association the County Commissioners on Monday ap proved cancellation of the second week of the January term of Per son Superior court, it being shown that both criminal and civil cases can be disposed of in one week, beginning Monday, Janu ary 20, at which time Judge Hen ry Grady, of Newbem is expect k ed to convene the court. * il g : pxere are several criminal cases ■Mining up, among them at least Kwo murder cases involving Ne groes, while the civil calendar contains 18 cases. Under author ization from the Commissioners notification of cancellation of the second week of the term will be sent to the Governor’s office, Ra leigh. Not discussed at the Commis sioners’ meeting was the matter of a county agricultural build ing, although it was expected that issue of converting the Rox boro Community house into an agricultural building would be brought up again as it has been for the past two sessions. It is understood that sentiment against conversion has been expressed and is increasing. The Commissioners passed up on routine financial matters, ac cepted school buildings repaired under contract by George W. Kane company and heard compre hensive reports on farm agency work submitted by H. K. Sand ers, agent and, Miss Velma Beam, home demonstration agent. Mr. Sanders’ report, was read Dy his secretary, Miss Bessie Daniel. Admission of Matt Jordan, aged Negro, to the county home was authorized,, while petition for admission of two Indian women was defered on grounds of inad equacy of room and lack of sep arate quarters for Indians. Commissioners present were Frank T. Whitfield, chairman, Sam Byrd Winstead and D. M. Cash. Farm Agency Report Shows Progress Made During Year Important Part Os Work h« Been Done Through Club Work With Men, Wo men and Children. Report filed this week with the Person County commissioners bi ll, K. Sanders, director of farm agency work in this area, indicat ed a successful year during 1940, during which time work was car ried on by Mr. Sanders, J. B. Snipes, assistant director, who has since gone to Wilkesboro, yinc Bessie Daniel and by Miss Velma Beam, home demonstra tion agent, with able assistance from other office workers and from Person residents. In Miss Beam’s report it was shown that there are now eleven home demonstration clubs in the county and twelve Four-H clubs, giving women, boys and girls practical assistance in develop ment of live at home farm pro grams. Township farm clubs for men and women, conducted by Mr. Sanders, who also assists with 4-H work, have added instruc tions as to crop rotation, soil im provement, cattle raising and di versification. In Mr. Sanders report, read by Mim Bessie Daniel at the Com missioners’ meeting Monday, it was shown that: Person exten ded work has been carried on (Continued on Back Page) y|Y . . . i a- 'A/ uii rsflii^o-v im p s '^ VM * v €5 Nv' I PUBLISHED EVERT BUNDAY ft THURSDAY Major Owens* Son Not Dead Man Still at a standstill is local i dentification of the George Owens or Owers, who died Friday in Bellevue hospital, New York City. Major Owens, Roxboro Negro who as the father of Samuel Geo ige Owens, of New York, received the death message signed by Dr. W. F. Jacobs, hospital superin • endent, on Monday learned that his "George” is very much alive and that the dead man, who pre sumably had a Roxboro aadres with him at time of death, was a white man. ..The Jacobs message, addressed to “Mr. Owens or Mr. Owers, Roxboro” is again in possession of W. E. Hood, Roxboro manager of Western Union, who is anxious that it be claimed by kinsmen of the dead George. CENSUS TO GIVE AID TO FARMERS Twenty-Fourth Annual Farm Census Will Be Os Benefit to Agriculturalists. Raleigh, Jan. 9—Progressive, business-minded, fact-seeking far mers - who desire information to better enable them to plan their agricultural program for 1941 will be called upon this month to re port their crop acreages, livestock and poultry population and give other information for the Farm Census which will be taken for the.24th time by tax listers, Frank Parker, federal satistician with the State-Department of Agricul ure, announced today. “North Carolina”s leading ag ricultural authorities are unan imous in their appreciation of the farm census as a medium for in telligent planning of farm pro grams and as a source of accurate information that can be used as a yardstick in’ measuring agri cultural progress,” Parker em phasized. The 1941 farm census summary will be sent to farm leaders and workers throughout the State and will be available to all communities. (Continued on Back Page) Ledbetters Wins- Distinct Honor In Territory . Ledbetters, electrical dealer of Roxboro is in recept of the fol lowing telegram from the Caro lina Power and Light Co. Raleigh, North Carolina January 7, 1941. Ledbetters, Roxboro, N, C. Congratulations. Final resalts disclose your leadership in the sale of electrical merchandise during past three months, not only in your division but the entire Carolina Power and Light territory. This entitles you to I SSO in cash prizes. My personal | best wishes are for you- May 1941 witness the same kind of sales success. H. G. Isley, Carolina and Light Co. Mr. D. W. Ledbetter, proprie tor of Ledbetters, wishes to thank his many customers and friends who made it possible for him to 1 achieve this honor. Wilson County farmers are bus ily engager in preparing their to bacco plant beds with some grow ers already having their beds seeded, reports J. A. Marsh, as-J sistant farm agent. \ ! In and Out of Mansion ■llf liijft lite 'sßWfiwsSk MSiMS New tenant of the Executive Mansion, Raleigh, is J. Me • villi Broughton (left) who was today sworn in as Governor of North Carolina, when Clyde R. Hoey (right) relinquished his duties aftci four years as Chief Executive. HARRIS FAMILY AT INAUGURAL DAY EXEROSES Mrs. R. L. Harris and Sons and Daughters, Together With Many Friends From Roxboro Witness Impres sive Rites For Lt. Gov. Har ris’ Induction Into Office. Heading the family going to Raleigh for inauguration of Lieu tenant Governor R. L. Harris, Roxboro business man who took oath of office today shortly be fore installation of Governor J. Melville Broughton, was Mr. Harris’ 81 year old father, W. 'H. Harris, Sr., retired merchant, whose youthful energy offers an bmazing contrast to marks on the calendar. Mrs. Harris, the Lieutenant Governor’s wife/ the former Miss Kate Long, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. William H. Long, of this city, also attended the cer emonies and together with the Harris sons and daughters re mained for the official reception to be given tonight by the Broughtons and for the inaugur al ball which will follow. Sons and daughters of LL Gov) and Mrs. Harris, all of whom are in Raleigh for the day, include: Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Harris, Jr., of New York City, Mr. and Mrs. William Harris, in, all Rox boro, Page Harris, student at Davidson college, and Misses Katherine, Mary Louise and Bet sy Harris of this city. Also there are Mr. Harris’ brothers and sisters, Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Harris, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Harris, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. C. Martin Michie and Misses Claire and Mary Page Harris, all cf Roxboro. Others in the capital city for the day include Mrs. R. P. Bums, wife of the Person-representative in the House, Mrs. Flem D. tang, wife of Senator Long, Mr. and (Continued On Back Page) 1 - o-: Yates To Hold Communion At j St. Mark’s Church Visiting minister at St. Mark’s Episcopal church at the 11 o clock morning service next Sunday, January 12, will be the Rev. . David Yates, rector of St. Phil ip’s church, Durham, who will be ■ celebrant tof Holy Communion, ,i will deliver the sermon and cor.- ■ duct morning prayers. Church school will be held at 9:45 o’clock, according to R->v. Rufus J. Womble, deacon in char ’ ge at St. Mark’s, Who has said that he will be at St Philip’s I while the rector of that church • is in this city. S H ; 0 Blanks Reports On FSA Progress In Person County Fifteen farmers in every sec tion of Person County are engag ed in year-around farming with a diversified income, according to reports filed today by J. Y. Blanks of the FSA office in Rox-, boro. Full-time farming for the entire family was made possible to these fifteen families by the Farm Security Administration. Most of these borrowers are pro gressing nicely with farming un der conditions above the average farmer in the county, with ade quate buildings and land re sources. These families have been made more secure in farming by provisions of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act. Funds are available now to es tablish more families on family type farms in Person County. If you have a small farm not large enough for full-time farming by the entire family; or the major portion of your income has been from farming in recent years, you are eligible to apply for a family type farm. Certain quali fications and requirements are to be met in order to get in the pre ferred group. The county tenant purchase committee, composed of three leading farmers and busi ness menj with the county Sup ervisor work out the details. Why not get away from part time farming by letting the gov ernment help you to defend your self and family better? Part time farming will do, but full time farming for rural families who are really farm-minded is more secure and much safer. Come in to the FSA office in the Post Office Building for further information and try to take advantage of another oppor tunity during 1941. Report.Of Negro Leaders Received Negro farm leaders of Person county, including those of Chest nut Grove community, who are members of clubs supervised by Negro County agent C. J. Ford, have reported storage of large quantities of sweet potatoes, the canning of over 3,000 jars of fruits and vegetables and profit able production of hog meat. A community drama has also been presented and at Allen's Chapel A. M. E. church a Christ mas play was presented by young people of the church. Agent Ford is anxious for all clubs to elect officers and reporters, as the Chestnut Grove group has done. DR J. H. MERRITT DESIGNATED AS ’ BOARD MEMBER Education Body Approves Building Repairs, Although Cost Is UP. New member of the Person County Board of education is Dr. John H. Merritt, of Woods dale, who was chosen as successor to the late A. J. Crutchfield at a meeting held Monday morning. Election of Dr. Merritt, public spirited citizen who served on the board a number of years ago, oc curred at the quarterly session of the board held at the Person Cou nty court house. Among items dis cussed and passed by the mem bers was a resolution of respect to the memory of Mr. Crutch field, who served on the board for twenty-five or thirty years. Action on consolidation of Har ris Hill and Lee Jeffers Negro schools, at the latter, was defer red pending further investige.’ n after a delegation of citizens ap peared before the board. Also considered was a report on com pletion of building repairs at Bet hel Hill, Hurdle Mills and Mt Tirzah, showing expenditures had exceeded original estimate by approximately SI,OOO. Report on repairs was presented at a joint session of the board with County , commissioners, who held regular monthly session Monday morning. Present for the education ses sion were W. R. Wilkerson, chair man, George W. Walker, E. E. Bradsher and R. C. Cole- Only absent member was N. H. Mon tgomery. Secretary was Person Superintendent of schools, R. B. Griffin. (Continued on Sports page) STOCKHOLDERS WILL MEET IN ALAMANCECITY Annual Meeting of Credit Group will Be Held Wed nesday Morning. The stockholders of the Graham Production Credit Association will hold their annual meeting at the ] courthouse in Graham at ten ’o clock on Wednesday morning, Jan. 15, according to announce ment made today by James Bish - op, Jr., Secretary of the Associa tion. Indications point to a very large attendance of the members from the nine counties of Alamance, Caswell, Chatham, Durham, Guil ford,’ Orange, Person, Randolph and Rockingham, served by the Association. At this meeting complete and detailed reports will be made by the officers of the Association on its operations for the past year, directors will be elected ond other business transacted. An interest ing and instructive program has been arranged for the gathering and it is said that considerable in terest is being manifested by the members. Some new featirite, which will result in greater mem ber-participation in the program, will be introduced this year. In addition to short talks by some of the stockholders, light refreshments will be served, con tests will be engaged in and val uable prizes will be awarded. Within the year just closed, the Graham Production Credit As sociation, which makes short term loans to finance all types of farming and livestock operations, loaned to 1788 farmers in the nine counties served a total of $442,015, .00, practically all of which has now been repaid. No losses have been charged off during the year because of bad del ts. THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 1941 “Bundles For Britain” Group Will Be Formed In Roxboro Sixth Graders Given State Tests Sixth grade public school pu pils of Person county Tuesday took standard tests furnished ty the State Education department, Raleigh, forms for which were cn Monday distributed from the office of Superintendent R. B. Griffin. Mr. Griffin reported the tests as being given this year to the sixth rather than the seventh grade because of desire to eval uate, standards attained by pu pils in the former, since they are in the seventh grade fairly well known through repitition. Av erages made by Person seventn grade pupils last year on basis of length of term and standards in the county were gratifying, said Mr. Griffin. KIWANIANSHEAR J. L. MOREHEAD DURHAM LAWYER Vocational Education Speakers Theme. Regular meeting of the Rox boro Kiwanis Club was held Monday night at Hotel Roxboro with J. L. Morehead, Durham attorney as the principal speaker.' Mr. Morehead who spoke on vocational guidance for high school youths stressed the fact! that trained boys were needed to day more than ever before. The speaker was introduced by Kiwanian Stuart Ford. Visitors at the meeting were members of the Roxboro school board, the superintendent of ed ucation and members of the vo cational guidance committee of Roxboro High School. James Brooks was welcomed in to the club as a new member by Jack Strum. E. B. Craven, president of the club presided over the meeting. o George Perkins At Motor Go. George Perkins, prominent farmer and tobacconist of this county has accepted a position with Person Motors, local Ford dealer for this territory: Mr. Per kins will serve as bookkeeper for the organization and will also sell cars. He invites the public to visit him at hjs new post. BADEN-POWELL SCOUTFOUNDER DIES IN KENYA English General Had Re tired To Africa. Was In Intelligence Service. Nairobi, Kenya, Jan. B—Lieut. Gen. Lord Baden-Powell, found er of the Boy Scouts and Girl Guides and one of the famous military intelligence operative of modern times, died today. Soldier, sportsman, author, sculptor, defender of Mafeking in one of the proudest actions in recent British history, Lord Babe- Fowell, nearing 84, had been ill a long time. His love for outdoor life had enabled him to fight in firmity as he had fought innum erable actions his long and dis tinguished caree. Lord Baden-Powell was per haps least known for his exploits as a spy, which had grown out of his early scout work in South Africa and India. . ' ’it '■ ..-'W .1 THE TIMES IS PERSON’S PREMIER NEWSPAPER' \ v* ’ -»j * . / *’ -4 » S’- t ■ ' * A LEADER AT ALL TtMES. NUMBER TEN Aid For War-Stricken Brit ish Civilians Greatly Need And Roxboro People Pre pare To Help. Established with purpose of rendering practical but non-mil itary aid to Great Britain, Rox boro will soon have a unit of “Bundles for Britain”, according ( o announcement made today by Mrs. Sanders McWhorter, who with a number of men and women in the city have during the past two weeks been formulating plans for work to be done here. Active units of the organiza tion have been formed in Greens boro and Durham and other towns and citeis in this state and throughout the nation, one of the. strongest being in Huntington, W. Va. Organized last year by Mrs. Winston Churchill, wife of the British Prime Minister, “Bundles for Britairl” units were first form ed in the United States in May and the number of units has since grown to more than three hun dred. American central office is in New York City, where work ers inspect packages of clothing and knitted goods sent in and re uack them for shiprfient to Eng land. Financial contributions are also handled through this office. Beginning primarily as an or ganization for service by women, who have organized knitting cir cles similar to those formed dur ing World War I, and have op erated clothing depots for receipt of worn and warm but not thread bare garments suitable for use by civilians who are in bombed areas, “Bundles for Britain” has been expanded into an organi zation furnishing money, hospital and medical supplies and ambu lances. ' ! Under this expanded program men and women interested in al leviation of suffering in the Brit ish isles have made of “Bundles for Britain” an organization cap able of rendering aid which does not conflict with that offered by the Red Cross or other agencies. Formation of a Roxboro group, charter members of the local unit, is being undertaken and further details will be announced soon. Publicity is being handled by- Thomas J. Shaw, Jr., City Editor c f the Person County Times, and persons interested in the move ment are requested to contact him, Mrs. McWhorter or the Rev. W. F. West, pastor of Rox boro First Baptist church. < It is needless to say that non military assistance to Britain is cn important part of the program of assistance now being render ed and it is equally, true that clothing and medical supplies are needed now, during the winter season, more than at any other time. Miss Wright Now With Asheboro FSA Miss Lucy Mae Wright, form erly assistant home supervisor for the Person division of the Farm Security administration, has been transferred to the Ran dolph disrict, at Asheboro, where she wil be supervisor, working with Leo Rabon, administrator for the recently created Randolph FSA office. Mr. Rabon, also form erly an assistant at the Person office, has been in Asheboro for for several weeks. Miss Wright left for her new position Mon day of this week.'Prior to com ing to Roxboro she was a resident of Star. In Roxboro yesterday for ference with FSA administrator J. Y. Blanks was O. W. Idler, TP specialist of
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