Victory Bonds
Will Speed
Them Home
VOL. L£IV. • J. W. NOELL, EDITOR ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1945 $2.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE NUMBER 81 AND 82
Thirteen Out Os
Twenty-Five August
Men Leave Today
Thirteen out of twenty-five Per
son County young white men orig
inally called up for preinduction ex
amination August 21, left this morn
ing for Fort Bragg under orders of
the new Selective Service Board
here, chairman of which is Dr. O.
G. Davis.
Leader of the group which report
ed this morning and which was de
layed from August 21, because of re
signation of the old Board in pro
test against further inductions
pending action df Congress, was
William Albert Clayton. Others in
the group were James Samuel Oak
ley, Ernest Hudson Denny, Jeffer
son Daniel Clayton, Willie Edward
Irby, Emory Sanders Jackson, Dailey
Fisher Frederick, Jr.. Reuben Carl
Bowes, Earnest Jackson Powell, Em
mitt 'Payne Wjlkerson, James Ron
ald Long, Dutie Andrew Carver and
Thomas Holt.
Three other men, Robert Little
Bowes, of 1401 Eastern Avenue, Bal
timore, Md., Ollie Pryor Gentry, of
Route two, Roxboro. and the Mer
chant Marines, and Monore Douglas
Bowes, of Route one, Timberlake,
failed to report, but are requested
to do so as soon as possible. Total
Civic Club Will
Aid Food Course
Six New Girls
From Person To
Enter College
Enrolled at Woman’s College,
Greensboro, for the 1945-46 session
are six new students from Person
County. A number of others will re
turn as former students.
Opening date for the 54th session
of the college September 17. when
freshmen and transfer students will
arrive for an orientation program
that begins the following morning.
One-year commercial students will
arrive on the 19th with registration
for them and freshmen set for Sep
tember 20. Juniors and seniors will
have consultations with their ad
visers on September 20, and sopho
mores, on (he 21st. Both groups will
complete registration September 21.
Regular college work begins Sep
tember 22.
Admitted to the freshmen class
are the following from Person Coun
ty: Anne Elizabeth Brandon, Jane
Dickerson, Nancy Pauline Newell,
Eloise O'Briant, and Belle Wagstaff,
all of Roxboro, and Jean Rebecca
Paylor, of Longhurst.
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Elbert L. Oakley
Has Discharge
Sgt. Elbert Oakley, son of Mr.
and Mrs. L. G. Oakley, of Timijer
lake," has received a, medical dis
charge from the army. He served
thirty three months overseas in
England, Africa, France and Ger
many.
He lias two brothers in service.
Pvt. Willard J. Oakley who is sta
tioned in South Carolina, and Ray
mond S. Oakley, A. M. M. 3-c, of the
U. S. Navy and now stationed at
Norfolk, Va.
ONE WRECK LEADS TO DISCOVERY
OF DEATH IN ANOTHER CASE
Confused reports here yesterday
of a school bus wreck Tuesday near
Leasburg school, ’ Caswell county,
caused considerable anxiety to Per
son school officials and to others
concerned, namely, Sheriff M. T.
Clayton, Patrolman John Hudgins
and County Garageman, Thomas J.
Crutchfield.
First reports said "at least four
persons were killed and several more
injured. The report, according to
best investigation, proved false, but
it was the means of unearthing an
account of still another school bus
wreck which occurred a week ago in
Caswell county and in which one
Negro girl, Helen Bolden, was killed.
Driver of the btls that was really
ly recked when it overturned last
called up today was sixteen, accord
ing to Miss Jeanette JVrenn, chief
clerk, who said that others in the
original group of twenty-five were
not asked to report today but may
be called up in the next group to go.
To be called up for September 21,
for induction will be still another
group.
Organization of the new Board
here, which was effected this week,
came just as a renewed reaction
from overseas began coming in. vio
lent letters of protest against the
steps taken by the resigning Board.
Three to four letters of this type
have been received by the Courier-
Times and will be published in the
Open Forum. One such letter, report
edly from three service men is un
signed and for that reason cannct
be published.
From Raleigh yesterday from
State Selective Service headquarters
came a report of a letter signed by
many North Carolina soldiers. Mem
bers of the resigned Person Board,
D. L. Whitfield, O. Y. Clayton' and
R. L. Hester, have also received
many letters, quite a few of a fav
orable rather than a protesting na
ture.
Food Handlers’ Courses Will
Be Held Next Two Weeks.
Roxboro Business and Professipnal
j Woman’s club, in cooperation with
the Person Health Department, will
| act as spot. >r for a F<*.d Handlers
course planned chiefly for workers',
in restaurants' cases and hotels, it
was announced today.
Speaker Tuesday at the club
which met at night at Hotel Rox
boro, was Miss Elizabeth Lovell, of
• the Health Education staff, who
j outlined the plan. Presiding was the
I club president, Miss Billie Vogler.
t
Under the proposed plan one meet
ing will be held on September 18, at
Hotel Roxboro and a second meet
ing will be repeated there on the
25th. Also planned is a session at
Shank’s Grill, September 19 and 26.
j All meetings will begin at three
[ o’clock in the afternoon and will
last one hour.
Restaurant operators and em
ployees have requested the holding
of the course. The meetings will be
[ open to both white and Negro work
ers and may also be attended by
cooks employed in private homes.
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Five Roxboroites
Meet At Okinawa
Okinawa news . . . flash ... is the j
way a recent letter from Kill B. i
Stanfield, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. G.!
Stanfield, who is stationed there |
might read. Go’ng to see hi., brother
in-law', Walter Chadwick the Rox
boro man says he also met "Buddy” j
Parham, of the Signal Corps, and I
George Cushwa, Jr., and Louis;
("Red ”) Day, both'in an Airborne j
unit. That, thinks Stanfield', was !
pretty good representation for Rox
boro on Okinawa, one man for each j
one thousand of Roxboro's infcor
prated population.
The letter also relates that Chad
wick, husband of the former Miss |
Margie Stanfield, is expected home
soon .
Friday on a. rain-soaked road not far
from Caswell Training School for
Negroes was Houston Brown, 18, a
Nfegro, according to ■Holland Mc-
Swain, of YanCeyville, superintend
ent of Caswell schools, who said in
a telephone conversation that no
previous report of the wreck had
been made to newspapers.
McSwain added that from sixteen
to twenty other passengers on the
bus were slightly injured or shaken
up but that none of them were tak
en to a hospital.
Further report from Leasburg re
vealed that a bus near that school
had slipped down a hill and come
to rest against a tree. Rear window
of that bus was broken out, but no
passengers were injured.
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Symphony Fund
To Be Started
Say Chairmen
Rotary Sponsored Campaign
To Aid State Symphony So
ciety Starts Tomorrow.
The Symphony Fund of the North
Carolina Symphony Society, which
is being sponsored locally by the
Roxboro Rotary Club, is launching
it’s campaign to raise funds in Per
son County on Friday, September
14th, and the campaign will continue
through Tuesday, Sept. 25th. The
minimum quota for Roxboro and
Person County, is $250.00 but it is
hoped that this amount will be
greatly exceeded.
Purpose of the North Carolina
Symphony Fund is to provide a
means df giving adequate support to
a State Symphony Orchestra, which
will undertake to serve the entire
! State in many ways, especially in
children’s concerts, in small-group
concerts in small communities, over
1 the radio, etc. besides the full Or
chestra-Concerts usually given in
cities.
It is hoped that contributors to
the fund will contribute in the same
way they do to the Red Cross,
Churches, etc., in support of a public
project for the general good. Con
tributions of SI.OO or more are ac
ceptable, and the donor is enrolled
as a member admitting him to at
tend local or full-orchestra concerts
in nearby cities. General Member
ships: SI.OO will be taken up at con
cert, and indivdual pays Federal
Tax on Ticket. Active Membership
$5.00 entitles the holder to attend
any and all concerts during a sea
son; he or she will be Sent schedule
of concerts to be held during sea
son; and may also have a voice in
determining the policies of the or
ganization, electing directors, and
the like. Doner Memberships $25.00
are the same as Active Memberships,
except that the contribution is larg
er. Then-mere are Patrort Member
ships: Corporate Memberships and
Memorial Memberships, varying in
the amount oi the donation to the
Symphony Fund. All donations are
deductable for Income Tax purposes.
Letters with application blanks are
being mailed out this week to the
people of Person County and Rox
boro, and donations may be mailed
directly to The Symphony Fund, P.
O. Box 1111 Chapel Hill, N. C. from
whence the Membership Cards will
be mailed to the individuals, or
contributions may be left with Fred
Masten, or Wallace Woods who are
Co-Chairmen for Person County,
and they will mail your contribu
tions in and issue a receipt for
same.
The co-chairmen, and the Rotary
Club will appreciate the support of
The Symphony Fund, which they
feel will mean much to the develop
ment of te musical talent and taste
of the entire State, as well as in
their own community.
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Richard Long
Special Agent
Traveling from one town to an
: other to investigate references of
civilian employees of the Army as
to their loyalty and character, at an
advance base, somewhere on Luzon,
|is the of Special Agent Richard
| G. Long, son of Mrs. J. A. Long, of
Roxboro.
Working with a Provost Marshal
Office, Civilian Investigation Sec
tion, Agent Long has been overseas
since October 1944.
Agent Long has two brothers in
the service. Ist Lt. Max B. Long
with the Transportation Corps, and
S. Sgt. Robert Edgar Long, in the
Pacific, and a sfcter, 2nd Lt. Eliza
beth E. Long with the Army Nurse
Corps.
Prior to his induction into the
Army, Agent Long was a student of
Law at Duke University.
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Game Wardens
On Full Time
Raleigh.— Game Commissioner
John Findlay today said that a re
cent report quotiag him as saying
game wardens were on duty only
nine months in the year was an er
ror. Wardens are on duty the year
around, he said, and his remarks
were meant to imply that all ward
ens would be expected to give their
full time to their jobs,
The error occurred when the State
News Bureau picked up a story pub
lished in an Eastern, N. C. paper
which had quoted Findley as making
the remark which he disavows.
HOME FIRST, ABROAD NEXT
Standard Time
To Be Adopted
Washington.—The nation can
go back to standard time at % a.
m„ on Sunday, September 30, un
der a bill approved today by the
House interstate commerce com
mittee.
Acting Chairman Alfred L. Bul
winkli, D., N. C., said he would
try and have the House act on it
tomorrow. Little, if any, opposi
tion is expected.
•The measure was Introduced by
Rep. Lyle 11. Boren. D„ Okla., and
was one of 50 to abolish war time.
War time, one hour earlier than
standard, has been in effect since
February, 1942. It has been un
popular with many and particul
arly distasteful to farmers.
New Services
In Red Cross To
Be Given Now
.
iMrs Sue Featherston Returns
From Burlington Con
ference.
With the end of war the armed
j forces are ready for the greatest de-
J mobilization in history, but Ameri
| can Rad Cross stands by to assist
! Person County's returning veterans
in securing government benefits to
which they are entitled, and to help
them with the many problems they
face in their return to civilian life,
| Dr. Robert A. Long, chairman of
Person County chapter, said today.
; Mrs. Sue Featherston, Executive
! Secretary, has just returned from
Burlington where she attended a
' two-day conference on veterans’
claims and benefits. At the meet
ings it was emphasized that the
work of the American Red Cross at
! home will of necessity continue and
in some respects will increase, parti
cularly in those services related to
| tile servicemen, the ex-serviceman,
land his family.
Newest developments in veterans’
claims and benefits were discussed
and a program. planned which will
enable the Person County Chapter
: to provide the greatest possible ser
vice for returning servicemen. Vet
erans desiring assistance are advised
to contact the Person Counts; Chap
ter at Roxboro, Dr. Long said,
Helena Club To
Give Program
This Saturday
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"Beautifying the Home" will be
the theme used by Helena 4-H, club
members in their radio broadcast on
Saturday, September 15, at 12:45-
i 1:00, P. M. over Station W. P. T. F.
in Raleigh. The broadcast is sched
uled fifteen minutes later than the
clubs heretofore hjive used.
Last year, Helena 4-H club, used
redecorating the school library as
their club project. They repainted
the walls and ceiling at that time
with plans made to complete the
j project during this school year.
Part of the broadcast is based a
round this club activity with four
of the members who participated in
the work, taking part in the pro
gram. The students who will parti
cipate are, Peggy Timberlake, Presi
dent of the club last year, Frances
Jones, secretary of the club, Howard
Jones, and Bobby Wilson.
Since the war placed definite lim
itations on any type of home beauti
fication, the club menjbers are anx
ious to carry through to completion
a project of this kind this year.
Miss Evelyn Caldwell and C. C. Jack
son, Four-H Club leaders for Person
County will go to Raleigh with the
Helena group.
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FSA Office To
Close Saturdays
Beginning Saturday, September j
15, the Person County Farm Secur.
ity Administration office at Rox
boro will be closed all day on each
Saturday, Joe Y. Blanks, County
FSA Supervisor announced today.
The new schedule is in compliance
with an administrative order which
specifies that effective -September 9,
the workweek for all FSA employees
will be five days of eight hours
each, from Monday through Friday.
Any change in the regular admin
istrative \yorkweek must have the
prior approval of the Administra
tor.
The office hours Monday through
Friday are 8:30 a. m., to 5:30 p. m.,
Mr. Blanks said. '
Local Market Opens Tuesday;
Heavy Weed Sales Expected
Plans Being Made
For Four-H Revue
Saturday of next week. September
22, will be a busy day for Person
4-H club merpbers for on that date
there will be a County-wide dress
revue and a canning contest in ad
dition to the regular meeting of the
! 4-H County Council,
j The Council meeting will be held
lin the Grand Jury Roam of the
Court House at 2:00 P. M. General
business of the County Council will
be dispensed with first and then
judges will select a county winner
for both of the contests. The win
ner in the dress revue will go to Ra
leigh on October 4, to compete in
the district revue.
These contests are an annual
event to givd the girls an opportuni
ty to exhibit their 4-H project work,
which is a very definite part of the
club program.
The mothers of the club girls are
urged to be present at this meeting
to see the splendid type of work be
] ing done, not only, by their daught
ers but by other club members in
the county, says Miss Evelyn Cald
well, Four-H Club leader and home
demonstration agent here.
No Report Yet
On Consolidation
Os Ration Board
I
Two Staff Members To Leave
By September 30th.
Officials of the Person OPA office
[said yesterday afternoon that they
I have had no official information on
' the proposed consolidation of the
Person office with that of Durham,
I a merger that has been mentioned
j twice within the week in State
j news items, most recently from
J Henderson, on Tuesday, where a
[gathering of district officials was
j held.
j Expected in Roxboro today is a
State OPA official and it is hoped
j that some clarification of the merg
er proposal will be reached at that
session. At least two members of
j the present OPA staff here, are,
however, expected to leave the staff
by September 30. The ones who will
; leave are Mrs. Robert Montague and
[ Mrs. Peggy Brooks Hester, last two
jto have been addde to the Board
staff, it is said. Reduction of the
j stuff comes because of elimination of
gasoline and fuel oil rationing and
other items.
[ Under the proposed merger the
(Person office would close and ad
[ ministration be handled from Dur
! ham.
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Pfc. B. H. Poole
To Go To Japan
Pfc. Billy Haywood Poole, of Rox
boro, son of Mrs. Donie S. Carver
and husband of Mrs. Delinna Anna
Brann Poole, who has been over
seas six months in England, France,
Holland, Belgium and Germany and
who participated in battles in cen.
| tral Germafiy and the Rliour Valley,
[is enroute to the United States, ac
cording to an official War Depart
ment notice received here today.
Pfc. Poole, 19, writes, "I am com
ing back to the United States of
I America and am now preparing for
;a trip to the place they call Japan."
Poole, who entered the Army in
I August 1944, worked at Plant E, Col-
I lins and Aikman. He had basic at
Camp Croft, S. C„ and is with the
95th Division, 377th Regiment, First
Battalion, Company O, of the In
fantry as a machine gunner. He has
the ETO ribbon and the Combat In
fantryman’s badge.
At St. Mark's
The Rev. Robert C. Masterton,
rector of Saint Matthews’ - parish,
Hillsboro, will speak Sunday after
noon at four o'clock at Saint Mark's
Episcopal church, Roxboro, accord
ing to announcement made this
morning.
[Coal Lid Off
Washington. Restrictions on j
delivery of coal to household con- |
I sumers were lifted today by Inter- |
| ior Secretary Ickes.
j Revocation of government con
j trol over deliveries of coal by re- ,
■ tail dealers removes the necessity j
1 to limit domestic consumers to 80
per cent of normal requirements }
1 for anthracite and scarce eastern
| bituminous coal.
Ickes, who took the action as
solid fuels administrator, said the
over-all supply of oil for home
heating is now sufficient to meet
consumers' needs in general.
New Minister
jjakes Work At
North Roxboro
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Rev. Auburn C. Haves Takes
Place Os Rev. K. \Y. Hovi*.
New pastor of North Roxboro
IBaptist church at Longhurst is the
'Rev. Auburn C. Hayes, formerly of
Pyote, Texas,, who, with his \v if,-’
i and son. arrived in Roxboro on
September 9.
I The Rev. sir. Hayes, who was for
[two years a Chaplain with the Unit
ed States Army, entered that service
[at Camp Blauding, Fla., and then
went to various camps in Louisiana
[and Texas and other states, He was
I pastor of First Baptist church at,
j Pyote.
j The new minister is a North Caro- j
linian, a native of Robeson county
an* a graduate of Campbell college, j
He also is an alumnus of Southwest
ern Seminary, Fort. Worth, Texas, j
He and his family, including liis son, j
Tommy Lee Hayes, are living in the 1
[parsonage at Longhurst.
! A man of considerable experience
!in civic activities, the Rev. Mr.
| Hayes is cooperating with the re
leently revived Boy Scout program
at Longhurst aiid has consented to
serve as an assistant scoutmaster.
The Rev. Mr. Hayes succeeds the
Rev. R. W. H-ovis as pastor at the
North Roxboro church, Mr Hpvis
having resigned several months ago
in order to work with three Baptist
churches in the County. The Rev.
Mr. Hayes is the first full-time
pastor ol the North Roxboro church.
School Priies
For Fair Offered
First prize of fifty dollars and
second prize of forty dollars is to
be offered for school' exhibits from
schools with shops who participate
in the Person County Agricultural
(fair, according to announcement
(made today by R. L. (Bob) Perkins,
fair manager. Schools in the shop
[classification are, Roxboro high
| scheol, Bethel Hill; Helena and Al
i lensville.
To other schools, those without
shops, the prizes will be forty doll
ars and thirty dollars, sentries in
both classifications are intended to
be a Well-rounded display of school
work. The plan has the approval of
’ Person Superintendent R. B. Griffin,
who has written letters to all prin
cipals.
In .addition, a non-competitive
exhibition is to be jointly sponsored
by the Agricultural Departments of
1 Bethel Hill and Helena. This exhi
bition will be in two parts, one deal
ing with hybrid corn production and
the other with canning.
J The fair will open on .Monday,
i October 1, and continue through
’ Saturday, October 6, according to
Mr. Perkins, who will be assisted in
management by his nephew, Harvey
’ Long, recently discharged from the I
Army on a point basis.
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LADIES NIGHT
Milton Rotarians had their an
nual Ladies' Night Friday at Hotel
Roxboro.
Average Os $43.06 Last Year Was High
est, With Over Eight Million Pounds
Sold On The Warehouse Floors
Proledive Crop
Program Urged
For Person Area
[Three Percent Os Person's
j Cropland Had Cover Plant
ing Last Year.
j . Person County Farmers are now
in the. stage of the crop season when
( thinking shoulfl be Concentrated mi
• protective crops" for the soil during
tire winter months, Claude T. Hall:
Chairman. Person County AAA
Committee said here today.
‘From all reports,” he said, “there
is a definite prospect for continued
'high demand of food for use at
home and for the peoples of the
[starving war-torn countries. To meet
these demands in 1946, we must lay
tile ground work now by seeding
.every bare acre to a cover, crop."
Protection of our soil, during the
.coming mouths when rains and
freezes will cause leaching and wu»H
--[ ing away of plant nutrients, is a.
"must" in the farm program.” lie
: continued. "Besides protecting ‘ the
[soil; these legumes also store fertil
j.ity by adding nitrogen that has a
[direct effect upon next year's yields
'of the crops that follow,” Mr. Hall
added. «■*
He announced that Ryegrass, and
Austrian Winter Peas are being
furnished to the farmers in the
County through the AAA Office, and
that payments will be made not to
exceed $4.00 per acre for Austrian
| Winter Peas, crimson clover and
[ vetch: and not to exceed $2.00 per
[acre for annual ryegrass.
2457-acres, 3 percent of the crop
[ land in tile County was seeded to
Winter-Cover Crops last year. Mr.
i Hail stated that he would like to
[see this acreage increased to 10 per
cent this fall with farmers keeping
in -'blind that payments are made
for establishment of a good growth
and good stand of these, legumes.
Mr. Hall emphasized the follow
ing specifications for best results:
(1) well-prepared seedbed. (2.) full
seeding of adapted seed. (3) appli
cation of liming material.
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Quick Work
Rotary Club
'Get's Action
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Last Thursday night a resolution
was adopted by the Roxboro Rotary
j Club asking President Truman to
' abolish the law concerning the day
light saying time, and go back to
God’s time. The secretary forward
ed the message by wire, addressed
to President Truman, Friday morn
ing. Before sunset of that day tw’o
bills were introduced in the Senate,
and tile dailies of Saturday mornnig
announced that the Senate would
pass one of the two bills, and same
would be in the hands of the Presi
dent before September 30th.
So, you see what the Rotary club
!of Roxboro did. We would like to
suggest to the sell-same club that
it try its hands on some of the bills
whicli have been in the hopper for
so long a time, and which, we think,
should have immediate attention.
Again, we say. Quick Work.
Negro Who Steals Automobile
Has Brief Liberty From Prison .
Clarence Locklear, Negro convict,
. of Person Prison camp, enjoyed brief [
’ liberty last week when he escaped'
late Friday afternoon, about five
! thirty o’clock while working at the
1 j rock quairy, according to ’ Person
Sheriff M. T. Clayton, who with
other officers, including State High
way Patrolman John Hudgins, spent
the better part of the night looking
■ lor the Negro.
I j Locklear, a resident of Durham ’
with a considerable record of previ- j
Fatal Highway
~ Accidents,
IN PERSON COUNTY IN 1941
DON’T HELP INCREASE ITI
DRIVE CAREFULLY
Roxboro .Market Ready For
Tuesday Opening. Good
Season Expected.
Having had last year the best sea
son m its long history, the Roxboro
Tobacco, market will open the 1945-
1946 year on Tuesday, September
18, when tiic tour warehouses will
again be ready to cooperate with
growers iron; .Person County and
tire surrounding area. .
Sales liisr year here were over
eight million pound mark and this
year’s total is expected to be as
good; il hot better. George W. Walk- *
>-r is again secretary of the Board
oi Trade ami lie joins Mayor S. G.
Winstead. 01 Roxboro, in extending
ail ollmal welcome.
Ncai;l.\ all tobacco field work is
done anil the weed is in barns, much
of It. ready lor (lie lparket. Consid
erable ViiliicuUy lias, been experienc
ed this year in harvesting the crop
because ol an acute labor shortage.
Likewise, some anxiety was experi
enced because of periods of rain and
drouth, but production is expected *
to be up, since many growers have
increased plantings, which will in a
measure off-set losses due to delay
ed buiidling.
Considerable discussion was .caus
ed, here’yesterday because of reports
troiu Durham that tile Durham .:•
market ton tile. Middle Belt which
opened Tuesday) is conducting three
sales, with only two sets of buyers.
Contention ol tile Durham Sun edi
torially is- that Durham is a "three
set market and oug>t to have four
sets of buyers"
Ruxbofb tiiurkPtrwtM have one set
of buyers this year and has always *
had: due set. Average last year for
tile local market was $43.06, high
est. ever reported lor it, it was said
today.
Owner-operators of the ware
houses here will be as follows: Win
stead. Traynhain T. Mitchell; Plant. .* * !
er r. T. Owen Pass, Robert Hester *
add Lottis Long; Hyco. George ,W.
Walker, Hebert Lunsford, W. Reade
Jones and Frank J. Hester, and
pioneer, Wharton Winstead, John H.
Merritt. Jr... D, L. Whitfield and
Lindsay Wagstaff,
Chief change of operation occurs
at the Pioneei'. with active partici
pation of Mr. Winstead and Mr.
i Merritt, together with Mr. Wagstaff i
and Mr. Whitfield.
All four houses will have Tuesday
sales, it is reported. Pounds sold
here last year reached 8.755,810, larg
est since sales were first recorded
here in 1917.
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John Wagoner
On Way Home
Pfc. John Wagoner, of Longhurst,
who is a member of the 194 Glider
Infantry as a machine gunner and
has participated in battles'at Nar
money. Holland at Bastogne, the
Ardennes and the Rhine, is expected
to arrive in the States shortly With
tile Seventeenth Airborne division.
The son of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Wag- y
oner, of he has the 4
Bronze Star, the Invasion Arrow- 1
head, the Combat Infantryman’s |
badge and the Presidential citation. |
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Why Leave Two?
Robbers on Tuesday night ot
last week broke into the hen
house of S. M. Wilburn, at Woods- '
dale, taking all but two chicken*. -
Disgusted Mr. Wilburn says, “If
we knew tile address of the rob- -
bers we would send the other two
to them".
cus escapes, was apprehended Nfty ~
[Saturday morning in Durham, Where
'lie apparently made his way,i||Stf|
stolen automobile; a
coach, property of Valinda
of Roxboro.
Tlie car, according to ShdHtff' |
Clayton, was taken from the garagd J
of Alex Robertson, of near ScoiM*; j
set mills. Lock on the garagfti|M£l|
missing and the door had beea lan- I ’
ed in. Locklear was held in Darhafll gj
I until Person officers went aft«r'Ji«ig