War Bond Dollars
Are Double Duty
Dollars
VOL. LXIV.
Upward Curve In
Conservation Seen
For Person Area
Salzsburg Will
0 Have Its Famed
Musk Festival
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Salzburg, Austria—For the first
time in eight years Salzburg is go
ing to have its beloved “Feltspiel"—
j three weeks of all the music that
u can be crowded in without Goeb
bcls butting in to decide what can
be played and who can play it.
Baron Henry Puthon, who has
been directing the annual musle
festival for 20 years—except last
year when Goebbels ordered its
cancellation—looked very tired and
awed by the magnitude of his task
when he announced that the festi
val would open August 13 and run
*J through September 1.
With the help of a little Ameri
can gasoline, a few irucks and
some food for the artists, he is
confident he will be able to restate
the annual festival of song here in
Mozart's birthplace, which in peace
time attracted as many as a hun
dred thousand music lovers.
Tlie Baron's actors, actresses,
singers and musicians arc scattered
all over central Europe. He has no
transportation of his own to gather
them for the festival. He can’t
even telephone or write letters to
them, but American Army officeis
have promised to help bring his tal
ent together and a good start has
been made.
Eight weeks ago there were only
22 members of the Salzburg festi
val'-orchestra here. Now 'her: are
67 anad Puthon hopes to have 110
1 by the time of the first concert.
"It will be only \ grandchild of
the old fAuhon said, • but
it will be something,"
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White Lightning'
Running Short
Says Sheriff Clayton
Person Sheriff M. T. Clayton re
& ports that makings for around
$4,000 worth of illicit white whisky
lias been destroyed by him and his
deputies within the week. Capture
cf one still and equipment and mash
was reported last week and since
that, time two more outfits and
equipment, together with mash and
tools have been taken.
One "maker" recently taken was
a 300 gallon capacity boiler, a steam
» outfit with a six-horsepower attach
* merit, Another still was of tin, with
60 gallon capacity, and a copper cap
and worm. Both pieces were taken
in Flat River township near the
Orange county line. No workers
were at the stills.
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H. S. Yarborough
Has Bronze Star
Technical Sergeant Henry'S. Yar
borough, whose wife, Mrs. Jessiemine
M. Yarborough, lives at Route 1.
Wootlsdalc. has been awarded the
Bronze Star Medal for meritorious
service in connection with military
operations against the enemy in
Belgium and Germany from Nov.
18, 1944 to May 8, 1949, with the
84th Infantry of the 7th Army. m
Tlie citation reads in part:
“As a sergeant in the regimental
military police detachment, Tech
Sgt. Yarborough exercised sound
judgment, initiative and outstanding
ability in the discharge of his duties
under frequent enemy fire and oth
er adverse conditions. Especially
outstanding was his eficflent dis
patch of traffic over supply routes
to eliminate unnecessary delay in
the delivery of personnel and equip
i ment to front lines. The exemplary
' qualities and unswerving devotion
to duty displayed by Tech Bgt. Yar
borough reflect high credit upon
himself and the military service."
Before the war Sgt. Yarborough
■was employed by Collins ti Aikman
at Roxboro.
On Debnam Hour
k Heard Friday at noon on the W.
9 E. Debnam G. I. interview prografh
from Raleigh as relayed by Debnam
from the Phillippines was Pvt. Rob
ert R. Solomon, 19, of Yanceyvllle,
now at Luzon, who said he would
very much like to be at home in
North Carolina. Tlie soldier’s moth
er lives at Leasburg.
Heard previously several weeks
ago was Sgt. George J. Cushwa, who
is also in the Pacific area.
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J. W. NOELL, EDITOR
Hall And Other Commiitee
Members Issue Annual Per
son Report Today.
Soil conservation practices in Per
son county have greatly increased
through the cooperation of all Agri
cultural agencies, according to State
Department of Agriculture figures
embraced in the annual report of the
Person County Agricultural Conser
vation association, released today by
Claude T. Hall, chairman, and sign
ed also by Dr. B. S. Thaxton, vice
chairman and I. B. Bradsher, com
mitteeman, it being shown that
there has been Improvement since
1927, but particularly from 1937
through 1944.
! Progress made during the latter
[period is believed to be a direct re
isult of efforts of the Association,
j says the report, excerpts from which
[read as follows:
13,368.8 acres of tobacco were pro
duced on 1721 Person tobacco farms
during the year of 1944 yielding 14,-
468,380 pounds. Handling Memo
randa of Bills of Sale was also a
duty of the County Asociation in
1944; it was done by the County
Office personnel under the super
vision of the County Committee.
Farmers of the County received
*5,680.72 during 1944 as Dairy Ad
justment Payment made available
by Commodity Credit Corporation in
October 1943 and handled as one ot
the special services or added duties
of the AAA.
During the winter and early
spring, at the time when an ex
treme shortage of concentrated feeds
existed, local merchants were aided
by the Association in securing an
ample supply of Cotton-seed meal
to supply needs in this vicinity.
Fkj£ CMutrnction
The C&ui.ty CofcnZtUee issued 127
Preference Rating Certificates for
121,217 board feet of lumber during
the yea*- to repair, remodel, and
conserve farm buildings and con
struct new farm buildings whenever
necessary. Twenty-two construction
applications were filed with the
County Office personnel under the
supervision of the County Commit
tee and processed through the right
channels for local farmers in cases
where it was necessary for farm
dwellings to be constructed.
Farm Machinery Rationing
One of the duties of the AA which
was most vital in maintaining max
imum production of food, feed, and
fiber crops to aid the war effort was
seeing that the small amount of
farm machinery manufactured was
placed where it would do most to
ward increasing production and at
the same time, counteract as near as
possible the existing labor shortage.
The farm machinery rationing Com
mittee with this problem in mind,
distributed the following machinery :
Tractor, 21; Mowing Machine, 27;
Hay balers, 3; Hayloaders, 1; Com
bines, 3; Rakes, 2; Manure Spread
ers, 2.
Fifty additional certificates' were
issued for items such as roofing,
wire. etc. which were rationed but
were not on quota.
Soil Building practices carried out
by Person County Farmers in the
year of 1944; were
1. Seeding Crimson Clover, Aus
trian Winter Peas, or Vetch as
winter legume for 1,499.5 acres.
2. Small grain cover crop, on 4,-
168.7 acres.
3. Ryegrass for 356.0 acres.
4. Annual Lespedeza seeded on
7,903.0 acres.
5. Summer Legumes, sucli as
Peas and Soybeans for 833.8 acres.
6. Mowing pastures in 348.4 acres.
7. Seeding permanent, pasture on
8922 acres.
8. Standard terraces constructed
on 37,671 feet of land.
Various other practices were car
ried out to some extent, such as
establishing Kudzu and Sericea and
badly needed Water-way Outlets.
For carrying out these practices,
the farmers in the county have al
ready received $30,632.38 in cash
with still about 10 per cent of the
checks not received. In addition
to this amount. Person County
farmers received 1604.6 tons of
Ground Limestone, 334,700 pounds
of Superphosphate, and 12,304
pounds of Austrian Winter Peas
along with 1,635 pounds of Crim
son Clover and 1,600 pounds of
Ryegrass, seded as a cost of $9,-
626.71.
Also in the report are records of
expenses, operation policies and ac
tual figure's on increases in tobac
co, hog corn and wheat yield which
will be cited in Thursday’s paper.
®bt Courier-^tmeg
Wellons Accepts
L. D. Wellons of Salisbury, re
cently with the State Department
of Labor, and for six years pre
| viously a teacher In Guilford and
Raleigh schools, has accepted the
principalship at Bethel Hill
school, it was reported today by
Person Superintendent R. B. Grif
fin. Wellons, 31 years of age, is
a graduate of the University of
North Carolina, Chapel Hill, is
married and has two children, a
son and a daughter. He and his
family will live at Bethel Hill.
Lee Umstead To
Have Program
At Rotary Club
Eijrhly Or More Enj.ov
Daughter’s Night. With
Warren Chairman.
Program for this Thursday at
i Hotel Roxboro for the Roxboro Ro
tary Club will be in charge of Lee
: Umstead, whose subject has not
been announced, but is expected to
be concerned with some aspects of
work of the Norfolk and Western
j Railway company, represented here
Jby Mr. Umstead.
j Father-Daughter night, observed
| last week, with Alvin Warren as
j chairman, had an attendance of
i over eighty. The program was kept
on a simple plane, with Jokes and
stunts planned by the chairman.
Favors were distributed to the
daughters, who ranged from grown
; ups to those going to their first
party.
Present for the first time as a
new member was J. R. Adair, of the
Dan River Soil Conservation Ser
vice. Additional guests, other than
the young ladies, were Mr. Abbitt.
of Bluefield, W. Va„ brother of I.
O. Abbitt, and G. O. Rogers, of
Whiteville, guest of R. B. Griffin.
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Stimuli Says
Army Strength
Still Essential
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Washington, Aug. 6. —In blunt an
,swer to Congressional charges of
manpower hoarding. Secretary of
War Henry L. Stimson asserted on
'behalf of the Army that to reduce
its size below 7.000,000 would prolong
; the Japanese war and be more cost
ly in lives.
He told a news conference that
: the discharge point system will be
revised somewhat, mainly to make
more Pacific veterans eligible for
release. But this will not take place
until next year and will not affect
I the Army’s final size nor the total
number of men and women to be
i discharged, he said.
Answering Congressional charges
; that the Army has been “arrogant"
in refusing to release men needed
j for critical industry, Stimson said.
"This whole (point discharge) pro
gram has been gone over in detail
with General MacArthur and his
army and air force commanders. It
iis the considered opinion of these
responsible commanders that this is
the maximum rate of discharge
which can be carried out without
endangering their operations and
risking an unnecessary high rate of
casualties due to losses of experi
enced combat lea^dership.
"We shall get every man dis
charged as rapidly as his service
under the point system, the vital
needs of war, and complication of
transportation and redeployment,
allow.
"We shall not let any man go
whose going jeopardizes the life of
the men who remain to fight."
He revealed that Undersecretary
of War Robert P. Patterson is study
ing with War Mobilization Director
John W. Snyder the possibility of
releasing coal miners from the
Army. Coal Administrator Harold L.
Ickes lias warned repeatedly that
soldier-miners are needed to ease
a critical domestic and European
shortage.
Stimson said that the revised
point score, expected last month,
now will not be announced until
early next year. He implied that the
new score might be somewhat high
er than the 85 points now required
for discharge.
Under the present score, he said,
1,500,000 men and women will have
been discharged by next June 1. An
additional 500,000 will have been re
leased for illness and similar rea
son.
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There are more than 3,000 islands
In the Netherlands East Indies
group.
ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA
Three Brothers Meet At Hitler's Home
J^g
8 J 8 MW THO t
Pfc. Eric Garrett, of Roxboro. writes from Am berg, Germany, that
he and his two brothers, S. Sgt. Donald Garrett and Cpl. Herman
Garrett, Jr., met at Bercliesg:(len, home of Hitler, cm June 15,
birthday of Cpl. Garrett. The brothers, standing In the roadway
near the home, are left to right, Donald. Herman -and Eric. The
first is with the 102nd Division, the second with the 697th F. A. and
the third with the 90th Division.. Pfc. Eric Garrett adds that the
brothers met First Lieutenant Bradsher, of Roxboro, at Salzburg,..
.Austria, that it was niee to be with all again and be hopes it won’t
be long before all ran be together again. Not shown in the plate,
but the original photograph is an attractive background of rolling
hille, heavily wooded.
Many Get Gold
Star Certificates
Curing Season
In Full Swing
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Much Os Work In Barns In
Person To Be Underway
By Saturday.
Person County's tobacco crop is
-really keeping the growers busy at
the present time. The tobacco is
riog and it is doing it in a
hurry, with a severe shortage of
labor in the county and tobacco
getting ready' faster than it can be
handled many growers are expect
ing that they may lose some.
Recent rains really saved the crop
in this county but the rains also
made it grow much faster and
(therefore get ready in a hurry. How
'j ever every effort is now being made
[to save all that is possible. And so
I far very little has been allowed to
burn in the field.
This week will be a big week for
curing provided the weather does
not interefere too much and by Sat
urday night there will be less to
bacco out in Person County than
| there was the first of the week.
Reports indicate that the weed is
curing well and farmers are pleased
: at price reports from other markets.
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R. L. Henderson
Trains At Norfolk
; Roy Lee Henderson, 30, shipfitter,
i third class, USNR, of Wolf Trap,
[Va., and Roxboro, is at the Naval
[Training Station, Norfolk, Va.,
[training for duties board a new de
[ stroyer of the Atlantic Fleet,
i Henderson is a veteran of 30
j months' duty aboard a tanker and a
I destroyer escort in the Mediterran
lean.
! He is the son of Mrs. Betty Hend-
I erson of Roxboro, N ;C., and has
three brothers, Willie 0.. 26, Dudley
! B„ 24, Clyde J., 20, who are privates,
first Class, in the Army. Another
brother, Henry A., 38, was honor
pbly discharged from the Marine
Corps.
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At Rest Center
T-5 Kenneth Long, member of
[an engineer unit which took part
in the western front drive that
brought victory to the Allies, was a
recent visitor to the XV Corps Rest
Center at Nancy. France. His wife.
Mrs. Lester Long, lives in Roxboro.
Her husband is with the Third
Army.
-■ Altuuf Way
Louis Long of the Olive Hili section of the county, was in town
last week trying to buy a number of cow Mils. Said that he wanted
to tie them around the necks of his boys who were working in the
tobacco field so that he could teU where they were.
A few nights ago Dick Woody thought that he heard someone in
his back yard trying to steal his chickens. He got his gun and went
out and shot at what looked like the thief. Os course we do not
think that he actually shot at the party but maybe over his head.
However here’s my point. I wish that the thief had had a gun and
that he had shot back over Dick’s head. If that had happened I
bet that Dick would have made a hole in the side of his house bust
ing thru to the other side and I will also bet that he would not
have stopped till he had gone clean through the Rock Inn Service
Station that is on the other side of thf street from his house.
HOME FIRST, ABROAD NEXT
MONDAY, AUGUST 6, 1945 $2.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
Report Received That William
R. Morris Dies In Luzon.
I Over twenty American Legion Gold
[stay certificates, each one signed by
| national leaders of the Legion, were
I awarded yesterday to the families
of Person and Roxboro men who
[have died in service in World War
11, the exercises having been held
'at,Pei son Court House under direc
. j tion of Lester Blackwell Post Corr.-
: mander J. Y. Blanks, who was as
’ sisted by the Rev. J. Boyce Brooks.
1 ! Reading of the names in the im
; Passive rites was by the Rev. Mr.
'[Brooks, who also offered the con
-11 eluding prayer. Brief welcome to tlie
• guests and a tribute to the men who
j have died in service was paid by
[Commander Blanks, who said that
> other Star Awards will be made lat
-11 or and for all men reported as killed
l since May 1, 1945, date on which
I lie present list of thirty-one was
(compiled,
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, At the meeting it was learned that
another casualty has been officially
[reported, the death of William R.
• ’ Morris, about 20, of Timberlake, said
i to .lave been killed in July on Luzon
• Kind identified as the son of Mr. and
• Mrs. William A. Morris. Other parti
i cnlars are not known.
Commander Blanks reported af
i! ter the meeting that certificates
1 ■ honoringthe following men, Harold
. Duncan. Bradsher Day, W. C. Bul
i lock, Jr., Bill Joe Merritt, Harold
J. OBriant, James A. Satterfield,
i Louis Shanko, William A. Sledge,
[Royal P. Todd, Clyde G. Whitt and
1 Emory A. Brown, will be mailed to
relatives, there being none present
’ -to receive them at the exercises.
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• I W. C. Oliver, Jr.,
With 473rd Unit
'i
if Sgt. Walter Clyde Oliver, Jr„ of
■ j Loiighurst, son of Mr. and Mrs.
j Clyde Oliver, who has been overseas
■ [ for eighteen months, is now with the
: 473rd Regiment in Italy, it was an
’[mmneed today by the War Depart
, | ment. Sgt. Oliver, who trained at
■. Camp Robinson, Ark., has been in
service more than two years and
i was in the Ligurian coast and
'Genoa conflict during closing stages
| of the bitter Italian campaign.
License Revoked
Tobie Pass Stone, of Roxboro,
, charged with drunken driving, has
, had his license revoked, according
; to announcement made today by the
, North Carolina Highway Safety
division. The case was tried at the
second July term in Person Record
er's court.
Program To Aid
Lamb Costs To
Be In Effect
Claude T. Hall Makes An
nouncement, Quoting Se
cretary Anderson.
A program designed to help meet
Increased cost of raising and feed
ing lambs to heavier weights and at
the same time bring about a more
normal distribution in marketing,
has been announced by U. S. Secre
tary of Agriculture, Clinton And
erson, C. T. Hall, Chairman of the
Person County AAA Committee said
here today.
“Under the new' program the Com
modity Credit Corporation will make
payments directly to farmers
through County AAA Committees,"
Mr. Hall said, “and payments wilt
become effective on sheep and lambs
marketed on or after August 5,
1945 and through June 30. 1946.”
Payment rates will range from $1.50
to $2.50 per hundredweight for lambs
weighing 65 to 90 pounds; from
*2.15 to $3.15 per hundredweight
[for lambs weighing over 90 pounds;
land SI.OO per hundredweight for all
other sheep and lambs.
August rates will be $1.50 for 65
to 90 pounds; $2.15 for lambs over
90 pounds and SI.OO for all other
shee and lambs. The complete
schedule of payment rates. August
1945 through June 1946, will be avail
able in the Person County AAA
office.
Mr. Hall says all sellers of animals
to legally authorized slaughterers
should keep their sales receipts and
invoices for presentation to the
I County Committee at the time ap
plication for payment is made.
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I Nineteen Have
Tonsils Out At
Second Clinic
Roxboro Kiwanis club which
sponsored last week's tonsil clinic
for Negro children, 19 of whom had
j tonsils removed, have been thank
ed by a committee of Negro citizens
headed by the Rev. G. W. Thomas
i whose message appears today in the
| Courier-Times Open Forum on the
I editorial page. Surgeon for the
I clinic was Dr. B. W. Fas-ett. o£
| Durham, who remained with the
children all night at Person Coun
ty Training school, where operations
were performed early Thursday
morning.
; Oldest patient was a boy of about
fifteen. Other boys and girls
ranged from six to nine years of
age on the average.
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Planes Deploying
U. S. Troops
Across Country
Washington.—Acting to relieve
the national railroad jam. the war
(department announced tonight that
[the army will redeploy 25,000 soldiers
la month across the United States
by air. Commercial air lines will
[handle the operation, using army
| planes and pilots.
In answer to congressional de
mands. the army also will speed the
release of experienced railroad men
who have the demobilization points
required. The announcement said
that by August 10, 1,362 high point
men with railroad experience will
have been released. An additional
4,463 soldiers who have been helping
1 operate European railroads are to be
brought back to this country by
October.
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Cpl. J. D. Perkins
Has Star Award
Cpl. Jule D. Perkins, of Roxboro,
son of Mrs. Anna Perkins and now
stationed at Badstasdt, Austria, lias
been awarded the Bronze Star med
al, according to information receiv
ed from him by his family. Cpl.
Perkins, who is w’ith the 101 Air
borne Glider infantry division, his
received the award for meritorious
sefvice in military operations in
France, Holland, Belgium and Ger
many.
Yarborough Reunion
Annual reunion of the Yarborough
family will be held Sunday, August
12, at the old homeplace of W. D.
Yarborough, according to announce
ment made today by Hubert L. Yar
borough and his mother, Mrs. Jesse
T. Yarborough, who will be host
and hostess. Relatives and friends
are cordially Invited to attend and
bring baskets.
Lack of sulphur in tlie system
will sometimes cause a depressed
state of mind.
Helena Cannery
Dedication Cuts
Into Board Meeting
Honored
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•'.iljilPg? ,' bmT '
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RAYMOND t AIiYLK
Mr. and Mrs. J. Carver, of
Roxboro, have received the Purple
Heart and a citation, posthum
ously awarded to their son, S. Sgt.
Raymond T. Carver, who was kill
| ed in action in France, August 30,
j 1944, it was reported today. Ail
alumnus of Roxboro high school
I and formerly employed by Rox
boro Beverage company, Sgt.
: Carver entered the Army at Fort
Uragg, December 10. 1942, and
went overseas in 1943.
Miss McKee, Ot
Hurdle Mills,
Dies At Home
Rites Held For Only Child Os
Mrs. Irene Me Kee.
Held yesterday afternoon at three
i'clock at Berry's Grove Baptist
church, were funeral services for
Miss' Henrietta McKee, eleven years
[of. age, daughter of Mrs. Irene Mc-
Kee. of Hurdle Mills, whose death
occurred Friday night at eleven o’-
clock at the McKee residence after
an illness lasting three days.
Rites were in charge of the Rev.
J R, Green and the Rev. S. F Nicks,
with interment in the church ceme
tery. Miss McKee, a granddaughter
[of Mrs. C. R. Murray, of Hurdle
Mills, had been in ill health most of
her life. Her father was the late
: Henry McKee, whose death occurred
a number of years ago.
[ lit addtiion to her mother and her
maternal grandmother. Mrs. Mur
ray, survivors are three aunts. Miss
j Ora Murray and Mrs. Jim Tilley.
| both of Hurdle Mills. Mrs. Henry
I Miller, of Rougemont, and an uncle,
Floyd Murray, of Ca-Vel,
Bill Van Hook
Has New Job
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j J. William Van Hook, Person coun
ty FSA employee for the last two
land a half years, has been appoint-.
I I d to fill the Hillsborb position va
|rated by J. P. Ballard Who lias
j transferred from FSA to Soil Con
servation. The announcement was
made Tuesday from District ,FSA
[Supervisor T. S. Royster,
i Officially installed Wednesday,
j Van Hook took over full time duties
| which he will continue to perform.
He plans to commute from his home
[near Roxboro.
i Working with Van Hook will be
(Mrs. Julia Davis, home management
•superintendent of Durham, and Mrs.
[Virginia J. Wilson, clerk-typist of
[ Hillsboro. Van Hook will also serve
' with Orange County committee.
Cop Who Halted
Wilson, Retires
Washington. Aug. s.—The cop
who once stopped a President's car
retires today.
Police Officer Maurice Collins,
now Inspector Collins, was on traf
fic duty one evening years ago when
he flagged down a car with glaring
headlights. Out swarmed Secret
Service men.
"I recognized President Wilson
when I came up to the car." Col
lins recalled later. “I told him,
Good evening, Mr. President. I’m
sorry I had to stop you.’ He told
me. ‘Don’t apologize, officer, but.
what is it for?’ I called his atten
tion to the lights, and he reprimand
ed his driver and thanked me.”
2 Fatal Highway
Accidents
IN PERSON COUNTY IN 1941
DON’T HELP INCREASE ITI
DRIVE CAREFULLY
NUMBER 71
Little Business Transacted As
Officials Go To Opening.
Dedication of the Helena com
munity cannery, a project which
lias been under construction
for the past several months, cut
short the regular first Monday in
August session of Person Cfiunty
commissioners, two of whom, to
gether witli County Attorney, R,
P. Burns, attended the gathering at
Helena, which started at noon and
was followed by luncheon.
Meeting of the Commissioners
was held in the office of Register
of Deeds W. T. Kirby, with Chair
man J. A. Lung and Commissioner
W. H. Gentry in attendance, as
was Mr. Burns. All three left for
j Helena about 11:30, Unable to at
i tend either the meeting of the
Commissioners was Commissioner
Julia Hester. Out ot town on vaca
tion was Auditor T. C. Brooks, fre
quently present at the official
meetings. •»
Also at the cannery dedication
wore Fred Masten. of the George
W, Kane Company, Mr. Kane and
other officials, including members
of the Person Board of Education,
who arranged the program. Sup
erintendent R. B. Griffin together
with members ot the Board of Ed
ucation office staff likewis? were
at the dedication and final inspec
tion of the building and active in
planning hospitalities was L. C.
Liles, of the Helena School faculty
and one of tlie managers of the
cannery. The cannery has been in
operation previously, out is now
capable of a greatly expanded pro
gram.
Construction of the cannery has
beei: undei u. uorizat.cn and ap
proval of the county Commission
ers.
In the report of Commissioner::
lor tins morning was a memoran
dum showing that WftlVsr Jones,
75, of Person and now a patient at
Duke Hospital i» authorized lo be
admitted to the Person County
home. The report also sh >w> ac
ceptance and approval of the audit
of the Clerk of the Court's office,
the audit being that required be
cause of death of the late clerk,
Miss Sue C. Bradsher. Present
clerk is R. A. Bullock, with Kiss
Nancy Bullock as deputy.
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Germans Look
At Defeat Films
BERLIN.—In a number of cine
mas here in this city, which are now
open to the public, a Russian-made
film of the last days of the struggle
for tlie capture of Berlin is being
shown.
Among tlie crowds that throng
tlie movie houses are thousands of
participants in those scenes Which
it would have been thought they
would never wish to relive.
It is rather weird to sit along-side
Germans, as they point out to their
neighbors the barricades which were
at the bottom of their streets of
mention that such-and-such a scene
they witnessed from behind the cur
tains or from entrances of air-raid
shelters. With recent events still
fresh in their memory, they follow
the scenes of the battle as interpret
ed by the Russian conquerors,
i though since the freedom of move
ment was extremely limited during
tlie weeks before the end came, to
many of them details of what hap
pened even a few streets away Is
still news. ,
The attitude of the German spec
i tutors at the "marmorhaus” cinema,
for example—was extremely inter
esting to a foreigner. There was
very little reaaction to appearances
iif Hitler, some jibes of Goering and
some generals depicted on the screen
as well.
o
Baptismal Service
A baptismal service for Olive
Branch Baptist church will be held
[Sunday morning August 12, at 10:30
1 o'clock at the bridge near the Spur
geon residence, according to an
nouncement made today by the
pastor, the Rev. J. B. Currin.
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Sandhill peach growers did no*
properly spray for tlie control of the
curculio. A loss of about UJQOjKO
was the result.. Dust did not prove,
as effective as spray in controUUig
the curculio. , I,j.
O 1- -MW- : . .
One-third of all the people, *r;
Ulster live In Belfast.