War Bond Dollars
Are Double Duty
Dollars
VOL. Lxiy.
W.Y. Pass, Prominent
Roxboro Citizen, Dies
Early This Morning |
Hour of Services 3 P. M. Fri
day. Died at 5:10 A. M. in
Hospital. I
W. Y. Pass, one of Roxboro's
prominent citizens, died this morn
ing at 5:10 in Watts hospital, Dur
ham, where lie had been a patient
the past ten days. He was a son of
the late Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Pass.
He was an alumnus of Wake Forest
college. After returning home from
college he entered the firm of T. W.
Pass & Son. and for several years
this firm was one of the largest and
most successful enterprises of the
City. After the death of his father
he continued the business under the
same name, but was the sole owner.
He is survived by his wife, who
before marriage was Miss Martha
Lee Bass, one son, John W. Pass,
two daughters, Marion Pass of Ra
leigh and Lee Pass of Roxboro; two
brothers, T. O. and J. G. Pass; one
sister, Mrs. T. H. Clay of Helena, j
The funeral service will be at the j
First Baptist Church of Roxboro, I
with Rev. J. Boyce Brooks in charge, j
Hour of the services will be at |
three o'clock, Friday afternoon. The
body will lie in state for one hour j
preceding the services.
Active pallbearers: ooe Blanks, R.'
D. Blimpass, Banks Berry, S. M.
Neal, Preston Satterfield, Jr., and:
T. A. Long.
I
Honorary pallbearers are: Hugh
Woods, W. McGee, Lawrence Woods,)
L. W. Pittard, Joel Lewis, Claude
Harris. D. W. Ledbetter, W. R. j
Jones, O. Y. Clayton, Edwin Feath- 1
erstonc, W. T. Kirby. G. C. Hunter, |
Dr. E. M. Hedgepeth, J. H„ Hughes,
Dr. John Fitzgerald. J. H. Walker,
W. E. Stewart, Winfrey Wilkins, M.
{'n R. F B, rus. A. M. Burns.
W. D. Merritt, Claude Hall, Karl
Burger, C. H. Oakley, W. R. Woody, j
R. A. Bullock, W. H. Harris, Fred
Long, N. Lunsford, Coy Day, Alex j
Bass, George Thomas, Fred Masten, 1
L. C. Bradsher, E. E. Bradsher, R.
B. Griffin, H. W. Newell. J. W. j
Green, W. W. Woods, R. L. Harris, |
George W. Kane, Joe Kirby, Frank!
Howard, Frank Wilson, Arch Ham-1
lin, J. W. Wade, J. O. Abbitt, R. H. |
Gates. John Moore, A. R. Warren.
C. B. Kirby, Maxie Daniel. T. B.
Woody, V. A. Thomas, Clarence
Holeman, Lee Winstead, R. H, Oak- j
ley. W. W. Morrell. R. F. Michaels,'
Sam Barnette, T. Y. Wilson, Bob 1
Whitt, S. R. Wade, John Crowder,!
R. A. Whitfield, S. B. Davis, John i
Hobgood. Robert Lunsford. Walter j
William, Robert Hester, O. B.
Mcßroom, L. K. Walker, and A. B. I
Rimmer.
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Local Soldier
With 3rd Army
Heads For Home
Assembly Area Command, France. ■
—More of General George S. Pat
ton's Third Army heroes are head
ing for home.
Newest Patton spearheading out
fit to pass through Assembly Area
Command redeployment at Camp
Atlanta, near Chalons, France, is
the 609th Tank Destroyer Battalion,
well known in combat as the “Claws
of the 10th Armored Division Tig
ers."
With this battalion is Sgt. Charlie
F. Holeman of route 3. Roxboro.
The Go9th. now commanded by
Major William H. Hatina of St.
Louis, Missouri, first gained fame in
the assault on Metz, although their
performance around Bastogne dur
ing the historic German break
through of General Von Runstedt's
Panzers really highlights combat
achievements.
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Roxboro People
See Christening
Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Harris and
daughters, Ann, Louise and Martha,
have returned from New York City
after a visit of several days. While
there they witnessed the christen
ing of the destroyer ÜBS Cone.
This destroyer will be the home ol
C. A. Harris, Jr., of the U. 3. Navy,
for some time to come.
FINANCIAL COMMITTEE MEETS
The financial Committee of the |
Roxboro Chamber of Commerce met I
Monday night in the office of the j
secretary for the purpose of discuss
ing various phases of membership.
J. W. NOELL, EDITOR
Dies
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: \V. Y. PASS
| Spoiled Fever
Fatal To
Mrs. H. J. Hester j
Had Heen 111 Since Ausrust <»:;
Died At Duke Hospital.
I Mrs, Henry J. Hester, 62. of the
Hester's Store community, this coun
ty, died Tuesday afternoon at 2:20
o’clock at Duke Hospital. Durham,
of Roiljfcy kVoptahv spotted fever.
She had been ill since August 6.
! She was a member of Salem Meth- j
odist Church.
| Funeral services were held at the j
home Wednesday afternoon at 4:30
o'clock, conducted by the Rev. R. C.
j Burgiri of Leasburg. Burial was
,in Hester's Store Cemetery.
| Surviving are her husband; three
| children. Lewis Hester, and Miss
' Huldah Hester of Hurdles Mill, and
Frances Hester of Burlington; two
brothers. R. W. Hester of Hopewell,
! Va., and Carl E. Hester of Hurdles
jNiil,' three sisters, Mrs. E. R.,
i Thompson of Leasburg, Mrs. L. A.
Bradsher of Hurdles Mill, and Mrs.
;D. H. Crumpton of Raleigh; two
j hay-brothers, J. E. and W. E. Hester
|of Hurdles Mill; two half-sisters,
! Mrs. Walter Bowes of Hurdles Mill,
jand Miss Marie Hester of Raleigh;
two grandchildren. Also, her step
mother, Mrs. B. F. Hester, of route
2, Hurdle Mills.
Active pall bearers were Messrs ]
Bennie Bradsher, Robert Allen Hest
er. Jacob Thompson, James Cates, 1
James Lewis Bradsher and James
Earl Hester.
Flower bearers were Catherine
Thompson, Janie Hester Pope, Lois .
Thompson, Margaret Bradsher, Mil
dred Kennington, Nina Abbitt, Mary
Foy Hester. Margaret Baldwin, Anne !
Hester, Martha Louise Hester, Larue
Bobbitt.
Gertrude Allen, Mabel Abbitt,
Eleanor Hester, Elouise K. Wagstaff,
Mary Cates, Patsy Walker, Louise
Winslow, Sarah Warren, Peggy Ame
Warren, Mary Lou Hester, Lillian
Kimbery, Frances Austin,
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Big Rotary
Meet August 30
The Rotary information meeting,
which promises to be one of the
highlights of the club, will be held
on Thursday night, August 30th in- !
stead of tonight as it was announc
ed in Monday's paper. In charge of
the program will be Floyd Peaden,
member of the Inter-Club relations
committee, and appearing on the
program will be Bert Weaver, Reids
ville, president, district-governor;
Bob Madry. Chapel Hill; H. D.
“Tarvia” Jones, Graham, and Dr. j
C. Sylvester Green, Durham, past
district-governor.
The meeting gets underway at five j
in the afternoon and ends at eight, j
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Wonderful Peace
Washington—Peace-is-wonderful
note:
Today’s final edition of The
Times-Herald devotecV its banner
| headline to the Washington base
i ball club's fight for the American
j League pennant.
It said: “Nats Beat Indians Ist
Game, 3-0.”
Cotmer=®tmto
How About A Bird's,
Nest In There?
Names make news but here is a j
story without any name. This
Roxboro man stated that after the |
gas rationing was removed he [
went to a 'serv ice station and told
the attendant to fill his car with
gas.
He said that the man put in
six gallons of gas and could not
get any more in the tank. Then
he looked to see what the trouble
was and found that the tank, af
ter the six gallon level, was filled
with spider webbs and other trash ,
such as will accumulate along
with the webbs. Six gallons was [
the limit.
Dr, H.C. Smith
To Preach Friday
Dr. J. M. Ormond Os Duke To
Preach at Dedication
Service
I
| Dedication services will begin Fri
, day, August 24th at 8 o'clock p. m. I
jat Cavel Community Methodist
j church of which the Rev. Alvin
!C. Young is pastor, with Dr. H. C.
; Smith, district superintendent.
' preaching and conducting the
j fourth quarterly conference. The
: second service will be held Satur-
I day night, August 25th, at 8 o'clock.
The speaker on this occasion will I
be the Rev. Robert N. Dußose. di
rector of religious activities of Duke i
University.
| The dedication proper will be
held Sunday morning, August 26th,
at 11 o'clock. Dr. J. M. Ormond,
j director of Duke endowment :.nd,
professor of practical theology in 1
i the Divinity school of Duke Univer-'
i si.ty will be the speaker. Dinner will
be served on the church lawn Im
mediately following the service.
Come and bring a basket.
The public is cordially invited to
! attend these services
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Tobaao Market
To Open Sepl. 18
With the opening of the Roxboro
tobacco market only a short time
away local farmers are rapidly get
ting their crop cured. Well over half
of this year's crop has been pulled
and cured and soon it will all be in
the pack barn.
Roxboro's market opens Sept. 18th
[and once again four houses will op
erate in this city. All of the houses
Will be the same and all except one
will be under the same management.
The Pioneer has several new pro
prietors and one remaining from
last year. So far there has been no
announcement as the buyers that
will be here from the various com
panies.
Roxboro's market sold in the
neighborhood of ten million pounds
of golden weed last season and there
' is every reason to expect that more
will be sold this year. All houses
have prepared everything possible
to take care of sales and guarantee
sellers the highest price that can be
obtained.
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Tractor Control
Discontinued
Distribution control of Crawler
tractors was discontinued August
20, C. T. Hall, chairman, Person
'County AAA Committee announced
here today.
"No applications fqg Crawler trac
tors have been approved since July
28, 1945" he said, "and all applica
tions that were not approved will be
mailed directly to applicants by the
War Production Board."
"All applicants in State and Coun
ty AAA Offices will be returned to
applicants immediately,” he added.
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Ronald Hill Talks
To Kiwanians
Roxboro Kiwanians met Monday
night at Hotel Roxboro with Presl-
Ident Jim Long in the chair.
, Chief speaker of the occasion was
1 Mr. Ronald Hill who is now serving
as supply pastor of the First Bap
tist church in the absence of Rever
end J. Boyce Brooks. He spoke on
"The Advantages of Going to a
Christian College.”
| Two new members were proposed
at the meeting, Ous Deering and
Ira Newman. One new member was
inducted into the club, Gip Prilli
man.
The meeting next week will be
held at Oak Grove church in the
Loch Lily section of the county.
ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA
Big Sales Mark
Opening "Break"
'On Eastern Belt j
I
Price Average Estimated at
Slightly More Than $44
Per Hundred. Houses
Crowded With Tobacco.
Tobacco sales of the 1945 season'
began on the 15 Eastern Belt mar- j
, kets in what generally was describ-1
ied as one of the most satisfactory !
[openings in history, with the price
average estimated at slightly more
than $44 per hundred and the j
poundage sold nearly three times j
, that of the opening day last year. [
1 Although the opening was a week
earlier than that of last year, the
warehouse floors in the 15 market
centers were crowded with some
15,000,000 pounds of golden leaf.
Market officials in the best esti- i
mated that sales yesterday exceeded
8,000.000 pounds, leaving enough
tobacco-together with new leaf
arriving on the markets—to assure
, heavy sales throughout the rest of
the week.
Yearly Comparison
Opening day sales on the Eastern
j Belt last year totaled only 3,207,802
pounds at an average of $42.53 per
hundred, while sales on the 1943
opening day reached 8,591,144
pounds at an average of $39.95. The
'lateness, of the crop and the short
age of labor last year caused one of
| the lightest openings in years. Com
paratively little tobacco was sold
during the first two weeks of- the
1944 season
Market officials reported that the
quality of tobacco offered gener
[ ally was inferior to that offered on
' the opening during the past several
years. The price held near the
$44.50 ceiling, with 046 being the
practical top on most markets. As
on the Border Belt, which opened
August 1, there was very little dif
ferential in price between common
and good grades.
«11 offerings were in strong de
mand as sales continued extremely
heavy throughout the allotted sales
time yesterday. The offices of Mar
keting Services of the U. S. De
partment of Agriculture and the
North Carolina Department of Ag
riculture reported that only slight
changes occurred for the majority
ol grades sold compared with open
ing day prices last season. These
changes amounted to only $1 in
most cases, although some lower
quality offerings increased up t;>
$7 per hundred. The bulk of sales
ranged from $43 to $45.
Growers were pleased with prices
and rejections were negligible. The
I report stated that comparative
I prices with last season's opening
] daw averages showed better leaf
I 1 '
j grades practically unchanged, but
| most lower qualities were $1 to $3
[higher. Cutters were down around
; sl. Lugs displayed little change.
; Despite increases in the perceni
;age of cutters and medium qual
: ity smoking leaf, the general quai
i j ity of tobacco was not as good .is
:; on opening day last year. There
: ; were more lower quality leaf grades
i and less choice lugs sold yesterday.
The bulk of sales was made up of
[low to fine lugs and fair to low
leaf grades.
The official market report listed
these prices or a few representative
U. S. grades, with changes from
opening day last season:
Leaf —Fair lemon $45, unchanged;
low lemon $45, up $1 per hundred;
i fair orange $45, unchanged; low
I orange $43, unchanged; common
orange $43, up $3.
Cutters —Fair lemon $46, down $1;
. low lemon $45, down $1; fair orange
$45. down sl.
i Lugs—Fine lemon $45, unchang
! ed; fair lemon $44, unchanged;
good orange $44, unchanged; low
orange $42, up sl.
i j Primings—Fair orange 42, un
changed; low orange S4O, down sl.
Nondescript—Best thin $39, up $4.
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Closed
; All Roxboro furniture stores will
be closed Friday afternoon from
3:30 to 4:30 in respect for W. Y
Pass.
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Twenty-Five Too Many
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(Editorial In The News And Observer)
The Wiiliamston Enterprise reports that 25 Martin County young |'
white men were sent to Fort Bragg on Tuesday under the draft. |
One volunteered. There were two married men, 13 were taken from
the farm, eight are just 18 years old, none were over 26.
This is 25 too many. There is no reason or excuse, now that ;
(he war is ended, and only a few are needed to constitute the army
of occupation, to draft a single individual. As long as the war was
on people readily responded, willing to make the sacrifice. But now j
that fighting is ended, all people except militarists oppose conscrip- i'
ticn in peacetime. Other boards, while sticking to the job, join ,in [
the protest made by the Roxboro board.
The time to end the draft is now.
HOME FIRST, ABROAD NEXT
THURSDAY, AUGUST 23, 1945
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Longhurst Youth Dies In Highway
Accident; Three Seriously Injured
Roxboro Industrial
Plants Continue
Full Operations
So far the mills in Roxboro - have
[not had to lay off any employees
[due to cancellation of contracts
since the end of the war As a)
[matter of fact most of the nidus- !
j trial concerns here are continuing 1
! to hunt help.
Roxboro Cotton Mills reported
that none have been laid off and j
i that more help is needed in the j
mills of this company.
Collins and Aikman Corp.. lias I
been making army cloth and this)
mill reports that all war contracts [
have been cancelled except one in j
dying that will run a while long- |
er. However enough civilian con
tracts are now on hand to Keep <
everyone busy and the mill is now
converting to production tor civil
ian needs. Mr. Dempsey, resident
manager of this mill, stated that
the employees would have to!
[ ! switch to another job and maybe to
[another shift but that there was
New Draft Board
Members Appointed
1 'three new members were named
to the Selective Service Board of ,
Person County yesterday to take tne
, positions left vacant by the mem -'
bets who resigned on Monday, after
cancelling a call for 25 inductees. [,
The appointments, announced to
day. were: Dr. O. G. Davis, veteri- j
Parian, D. M. Cash, merchant, and [j
Hayward Bailey, farmer of the I
Woodsdale section. Appointments j
were made by a committee compos-)
ed of R. B. Griffin, superintendent
of schools, R. A. Bullock, clerk of
1 Superior Court, and W. H. Harris,,
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’ Resigned members, O. Y. Clayton.
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White Registrants
Await Instructions
:
| Approximately 20 Were Pres-1
ent at Office and Ready j
To Leave.
.
Twenty-five white registrants,
s were supposed to leave Roxboro j
5 Tuesday morning for pre-inductio-i j
5 examination but the Person Coup.- j
; ty Board of Selective Service can-j
I celled the call one day ahead of,
‘ leaving time and then the ' mem- |
bers of the board submitted their t
i resignation to state headquarters, j
, On Tuesday morning about twen
ty of these boys were present it the
. office of Selective Servic:. They
[ had heard the news in one way or
.. the other but they were not quite
j sure that it was correct so they,
came to headquarters just to make j
. sure. There they were notified that i
! they did not have to go that day j
but to be ready for further instruc
tions.
’■■! to.!
• Evidently about five of those who
' were supposed to have gone had j
taken the information that they
' 1 bad already received at face value j
• | and did not report Tuesday morn- |
'■ ing.
The call was cancelled so late I
that It was impossible for the office
;o notify the registrants who lived
II in all sections of the county.
i j The state office of Selective Ser-!
I vice had cancelled the bus that
was to take the boys to camp.
$2.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
plenty of work for all. He further [
stated that the mill Was trying to j
avoid laying off anyone:
Officials at Somerset Mills, nuik
ers of towels, stated that they still [
had plenty of work and that they
were looking for more help at the j
, present time.
j Smaller industrial concerns ovot j
1 the county have reported no can- !
• eellations of contracts and all ap-;
.pear to have more work now than
! they can get the help to do it [
| with.
| This local picture in Roxboro ap
pears to be a bit different from a j
, number of other places where work- |
ers are being laid off by the hund
reds and even thousands.
It is understood that all iudus- j
trial concerns have a position Open j
; for former employees who were 1
working at the plant when inducted
into service.
R. L. Hester and D. L. Whitfield,
sent a letter ot resignation to Brig.
Gen. Van B. Metts. state selective
service director, on Monday stating
that we "are not in favor and feel
lour people of Person County are not
in sympathy in continuing to call
I registrants for induction or pie-in
! duction examinations pending the
| action of congress."
i Brig.-Gen. J. Van B. Metis, Stale
' Selective Service officer, said Tues
day in connection with tile resigna
tion en masse of the Person County
, Draft Board, that:
I;.:-"
"It is regretted that the; members
jof the Person County Local Board
; have seen fit to resign en masse in
! protest against the further induc
tion of registrants. I believe the
members of this board have failed
to take into consideration that it is
not one of the functions of a local
I board to make policy or decide how
| many men the armed forces need
lor when they should be called It is
I the responsibility of our national
[ leaders to make such decisions.
i "The President has announced the
[necessity for continuing inductions
[ oil a reduced scale, for the present
, This is deemed necessary in order
that adequate forces may be main
tained to provide internal security,
'furnish occupational and protection
[forces, and to afford an opportuni
j ty for men of long service, particul
arly men ol families and overseas
i service, to return home. It must bt
kept in mind that rqgular enlist
ments in the regular Army and
Navy have ail expired and that in
ductions are the only means at pres
ent of obtaining such forces.
"Recognizing a material reduction
jin manpower requirements following
I the cessation of fighting, national
| headquarters has already stopped
the induction of all registrants 26
I years of age and over. But in order
[to fill tile requirements that the
[armed forces are continuing to
i make upon Selective Service, we
[are still required to furnish some
[ men in the 18 through 25 age group.
| "It is believed that individual citi
'zens are not sufficiently conversant
| with the manpower needs of the
armed forces to determine whether
inductions should cease. This is a
point of broad national policy which
[it is felt should be left to those offi
cials of our government who ale
charged with the responsibility of
such decisions. It is known that
! Congress will meet in the immediate
future and the problem will no
doubt be one of the first subjects
discussed. Pending a determination
of future manpower policies by the
'congress, it is felt that all local
j selective serveie agencies in this
j State should be willing to continue
| to follow the policies and program
of the government as announced by
jits responsible elected and appoint
ed officials, thereby maintaining the
j splendid record which ail local and
appeal boards have made in this
State."
Purple Heart
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Pie. CLARENCE B. HR ANN
I*lV. (iarviirt* K. Itruiin, l»»is
| hand ot Mrs. .Atlrll ilavton lira tin
I Koxboro. member of the 142nd
Infantry of the veteran UGtli j
! Texas Division now in (Germany |,
| has been awarded the Purple
| Heart. i;ood conduct medal. Com-*
i bat Infantry badge. E. T. O. rib
bon with three battle stars and
the Presidential citation.
The .With Infantry Division has
seen action oil I>-Days, Italy and
Southern France. To its credit are
such battles as i'assiuo and .Vnzio.
It breached the powerful Siegfried
lines defenses at Wissembourg
and completed 400 days of actual
ooni bat plunging through tier
man v and Austria.
Scoulers Meet
In Yanceyville j
Fourteen Men Considered Foi'i
Position I .est Vacant By Re
signation of Bruce.
Executive members of Cherokee
Seoul Council met in Yanceyville
, Monday night for the purpose of se- '
leering a successor to Pierce Bruce j
recently resigned executive of tile I
council. Mr. Bruce plans to leave!
the council around the first of Sep- j
t ember lor Georgia where lie will
continue his scout work there.
Members of the council who were
present had approximately 14 men
to consider for the position that Mr.
| Bruce will leave. These men were
hot present but they all laid submit- i
led their picture along with their,
■ record of service. From tile 14 a j
. number one, two. three and four
. choice were made. The number one |
selection will be called to fteidsville 1
. in the very near future where he
, will be, interviewed and if lie fills
i the qualification he will be offered |
the position as executive of Chero- [
kee. If not another will be called !
, and so on.
Present from Roxboro tor this
( meeting were J W. Green, president
of: the Person County Council and
J. S. Merritt, vice-president of
Cherokee Council.
Ernest Thompson, president of [
| Cherokee Council, presided over tin
: | council meeting Monday night.
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Person People
; Continue To Buy
War Bonds
G. C. Hunter, district chairman
: of the War Bond Committee, stated
■ this week that Person County people
■ were continuing to buy War Bonds
and that sales for this month had
i! been pleasing. H)e further stated
; that it was going to take a lot of
• | money to bring the boys home and
wind up other affairs. There will be
J another Loan Drive in November.
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Farm Tires
_ _
Ration Free
i .
I I Tractor and implement tires have
been released from rationing, C. T.
‘| Hall, chairman. Person County AAA
’, Committee, announced here today. •
s I “Farmers usihg truck and pas
l senger tires will continue to obtain
i them through local OPA boards,” he
said.
2 Fatal Highway
Accidents
IN PERSON COUNTY IN 1048
DON'T HELP INCREASE ITI
DRIVE C AREFULLY
NUMBER 76
One Dead, Three Others Ser
iously Injured in Early.
Morning Tragedy.
Ira T. i Bill i Dickerson, 20-year
jold Longhurst youth, was fatally in
jured early this morning in an auto
mobile accident on the South Bos
: ton highway oil the edge of South
; Boston. Three others, Alton Dixon,
[Clyde Bluckslock and Robert Wil
i.son, all passengers in the same car,
I reported to have been driven by
j young. Dickerson, were seriously in-
I jured add are in the South Boston
| Hospital.
' According to reports, the car met
a heavy transfer truck and was
forced off the road dowm a steep
'embankment with the vehicle turn
[mg over several times. It is not
known, but reports indcates, that
the injured youths lay in the wreck
| age sometime after the accident be
j tore they were found and carried to
| tlie. hospital. The transfer truck
, tailed to stop or in failing to stop
did not know the car had left the
road.
Although'the ear was pretty well
smashed, Alton Dixon remained con-
Iscious. but Robert Wilson, from lat
jest reports, lias not regained consci
ousness. Clyde Blackstock is said to
|be critically injured.
Ira Dickerson is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Ira Dickerson, of Long
huist, and was at home on a visit
man Norfolk where he is employed
on a river terry. Alton Dixon, a local
.youth, was also home on a visit from
his job in Washington. D. C, Black
stock and Wilson are employees of
the Longhurst Cotton Mills.
Funeral services lor Dickerson
will be held Friday afternoon at
tour o'clock at the Longhurst Bap
j'lisi Church. He is survived by his
' parents and one sister. Edith Dick
! el son.
Durham Pastor
'Exchange Speaker
I Rev. Nixon Taylor, pastor of Hol
loway Street Christian church,
Durham, was guest speaker at the
' meeting ot (lie Exchange Club Wed
nesday evening at Hotel Roxboro
His subject was "Importance of the
Church lo the World," in which hi
I stressed that "Things Are Not True
j because they are in the Bible bu^
1 because they are the words of God."
Mr. Taylor also gawe interesting
| information concerning Carl Dur
ham's recent trip to Germany and
the horrors that existed there at
that time.
Special guests for the evening
were Ralph Lewis, of Scranton, Pa.,
son of President J. H. Lewis, Lt.
I W B. Weatherly, Jr., son of W. B.
Weatherly, Sr., and J. S. Martham,
jot South Hill,i Va.
j There was the largest attendant:*
I at this meeting than had been since
1 tlie organization of the club. Pre
siding was President J. H. Lewis.
Regular Services
At Baptist Church
There will be the regular ser
vices at the Roxboro First Baptist
church next Sunday, with the pas
tor. Rev. J. Boyce Brooks preaching.
Mr. Brooks will have for his sub-
I jec.t Sunday morning “The Stone
and tlie Brook.” and Sunday eve
; liing "When the Boys Come Home.”
j Tlie Pastor and family have been
j taking their vacation during the
I month ot August, spending the past
two weeks at Ridgecrest. During
his absence Mr. Ronald Hill has
i been supplying for him, and hga
I been greeted with a large attefig
! mice. He has made many friends
1 since coming for this supply, wno
1 will remember him for the mes
[ i sages which he gave them. -
Victory Loan Will
Begin October 29;
sll Billion Goal
..Washington —Secretary es the'
Treasury Fred M. Vinson tonight
fixed a goal of tut
the victory loan drive and an
nounced the campaign will Ught'
on October 29. J
Os the to tel Vinson, said 04,-
000,000,000 will come from sales tt
individuals and the remainder '
■ j from- other non-bank Investm.
l The goal for the sales of setMtto
: E Bonds, part of the individual
goal, will be fZ.Me.OeMM.