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PAGE TWO -A, COURIER -TIMES Roxboro. North Oarollna PUBLISHED MONDAY AND THURSDAY BY Courier-Times Publishing Company The Roxboro Courier Established 1881 > The Person County Times Established 1839 1 W. Noell Editor J. 8. Merritt and Thos. J. Shaw, Jr Associates M. C. Clayton Adv. Manager D. R. Taylor, In Service With U. 8. Navy 1 year, Out of State 83.00 1 year $2.50 6 months $1.40 3 months .. 75 ADVERTISING RATES ~ Display Ads, 49 Cents Per Inch Reading Notices, 10 Cents Per Liao The Editors Are Not Responsible for Views Expressed By Correspondents Entered at The Post Office at Roxboro, N. C. As Second Class Matter MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 2 A, 1945 It Isn’t true because the COURIER-TOMES says It, but the COURIER-TIMES says It because It U trust JJfj WHAT THE MARKET IS r The Roxboro tobacco market has a good reputation in market circles and is regarded with proper appreciation b.v citizens here, some of whom have themselves no direct connection with the market, but we wonder if any local citizens, connected or otherwise, have thought seriously enough about what the Roxboro market can become in the next five to ten years. The late and last war, as wp have previ ously intimated in these columns, has bene fitted local warehouses. In times of gasoline and tire shortages the smaller markets such as Roxboro, gained advantages over larger but more distant marts, with the result that more tobacco and at better prices has been sold right here at home, and some of it by peopleywho previously made it a habit to go to other centers, Sometimes, such going appears to have been based on nothing but the fact that any away from home market looked better. The old idea that distance lends enchantment to the view, etc. The war is over now. which means that such a feeling can crop up again and that folks who like the Roxboro market ought to be concerned more than ever with holding onto prestige gains made by this market. Market reputations are based on amounts sold, prices received and courtesies rendered. IVe know yvhat we have here- nowy but now is the time, also, to plan for an avoidance of any postwar slump and for a retention of gains made. Only by such planning can small er markets hope to keep their rightful place in the economic sun. What the Roxboro market is, should in fluence what it will become. The time is ripe now for the next step forward, keeping the gains we have and making them better on a solid foundation for the future. o THE SPORTSMEN HAVE THEIR CHANCE COMING UP Announcement of the coming examination for game warden for Person County, we hope, will be heeded by the local hunting ami fishingmembers of which have for theseseveral months been wanting, and right zealously, a restoration of the old sys tem of game protection hereabouts. Anxiety, without too much thought as to plans, appears to have messed things up in any recent pre vious attempts to secure a Person game warden. The coining examination at Hillsboro should mean a straightening hut of the sit uation. But it is only fair to say that citizens who have any particular fellowcitizen in mind for the job had better get busy in urg ing him. or her, to apply for the job. Less pleasing results, if they occur, can have only an excuse of indifference on the part of persons who have been deeply inter ested in seeing a capable man get the job. And while vve are talking about quality, a word ought to be said for the present tri county game protector. Tom Simmons, of Graham, who is just as anxious as anybody to see a revival of the one-mag warden system in his county and our own. Commis sioner John D. Findlay, of Raleigh, has an nounced more details about the propos- ! dis trict plan that is to be put in operation, but even that new system will allow for continu ance of the individual warden basis wanted by Person County. October 1, is date for that Hillsboro ex aminaion and those who are interested /ought to remember it. i! o TRAILER TAIL-LIGHTS AND OTHER y LIGHTS Mild-mannered but not meek, John Hudg ins, State Highway Patrolman for the Per son area, has it right when he urges tobacco haulers, growers, that is, to have tail-lights on their trailers, if and when they come pull ing- along roads and streets during night and early morning hours. Trailer accidents, when they do happen, with telescoping thrusts from behind by motorists who cannot see lightless vehicles in front of them, can be r both tragic and disastrious in terms of life ! and property. j Greater congestion on roads, what with 'market and football seasons at hand, plus j the greater freedoms of highway travel in ! peace time, calls for more care about lights, | fore and aft. on all vehicles. And as a foot note to manners of the road, we know anoth er infraction which irks Patrolman Hudgins, namely, the unnecessarily large number of adults and young people who persist in oper ating cars on highways without having for themselves so much as a sign or shadow of a driving license. Person courts and other courts are cluttered up with “no operator cases”. And one case costs each offender more than whole sets of permits for a large family. Each license, ladies and gentlemen. . boys and girls, costs one dollar. Hardheaded people may not care about their lights or their licenses, but they could help themselves no end by putting up com pliance outside of court, before they have to be stopped by Patrolman Hudgins. 0 NOT QUITE SCRAPPED. AND SHOULD i NOT BE The Charlotte Observer has recently had ■an editorial. “Peace Casualty”, dealing with abandonment of oil pipelines from the South j west used to bring oil to the East during the 1 war. Thesis of the Observer is that these lines ■ are casualties of war, that they should not lie abandoned and could be useful in any time lot' national emergency. We feel like going further than that. The pipelines were costly to build, comparatively ■ cheap to operate and ought in peacetimes to j do much to keep down the costs of fuel oil and j gasoline. When the lines were being built ' there was hue and cry from organized trans ; portation services such as railways and truck lines anent cutting of their economic throats, and this despite the fact that both rail and truck lines had all they could carry. Now that peace has come such congestions may soon be wiped out. This will mean the removal of one of the pressing war-time points original ly used in favoring the construction of pipe lines, but most potent argument in favor of continuing the use of such lines remains the one of cheaper fuel and gasoline, easily ob tained. The pipeline, now closed, running from Greensboro to Richmond, Va., passed through both Caswell and Person counties and gave employment to a number of local citizens, some of whom are at the moment taking it easy and still getting paid while they wait for business transfers to other areas. At ■ least one local resident has resigned his job | rather than be transferred and another may ido so, which makes it a sort of neither here jnor there proposition as far as Roxboro and Person county are concerned. And Caswell, jtoo. But only bright spot in the picture is I that the line from Baton Rouge. La., to j Greensboro is still in use and apparently will be continued, while on up ,tp .RkhiflopU gjjd through here the line has in It water. The pipelines, in other words, are not yet complete casualties of war, as pictured by the Charlotte Observer. There are communi ties where the pipelines are in use, and that is answer enough as to the practicality of the lines. Having had one here. Roxboro and Per son County, to say nothing of Caswell, ought to be interested in keeping it. Filling our pipeline full of water strikes us as an unnec essary form of reconversion. o ________________ WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING INVESTMENTS IN AIRPORTS Greensboro Daily News The United States senate has passed and sent to the house a bill “authorizing the ex penditure cf $75,000,000 a year for the next five years to build 3,000 new airports” and improve 1,600 existing landing fields. This i ■ emulating fund, not a gift; local gov jc .inn ms want to take advantage of it will have 10 nmuli ?’> > federal funds on a 50-50 basis. There is ;iIC ■ doubt, we should think, that the house w"i pass the bill as it stands or with immateiia! io<l'' ienti-uv. For Guilford county it mu; tl . the Greensboro-High Point airport co.J 1 get $300,000 for needed improvements, tlw. $140,000 would be available for a smaller landing field at Greensboro and SIIO,OOO for one at High Point. The smaller fields are needed for private fliers whose numbers will multiply in the near future and the Greens boro-High Point airport will have to be en larged and modernized if it is to continue to THE COURIER-TIMES be a stopping point for the evergrowing planes of the big airlines which use it. Guilford, Greensboro and High Point can count on no “angels” to provide their match ing funds for them. A vote of the people on a bond issue or for increased taxes is the al ternative. It may not be a pleasant one, but there is this to consider: A modern airport is going to be a practical necessity for a pro gressive city: if one city turns down the fed eral aid. other cities will be glad to grab it in order to put themselves on the air map; and those cities which invest in airports in order to keep up with changing conditions are likely to forge ahead of those that do not. The horse and buggy town in the railroad age may have as its counterpart the railroad town in the air.age. o LET’S PAY ENOUGH TO GET VOLUNTEERS Progressive Farmer “How soon shall the boys come homo? Just how should soldiers be picked for the occupation of Germany and Japan? Should the draft be continued any longer?" All three of these questions should be set tled in accordance with two fundamental opeii FORum SERVICE BOARD Courier-Times, Roxboro, North Carolina, Gentlemen: Unfortunately, the other day I stumbled across an article in the Stars and Stripes with Roxboro. North Carolina as the heading. Nat urally being a hometown boy of Roxbt ro. I read it avidly. But, after reading it my feelings turned to disgust rather than admiration for the Selective Service Board of our local town. The above mentioned article was in reference to the re signation of the members of the board. The reason given was that they felt that since the war was over there should no longer be any mon inductions from the Person County Beard. Now isn't that something. Here we are veterans of 5 cam paigns, some many more and some a few less, but nevertheless overseas veterans. Men who have given a good many years of then life to the service of their country. Also men \vho have returned incapacitated and handicapped. I am proud to have served my country, to have the .knowledge that I was an implement in the overthrow of the Nazi regale. Yes. I have served many monSßg. in the service, mest of them overseas. I. as millions of others feel that ,my time has come to go home. To settle down and enjoy the privileges of one who has done his share in taking part in the affairs of his community. Is that not what we have fought for? But instead what do I find? I find that the very Draft Board which sp conviently drafted me into the service, now refuses to in duct someone who might replace me overseas. An Army of occupation is needed over here. We all know that. But why shouldn't some of the for tunate individuals who served their country so gallantly in defense Plants, not do their share of the policing job that has to be done overseas? They were the one's who earned the money while we sacri ficed our lives and depleted our bank accounts. Now we would like to gc home. So naturally we have to wait for replacements before we can go. Now can there possibly be any replacement sent over here if people feel the way the Roxboro Board feels? No- Definitely not! So let’s get on the hall over there, people of Rcxboro advocate continuation of drafting men without responsibili ties. men who fortunately were de ferred because of their occupation at the time. There is no longer any need for the defense worker, the need is now for the soldier, so citi zens don’t let the overseas soldier down, get him home. A Native of Roxboro, Flynt A. Oliver. o Back To School Now since World War II has come to an end it is expected that unem ployment will increase and that available jobs will go to those who are better prepared. This means that youth who have not completed their high school education will be gradually dropped from employment rolls. It is of the utmost importance, therefore, that every young person, including those who have been dis charged from the armed services of the nation be fully informed of the necessity for thorough preparation for the job which they expect to se cure In the years that lie ahead. In an effort to keep high school boys and girls in school and to get back in school those who for on© ’■ 'on or another left school before hijh graduation, a back-to h i <r ;c Is being sponsored by r ’ B. C: five of Education, tne Naif. •lent ;v Association, the Childrens 1 • and other na tional organizations. Slut • : --d local organizations have been qi’csted to Implement this drive in whatever way possible in order that favorable “results” will be obtained. Appeals are being made to youth, to school people, to employers ai li to parents. principles this war itself was fought-to pre serve. The first of these is freedom. The sec ond is equality. How then do the principles of freedom and equality require that these questions be answered? The principles of freedom and equality re quire, now that the national emergency has passed, that the principle of force, compul sion, conscription should be scrapped, done away with, and flatly repudiated just as fast and quickly as is humanly possible. If men are needed to occupy Germany and Japan, let’s call for volunteers upon the pres ent pay basis. If that pay basis does not get volunteers enough, then let’s offer wages sufficiently high so that enough American boys and young men will go of their own free will and accord. Americans will resent, hav ing part of their army happy and free at home again while another part is virtually conscripted for a service that adequate pay ! would turn over to free and sovereign Amer ican volunteers. Let’s nuke all soldiers free and equal again by putting all peacetime services on a voluntary basis. Freedom demands such ac tion. Equality demands it. Now let the people demand it—and let Congress give it to the people. Auction History In Tobacco Has Long History Tobacco is auctioned only in cer tain "market” towns which have from two to a dozen warehouses. A tobacco warehouse, contrary to the usual connotation, is a place where tobacco is sold, not stored, and the warehouse owner is the middleman in the system. He provides the sell ing place, the auctioneers, an official weighing service, and the shallow baskets in which the tobacco is dis played. He furnishes immediate cash for the seller, later to be reimburs ed by the buying companies. He also provides a traditional and somewhat theatrical service in mak ing the first bids. Sometimes when the buying line reaches a pile, he will say: “Now. boys, you all know old Jim Green, He had tough luck this year—lost two cows and had a barn to burn. Let's bid him up a price. 20 cents. . thus, a ware housemans ability to remember the economic and domestic situations of his patrons counts substantially in his success. Many farmers sell reg ularly at one market and at one house at that market, though when the prices are fluctuating they will shop around in the hope of getting ■ibetter prices. "In exchange for these practical and fanciful services, the warehouse man collects tfrom the farmer) a small fee for weighing, an auc tioneering fee, plus 2 1-2 per cent of the farmer’s gross sales. This overhead last year ran around a cent a pound, or more. THE BUYERS The selling system is smoothly organized. "Sets” of buyers are as signed to each market, the number of sets depending upon the number of warehouses and the sales volume. Each set must contain representa tives of all major buying companies. In addition, there may be independ ent buyers fer small manufactur ers—each buyer usually represent ing a number of them —and specu lative buyers sometimes called “pin hookers.” THE PINHOOKER The pinhooker is a very sharp cit izen, and often is considered by the farmer to be an interloper, because he profits by the mistakes of either the farmer or the buyer and by his superior judgment. Due to the speed of auctions, a pile of good tobacco may be under bid. The pinhooker bids it in and sells It again the same day for (he hopes) a profit. The pinhooker also watches icf poorly graded tobacco and buys it, later regrading and selling it in several lots. There are a multiplicity of types and grades, and since manufacturers have to regrade improperly sorted tobacco, they are reluctant to buy such piles. Tile pinhooker is strictly a small time speculator; he cannot hold or process his purchases, and his suc cess depends entirely upon his abil ity to profitably make a quick turn over. The fact that tobacco may be stored only after a redrying process has greatly influenced the techinque of transferring the crop from the producers to the manufacturer, and its nature also, strangely enough, has fostered the tenant farming system in the south. Because of in ability of the fanner or an un equipped speculator to hold tobacco very long, it must be Bold quickly to a specialized buyer. The consequence is that tobacco, alone of our great American crops, has practically no steady demand from the investing public, which forms a measure of stability for cotton, grains and oth er produce. Substantially, the only people who buy tobacco are the people who process it or buyers acting for manufacturers. Attempts to establish future deal ings in tobacco have met with fail ure. Tobacco likewise is a commodity which a tenant farmer is not tempt- Jed to eat, wear, hide or otherwise [appropriate t© hi* own vim, and It is quite difficult to sell surrepti tiously. It thus became an ideal "tenant crop" from the point of view of the landlord. FAST SELLING Farmers bring their tobacco to 'market on the sticks on which it was strung when graded and tied into neat "hands”. The hands are arranged into piles and officially weighed. When the light is suffici ent. sales begin, ilt is believed that tobacco cannot be accurately judged under artificial light). Sales proceed at the incredible pace of from 300 to 400 piles an hour. This means that individaul transactions may be made at the rate of one each 5 sec onds. This rapidity, combined with the auctioneer's jargon the esoteric bid ding signs, has led to complaints from farmers, the complaints being most vocative when ruinous prices prevail. They point out that if one strong bidder pauses to take a drink of water, or to hail a passing friend, his inattention might lower the price of one pile by 50 per cent or more. In recent years, government regulations have cut the "rate of sales to a maximum of 300 per hour, —Turn to Page Four— STATEMENT OF THE OWNER SHIP. MANAGEMENT. CIRCU LATION, ETC... REQUIRED BY THE ACTS OF CONGRESS OF AUGUST 24. 1912. AND MARCH 3, 1933. Os Courier-Times published Semi weekly at Roxboro. N. C. for period ending Sept. 30. 1945. State of North Carolina County of Person. Before me. a Notary Public in and for the State and County aforesaid, personally appeared J. S. Merritt, who, having been duly sworn ac cording to law. deposes and says that he is the Associate Editor of the Courier-Times and that the following is. to the best of his knowledge and belief, a true state ment of the ownership, management etc., of the aforesaid publication for the date shown in the above caption, required by Act of August 24, 1912. as amended by the Act of March 3, 1933, embodied in section 537, Postal Laws and Regulations, printed on the reverse of this form, to wit; 1. That the names and addresses of the publisher, editor, managing editor, and business managers ate: Publishers J. W. Noell. M. C. Clay ton. J. S. Merritt, D. R. Tay'or, Roxboro. N. C. Editor J- W. Noell Managing Editor J. S. Merritt. 2. That the owners are J. W. Noell, Roxboro, N. c., M. C. Clayton, Roxboro, N. C., J. S. Merritt, Rox boro, N. C„ and D. R. Taylor, Rox boro, N. C. 3. That the known bondholders, mortgagees, and other security hold ers owning or holding 1 per cent or more of total amount of bonds, mortgages, or other securities are Peoples Bank, Roxboro, N. C. 4. That the two paragraphs next above, giving the names of the own ers, stockholders, and security hold ers, if any, contain not only a list of stockholders and security holders as (hey appear upon the books of the company but also, in cases where the stockholder or security holder appears upon the books of the company as trustee or In any ! other fiduciary relation, the name of the person or corporation or whom such trustee is acting, is given; also that the said two para graphs contain statements embrac ing affiant’s full knowledge and belief as to the circumstances and conditions under which stockholders and security holders who do not ap pear upon the books of the com pany as trustee, hold stock and se curities in a capacity other than that of a bona fide owner; and this affiant has no reason to believe that any other person, association, or corporation has any Interest di rect or indirect in the said stock, bonds, or other securities than as so stated by him. J. S. MERRITT Sworn to and subscribed before me this 20 day of Sept., 1945. MAMIE L. BARNETTE My commission expires May 20, 1947. • started a poultry -A 5-7 I AND EGG PRODUCTION <• / . ’ j ** W '* . WA&llib In- -^27-- —- * !C **3* J s oN f mijT T 1 ,11 in Fontenot eouoi^rßuCKti > SOLDTOI WIDER AREA... V ‘How HE HAS §300,000 CHICKEN : A eg« business ANNUALLY, r.l~- YS^ONEYjBUryJi II . AMANjQH r THE f&ADTo'sUCCesS^ LEGAL NOTICE SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY As administrator of the estate of Joe T. Hamlin, deceased. I will on Saturday, October 13, 1945, at 11:00 a. m. at the premises of the deceas ed on Highway No. 158 just west of Roxboro sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash certain per sonal property of the deceased, the same consisting of one mule, vari ous farm tools and Instruments, one double barrelled shot gun. one cross cut saw and other tools, substantial number of shocks of corn and one let of lespedeza hay. This Septem ber 19. 1945. I. T. Stanfield, Administrator R. P. Burns. Attorney. Sept. 24. Oct 1-8. ADMINISTRATOR’S NOTICE Having been duly qualified as ad ministrator of the estate of Mrs. Edna B. Bullock, deceased, late of Person County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons holding claims against the said estate to ex hibit them to the undersigned ad. ministrator on or before August IG. 1946, or notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please [make Immediate payments. This August 16. 1945, R. A. Bullock, Administrator. | Aug. 20, 27, Sept. 3, 10, 17, 24. pd NOTICE NORTH CAROLINA, PERSON COUNTY. IN THE SUPERIOR COURT BEFORE THE CLERK NOTICE Harold Gentry and wile, Allene Gentry vs A. E. Home, individually and A. E. Horne, executor ol Ella Slaughter Horne, deceased, Mrs. Nola Clayton, widow, et als. The defendants, A. E. Horne, in dividually and A. E. Homo, execu tor of the estate of Ella Slaughter Horne, deceased, and Mrs. Nola Clayton, widow, will take notice an action entitled as above lias been commenced in the Superior Court of Person County, Nortn Carolina, to sell for partition real estate in which the defendants have or might claim an interest. And the said defendants will further take notice that they are required to appear at the office of the Clerk of the Su- Buy Victory Bonds Today. Prolong The Life Os Your Home A THREE POINT PROGRAM II j® L Wallboord M ft; 1 /J I A hobby room made with the ■| Ml l I’ll I I use of walll)0 “ 1 'd is a grand Gl'l//! F and welcome surprise for a O returning serviceman. UTILITY PLUS BEAUTY Before another rain, repair I your roof. We have asphalt shintfles aud roofing —guargn- teed for 15 years. NO FINER ROOFING MADE 3JnPm Window Sashes Get mpre llgllt lns Ms a n d more beauly outside with mod ern wln( iow sashes many models to choose from. PERFECTION ROXBORO LUMBER COMPANY “Home Os Quality Lumber” MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1945 perior Court of said county at the courthouse in Roxboro, North Caro lina, on the 30th day of September, 1945, or within ten days thereafter and answer or demur to the com plaint of said action, or the plain tiff will apply to the co;irt for the relief demanded in said complaint. This 30th day of August, 1943. R. A. BULLOCK CLERK SUPERIOR COURT. ,R B Dawes, Atty. Sep 4-11-18-23 EXECUTORS NOTICE Having been duly qualified as executors of the estate of D. W. Knott, deceased, late of Person County. North Carolina, tnis Is tc notify all holders of claims against the said estate to exhibit them to the undersigned executors on or before August 27, 1946, or this no tice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to this estate will please make im mediate payment. This August 23, 1945. A. E. FOGLEMAN W. R. SHERMAN, Executors. Lunsford & Burke, A ttys. 6-ts-Aug 27, Sept 3-10-17-24, Oct 1 NOTICE NORTH CAROLINA, PERSON COUNTY. IN THE SURPERIOR COURT NOTICE SERVING SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION Rosa Lee Johnson Royster vs Thessalonia Royster The delendant, Thessalonia Roy ster, will take notice that an action entitled as above has been com menced in the Superior Court of Person County, North Carolina, for tile purpose of the plaintiffs se curing an absolute divorce from the defendant based upon the grounds that the plaintiff and defendant have lived entirely separate and apart for a period of two years Immediately preceding the filing of the complaint. This being one of the cases in which service of sum mons by publication Is permitted and it appearing that the defend ant is a non-resident of the State of North Carolina and cannot aftei due diligence be found within the state he is hereby directed to ap pear at the office of the Cleric of the Superior Court of Persun County, North Carolina, within twenty days after the 24th day of September, 1945, and answer or de mur to the plaintiff’s complaint. This August 31, 1945. R. A. BULLOCK, CLERK SUPERIOR COURT Sept 3-10-17-24 Buy Victory Bonds Today.