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Victory Bonds Will Speed Them Home VOL. LXIV. State Education Leader Will Speak At Guidance Sessions Book Shower Plan Feature For Week National Book Week, which be gan yesterday and will continue through Saturday, will be observed In Roxboro by the Parent-Teacher association of Roxboro Central Grammar school, which is having a benefit book shower for the school library from now until November 20, date of next meeting of the As sociation, it was announced this morning by Mrs, R. P. Burns, pres ident, who is calling on all mem bers to give suitable volumes. Topic for the November meeting of the Association will be, “The Li brary—An Open Door.” Slogan for the week is “United Through Books." Observance of the week is also tak ing place at Person County Public Library, where Mrs. Margaret How ard, chief Library clerk, has arrang ed an attractive Thanksgiving table display, has added more new books to the Memorial Shelf, which is re ported as rapidly increasing, and has practically completed a small hot house for storage of the library's ]K>tted plants. New donars to the Memorial Shelf are Mrs. W. R. Minor and her daughter, Miss Nancy Day Minor, who have given volumes in memory of the late Mrs. Laura King Day, mother of Mrs. Minor and grandmother of Miss Minor. Miss Minor has given two books, “Jane Addams, Little Lame Girl,” by Jean Brown Wagoner and "Dolly Madison, Quaker Girl,” my Helen A. Marshall. Both are volumes for young readers. Mrs. Minor's gifts, chiefly novels, are, fire In The vvhoci, oy R. C. Hutchinson, Floods of Spring,” by Henry Bellaman, “Bride of Glory,” by Bradda Field, "No More Gas,” by Nordhoff and Hall, and “The Morning Is Near,”, by Susan Glas pell. Expected to arrive in Roxboro on November 28, and to have residence in Roxboro is Miss Dorothy Wight man, new librarian for Person, Or ange and Chatham counties, it was reported today. Senator Uurges Draft Stoppage Washington.—Senator Reveromb iD-W Va) said today that unless the Army and Navy quit drafting men “this week" Congress should proceed Immediately to end Selec tive Service itself. Revercomb, a me.mber of the Sen ate Military Cortimittee, told a re porter figures show that the draft —which took millions of men into service—can now roll to a dead stop without impairing, occupation forces. This comment was in ampliflca ton of a Senate speech in which he said the voluntary enlistment pro gram is getting all the men the . Army and Navy need. —-———o Billy Montague Back In Civies Back ' home again In civilian clothes is Billy Montague, who has been In the navy for the past thre» years. Billy saw service in Alaska and in the Islands of the Pacific ancl also in many spots in the United States. • Prior to his entrance into the Navy he was engaged in the whole sale business in Roxboro. o P. T. Howerton, Jr., Now In Manila Fvt. Percy T. Howerton, Jr„ whose father, P. T. Howerton, lives in Hurdle Mills, is now serving in Manila with the Office of the Chief Quartermaster, Armed Forces West ern Pacific. Pvt. Howerton entered the Avrnv in aJnuary, 1945, and came overseas in September of this year. He is a graduate of Hurdle Mills High School. A brother, Cpl. Jonr. O. Howerton, Is with the infantry in the Pacific. o NOTICE. CHANGE OF HOUR The time of meeting of the mid week prayer service at the First Baptist church has been changed from 7:30 to 7 p. m„ Wednesday evenings. Those who attend these services will please make note of the change. J. W. NOELL, EDITOR Break Ground For New Center At Longhurst Lonifhurst Baptists Beirin Work At Once On Mem orial Center. Longhurst Baptist Church opened its drive Sunday morning for a Youth Educational and Training center with a free-will offering in Sunday School and church which totaled $2,343.60. This morning (Monday) at 6:30 a. m.. after a special service, ground for the new building was broken in impressive rites. The purpose of the new building is to put in operation as soon as pos sible a youth program to take boys and girls off the streets. They will be offered a three point program, social, physical and spiritual, says the pastor, the Rev, A. C. Hayes. The building is being built and dedicated as a memorial to young men who have served in this war. The congregation is spending SIBO.OO per man for those who have served from Longhurst. This will be one of the first pro grams of this type in this section of the country, says the pastor, who hopes to have his program in oper »*>' within tw.v‘ ninety days Mr. Hayes is supervising construc tion of the new building, but help is being by the people of Longhurst and community. Mr. Hayes spent ten years in construction work before entering the ministry. Total cost of the new structure is expected to be ia t least $15,000. l O— ~~ ' Austin Clayton, Os [Timberlake, Medal I Wearer, At Home Veteran of 29 months overseas, E'taff Sergeant Austin Clayton, 23, son of Mrs, Nonnie Clayton. Tim berlake, wifi soon be on his way home with the returning 37th "Buckeye” Division, from Luzon, Clayton, a member of the 37th Di vision’s 129th Infantry Regiment, is entitled to wear the Silver Star Medal for "Heroic Achievement" in action, the Purple Heart Medal for wounds sustained in action, the Combat Infantryman Badge, the Soldier's Good Conduct Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Theatre ribbon with two battle stars, and the Philippine Liberation ribbon with a star. o Rogers Has Faith In New Corn H. Roy Rogers, farmer of the Bushy Fork section, who has been planting the Hiqkory King variety of corn for the past few' years, le cently conducted a demonstration with yellow hybrid corn against the local variety. The cultivation was the same throughout, and the fert ilizer used was the same. On both plots he used 300 lbs. of 4-10-6, fol lowed by 150 lbs of Ammonium Ni trate top-dressing, when about knee high. The corn was harvested Oeo. 26, and Mr. Rogers reports that a yield of 60.1 bushels was made with the i hybrid selection, whereas 34.0 bush- j els were made frim his regular Hickory King selection that he has been planting the past few years. “It is needless to say that I shall not plant any more Hickory King,” says Mr. Rogers. o - Enos Slaughter To Be Discharged A current report says that Enos Slaughter, Person County native, and several other baseball players are now in the process of receiving their discharge and may be expected to be out of the army very soon. Slaughter has been in the army j for several years and has been in service abroad as well as a number of months in the U. S. prior to his entrance into the Army, He play- i ed field for the St. Louis Cardinals. ®he Couricr-Ctmes i Music Teachers Also Plan Meetings On Same Dates Says Griffin. Three “Guidance" meetings, the j first to begin Wednesday, are being j planned by Person and Roxboro high I school teachers and will be held at j Roxboro high school, it was an nounced today by R. B. Griffin, Per | son Superintendent of schools, who j also revealed that on the same dates I primary and grammar school teach i ers will hold discussion groups on the teaching of music. Other dates for the meetings, all ! of which will be at three o'clock in the afternoon, are November 28, and December 12. | Chairman of the guidance group | is J. L. Hester, who will be assisted by Mrs. B. G. Clayton, L. D. Wellons, Mrs. Maragaret Tuck Moore, Mrs. Nell Crumpton, Hamlett, Miss Ruth j Lunsford, Mrs. Ethel Dunkley, with ! Miss Ella Barrett, of Raleigh, of the State Board of Education, as | speaker on topics concerned with ! guidance of pupils, chiefly along vo- I cational lines. 1 The music groups will have Miss j Sarah Hodgin as chairman in the j primary unit, and Miss Annie Lee (Rose, as leader with the grammar i unit. Assisting Miss Hodgin will be. Miss Perseline O'Briant, Mrs. Kaytie Harris Wilkerson, Miss Margaret Brown Martin, Miss Ophelia Monta gue, Miss Carolyn Brooks and Miss Evelyn Anne Garrett, while those who will assist Miss Rose will be Miss Alma Joyner, Mrs. Holdall Winstead, Mrs. Bradsher Gentry, Miss Elizabeth Burch. Mrs. Hazel B. Featherston, and Mrs. H,. G. Simp son. Purpose of the music group meet ings is to develop and increase ways in which general classroom teach ers can further musical programs and assist teachers of music. Charged With Stealing Food Manila.—An affidavit charged Gen. Tomoyuki Yamashita today with hoarding thousands of Ameri- Ican Red Cross food parcels in his i luxurious Manila home while Amer ican civilians were dying by the | scores in nearby Santo Tomas | internment camp. The sworn statenyent of Mai. i Ralph Scheidley of Cleveland, Ohio, directly linked Yamashita to the systematic starvation of the Santo Tomas inmates and was admitted in evidence at his trial only over the vigorous protests of his counsel. Other witnesses testified the Jap anese tortured and murdered 25.000 civilian men, women and children in Batangas province last Feb. 15. A survivor said the Japanese tied 300 men by fives and forced them at bayonet point to leap into a huge well. Only seven emerged alive. ' o Baby Survives Strange Birth Rockford, 111.—A two-day old baby j , girl, born 13 minutes after her j j mother died of infantile paralysis, was alive and healthy today. Doctors predicted that, despite the ; baby's unusual birth, it had an even I chance to survive. Capt. O. A. Kearns, Army physi | cian. delivered the baby, just after i the mother, Mrs. Hazel Sherman, 32, Woodstock. 111., died. He said it was j "healthy and should grow normally: j unless she later develops polio." | Captain Kearns said he hoped the { I mother’s illness would make the in fant immune to the disease. Deliv ered prematurely by ceasarian op eration, tile baby weighed four pounds, 14 ounces. o Stalin Still On His Vacation London.—A Moscow dispatch to ; the London Daily Express said today j that Premier Stalin still was vaca- i Honing at Sochi in the Caucasus. The dispatch gave no clue, how ever, as to the reason why Stalin stayed away yesterday from Mos- : cow's formal celebration of the an niversary of the Red revolution for the first time in many years. o HAS DISCHARGE Cpl. Sterling S. Miller, son of Mr. | and Mrs. G. D. Miller, of Timber lake, has received his discharge from ' the army. Miller served 42 months j in Europe with the Eighth Air Force, i but only eight months ill the Unit- I ed States. ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA When, Where And How To Receive Diphtheria Shots Person Health Department is be- [ i ing swamped with requests for in formation about diphtheria anti toxin, it was revealed this morning 1 i by Miss Evelyn Davis, senior staff \ nurse, who said that although the 1 office was expected to have b-*en closed today Tor Armistice Day, wor- j ried parents crowded into the office; seeking immediate information, j Many wanted the vaccination ad- j ministered to their children then | and there and a number were given; shots. The stir over the diphtheria situa tion has been caused by two deaths from the disease among Person in fants within three days, as reported elsewhere in this issue of the Cour- > ier Times, where a formal state- j ment from Dr. 6. David Garvin is! CASWELL BUS CRASH, SECOND OF KIND SINCE SCHOOL OPENS Second serious school bus wreck in less than two months in Caswell county, occurred Friday, it was learned here Saturday afternoon. First, report of the second wreck was revealed here by E. D. Stephens, of th6 Caswell Messenger, who was in Roxboro Saturday on business, but. details of the crash, which hap pened twelve miles from Yanceyville, were not available until Sunday morning in a report received from Danville. Va. The first Caswell school bus wreck, which also occurred near Yancey ville during the first week of school in September, resulted in the death of a Negro girl, a passenger on the bus, but "in the Friday crash there were no fatalities. One of the vic tims was listed as William F. Mize, 14, of Leasburg. The Danville re port, which reads as follows, also in cludes an account of another bus wreck, a commercial line, between Danville and South Boston: "Improvement was reported in the condition of almost all of 27 persons{ injured in tw'o highway accidents involving buses Friday. Nineteen of the victims were; brought to Danville hospitals in five. Neighboring Child Diphtheria Victim Second Person .county fatally from diphtheria within three days was reported here Saturday morn ing. The child. Wade Jackson Compton, of Ceffo, son of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Compton, Jr., died that morning at three o'clock at Watts Hospital, Durham, aftet having been taken to the institution at noon Friday. Funeral for the eighteen ncr.l.s old child was held Sunday after noon at three o'clock at Oak Grove Methodist church by the Rev. Dan iel Lane, the pastor, with interment in the church cemetery. Surviving, in addition to the parents, are a brother, Randall Compton, of the home, the paternal grandparent.". Mr. and Mrs. William Compton, Sr.. and the maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Lester Davis, all oi near Ceffo. Mrs. Ccmpton. Jr., mother of the child, was before marriage. Miss Delma Davis. The iCompton child, who first became ill with what appeared at, first to have been a cold, lived about a mile from the Wallace Oak-.: leys, whose young daughter, Reb'cca ! Lane Oakley, {lied Wednesday (also: in Watts Hospital) from the same j disease. News of the development of the j Compton case spurred the Person' Health department to issue a second : statement about the seriousness of i diphtheria. The statement, received ■ -Ala+Uf. *ll*6, Waif, m A few days ago my old friend Garrett Stanfield, son of L. G„ of Roxboro, was in the city. Garrett is now buying tobacco in Green ville, N. c„ and he admits to the fact that he is doing O. K. I will also admit to that same fact. The reason that I know is that when I suggested that he take the paper he did not hesitate one second. He reached down in his pocket and finally found a few smaller bills and paid for the paper like a man. I have been knowing Garrett a long time and I will admit that I have seen tjte time when Oh Well! let’s not talk about it. AnywayHhat young man is well on the way and I am proud of the fact that I can call him friend and reasonably expect him to sign my note If and when I should call upon him. HOME 'FIRST, ABROAD NEXT MONDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1945 ‘attached. The Person Health department, according to Miss Davis, advises the administration of two doses or shots , of diphtheria toxid one month apart. I Shots may be given to infants from 1 sixth month of age through the twelfth month, and older, with a [ small booster dose given as an ex • tra when the child enters school, j Children over eight years of age | whose parents do not feel sure that they have had doses should get a Schick test given to them at Once. Some infants five months of age are receiving the shots today, says Miss Davis, who adds that the De partment is anxious to cooperate in every possible way. Interested • parents are advised to consult with j thejDepartment, or with their pri ! vat# physicians at once. : | ambulances and private cars from ! the scenes of the wrecks, one involv : ing a school bus 12 miles from Yan ' ceyvillc, N. C„ the other a passenger | bus oil route 360. ten miles, east of Danville. "Eleven remain hospitalized, in j eluding eight Caswell county, North { Carolina children, the other eight j having been discharged after treat ment. Reports from the hospitals 1 an'd physicians reported all 11 are j either improving or resting “fairly j comfortably ” ] “Tile Caswell County bus driven by Herbert Fuqua crashed into an abut ment of the Lynch creek bridge, re sulting in injury to 16 children. Tin j eight most severely hurt who were brought to local hospitals were Ma rion Smith, eight, near Mebane: William F. Mize, 14, near Leasburg: Mamie Lou Mize, 12, of Yancey ville; Virginia Elizabeth Fuqua, 11 •'.of Yanceyville; Bobby Dwight Smith 13. near Mebane; Benjamin Eugene Riggs, 16, near Mebane; Daisy Belle Jones, 11, and her sister, Lillie Jones, nine, near Yanceyville. Attending physicians said none are in serious ; condition but would have to remain —See Caswell Page 6 • here Saturday morning, shortly t ; fore the death of the Compton child reads: Dr. O. D. Garvin, Health Officer, announced today that Person Coun ! ty has had three cases and two suspected cases of diptheria re ported to the Health Department this month. Nearby Orange Coun ty has twelve cases, some among 1 : adults. This year there has beet an increase of diphtheria in North Carolina with over 1,000 cases re ported so far this year; an increase of sixty percent over 1944. Thirty ,, five children in the State have died from diphtheria since January Ist. The number of Person County ! children immunized against diph ! theria this year was far below the number immunized last year. Diphtheria is a dangerous disease caused by germs which grow in the nose and throat and make a poi son which damages the heart and nerves and causes paralysis. If a !baby catches diphtheria and is not . treated early by a doctor, he may ‘choke-to death. ' Fortunately diphtheria can be pre- J vented by immunization. This is so j important that there is a law in | North Carolina requiring parents j to have their babies immunized at 6-12 months of age. Children are required to be immunized before ! entering school... I ( —See Victim Page 6 $2.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE Solemn Appeal For For Truth, Theme Os Armistice Address Chaplain's Address To Legion Begins Armistice Program Which Is Beinjr Continued Today. Begun Saturday by a sober and serious American Legion sponsored talk by Post Chaplain Paul c. Mus sell, of Camp Butner, at Person Court House, Armistice Day, which was officially on the calendar yes terday, is also being observed here today. ; Featured for tonight at Hotel Roxboro is to be a dinner sponsored ! by Lewell T. Huff Post, Veterans of j Foreign Wars, with Warrant Offi cer L. M. Carlton, Jr . speaking at '7:45 o'clock, and also on the pro gram of Armistice Day for this af ternoon and tonight and Tuesday is a Lester Blackwell Post. American Legion showing of the war film, “The True Glory.” Place of show ing is tlie Dolly Madison theatre. ! With tickets to be obtained either at the theatre or from members of Lester Blackwell Post. The film, prepared with the sanc | tion and the assistance of Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, depicts the whole battle of Europe from time iof the invasion of France to the . triumphant meeting with the' Rus sians after the battle push througli j Germany. All profits here will go | to Lester Blackwell Post, command j er of which is J. Y. Blanks. Held Saturday .at Person Court house by the Legion, with Com mander Blanks in charge, were Armistice Day exercises, where Chaplain Mussell, the speaker, was | introduced by Gordon C, Hunter, past commander of the Post here. Prior to the impressive court house exercises, which were attend ed by veterans of both World Wars and by members of their families and friends, the Legion staged its annual parade, with music by Rox boro high school band. The band also played at the court house, where the rites were aided also by selections given by Roxboro Glee 1 Club, the glee club and .the band' having seats in the balcony. Immediately after the Mussell ad dress, members of the Legion and their friends went to the Lglott l hut. Chub Lak street, where basket lunch was served to a large crowd, with many staying, for an informal open hause during the afternoon. J Chaplain Mussell, who recently {assumed his position at Camp But ner, after many 'months of overseas service, told his audience that they should strive to make themselves; worthy of those who fought and died for freedom. In thinking of what men live and die for. Chap lain Mussell stressed the fact that !it is the living who can carry for- I ward in peace the ideals for which j others have died. { “Needed more than anything else today." said the Chaplain, “art: t leadership and discipline, truth rather than sentiment, and love,j { vlithout false values. These are j ! the things for which our men and ■ : women died, these, are the quail- , ties needed to lead us again to peace i and ways of peace". Mrs. Rogers Will Open Motor Club Expected to reopen here by Thurs day of this week is the office pt { Carolina Motor Club, which will j be moved again to Tar Heel Chev-j lolet company and will be under management of Mrs. Jesse E. Rog ers, former manager, who has re cently returned to Roxboro from Portsmouth, Va., for residence. New 1946 plates will go on sale on De cember 1. The club office, closed i a few weeks ago, was for a lime in •the office of Miller-Hurst Tire com pany, with Mrs. John Day as man ager. Mrs. Day, however, has since then accepted a position with Elko Dairy company. o H. W. Stanfield To Arrive Soon i S. Sgt. Howard W. Stanfield, of Roxboro, a brother of Mrs. Mclver ; Featherston, with whom he has res j idence, has arrived in New York ; from Europe on the Queen Mary. , and. is expected in Roxboro by Fri | day, according to a message received yesterday by Mrs. Featherston. Sg>„ j Stanfield has been with the Eighth | Air Force, 352nd Fighter group and! has the Presidential Unit citation j and six battle stars for twenty eight months of overseas service. He j entered the army over three years i ago. iOne Pastor Change Made In County Light Checks State Highway Patrolman John Hudgins, who a week or two ago j began inspection of car iight here, is continuing the program two or three nights each week and j is urging all motorists to hav; their lights voluntarily checked, | since such cooperation should re sult in the saving of much time, both for the motorists and the inspecting officer. Hunter Boosts Victory Loans And War Fund i Boost for: the Victory Loan Drive j now under way and which as of | last week had sold to the extent j of $25,000 worth of E Bonds, was | contained in a Rotary club address Thursday night by Gordon C. Hunt | ter. district, chairman for the drive, who was introduced by R. B. Gris , fin, co-chairman. Pointing out that the -Person'- Roxboro Victory loan quota is $297 - 000. with an E Bond quota of $149.- 000 included, Mr. Hunter, who spoke !on a program arranged by R. M Spencer, urged all Rotarians to buy bonds as an aid to bringing service men home and for the pujijose. o[ providing them w, .L proper dis charge benefits under the G.r. Bill Contained in Mr. Hunter's address i was: likewise an urgent appeal for the United War Fund which is lag ging here and which as of Saturday ! was still seven hundred dollars short ,ot a goal of $10,050. Failure to : meet this goal will mean failure in ' any wartime campaign goal here for tlie first time, asserted Mr. Hun . ter. who ajso repeated his plea : Saturday at the American Legion meeting at Person Court House, where lie introduced the chief speaker, chaplain Paul C Mussell of Camp Butner. The Rotary meeting was at Hotel Roxboro. Meeting this Thursday ol the club will be a joint, session : with State College Alumni Associa tion. o Hunter Will Go For Group Meet Executive Committee members ot the North Carolina Banker's Associa tion will meet at the Hotel Sir Halt | er for a one day session on Wednes day, November 14. with Gordon C Hunter, of Roxboro, presiding, ; Fred W. Greene, Executive Secre tary. in releasing the program for j the business session announced that special attentionwould be given to the Farm Relations Program and the proposed sponsorship of a Pub lic Speaking Contest throughout the State. Also arrangement plans for the "Golden Jubilee Convention" to be held in the early summer, will share a fair allotment of time dur ing the work-shop program. Fiscal policies for 1946 as they relate to activities and services of the Asso ciation wll be determined. Mr. Hunter. Executive vice presi dent of The Peoples Bank, Roxboro. is president of the North Carolina Banker's Association. o Maintenance Man Maynard Guill, of Oliv Hill, a re turned veteran witli five years of service in the Navy, is now' main tenance man for Person County and Roxboro District public schools', according to announcemen.. made today by Superintendent R. fi. Grif fin, who says that Guill, who works under authority from the Person Board of Education, will look after plumbing and other repairs. JAMES K. DUNN Sgt, James K. Dunn, son of Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Dunn of Roxbaro, has been discharged from service after serving eleven months in the European theatre of operations with the Bth Armored Division. He par ticipated in three battles. He was in service for four and one-half years. He and his wife are now In Fatal Highway ~ Accidents IN PERSON COUNTY IN IBM DON’T HELP INCREASE IT! DRIVE CAREFULLY NUMBER 99 TJie Rev. Ben H. Houston Comes To Lonir Memorial as Rev. \Y. C. Martin Goes To | Ann St. Church in Beaufort. . ‘ ~ 1 One new pastor. appointment was j made for Roxboro churches at. the Seventh Annual Session of-'the I North Carolina Conference: held at j the Methodist Church, in Goldsboro, ' N. C. 1 The Rev. Ben H, Houston, pastor |of the Smithfield Methodist Church ; was named to come to Long Mem orial Church and the Rev. W. C. Martin, who. lias been pastor of I Long Memorial tor the past six years, will go to Ann. Street Methodist I Chinch of Beaufort, j Other Person County appoint i mehts remained tlie same, as follows: .! Cave!. Alvin Young: Roxboro Cir cuit. C. G. MeCarver: Brooksdale, { E...C; Matless; Mt. Tirzah, F. G. Vil- I lines, Jr.: Person Circuit, Daniel |La lie: Retired, J. H,. Shore. Other appointments of interest to people of tills county are Ashbury Church of Durham. M. W. Lawrence; St. Pauls of Durham. Leon Couch; Clinton Methodist Church, J. H. I Limning; oil Sabbatical Leave. J. F. i Herbert ; Jenkins Memorial, Raleigh, ' O. W. Dowd: Retired. J. A. Dailey. 1 Leasburg, W. G. Burg hi, retired, S. F. Nicks, ( The Rev. Mr. Houston, who is (oming here, has been pastor of { Smithfield Methodist Church for the ! past four years. He is married and has three children, one daughter in college at Greensboro, one son in tlie army anti ■.•m-.fourtqp*. yea* old son at home. He is a graduate of ' Duke University ana a native of Wilmington. N. C. He is expected to arrive in Roxboro some time next week and will not be here for ser ■ vices on Sunday. Nov. 18th. The Rev. Mr. Martin stated that he would leave for Beaufort the last ot this week. J. J. Stanfield Rites Conducted ; Semoru Resident Was S 3 At Time Os His Death. Funeral service for Joseph Jones i Stanfield, 83. of Sentora, was held iat the home ot his sister, Mrs. George T. Landsell, at Sentora, Thursday morning at eleven o'clock, Iby his pastor. Rev. N. R. Claytor, witli interment in the family plot .in Red House church cemetery. Mr. Stanfield died at the home {of Mrs. Landsell where he lived {last Tuesday night at 7:40 o'clock, after an illnesss lasting three weeks. H e had been in feeble health for several years. He was the son of the late Rev. and Mrs. A. S. Stanfield, and was born in Milton, February 26th, 1862. He moved with his parents to the Stanfield home. Edgewood Planta tion. in Person County in early childhood and lived there until No vember, 1898, when he with his re atives, moved to Semora. A man of upright Christian char acter, and much loved by all who : knew him, lie teas educated at the Bingham Military Academy, near Mebane, but was a farmer by pro fession. He is survived by his sister, Mrs. George T. Landsell, Sr., four nieces, Mrs. j. j. Lipscomb, of Milton; Miss , Nancy E. Landsell, of Semora; Mrs, .Walter Roper of Maxton and Mrs. 1 Samuel Griste of Washington, N. C., ; four nephews: Georgt T. Landsell of j Semora; J. Shepherd Russell of {Petersburg, Va.; Joseph Stanfield i Harrison of Baltimore, Mr., and | John A. Harrison of CatonsvlHe, i Md„ a number of great nieces and nephews and great-great nieces and j 1 nephews, and a large circle of i I friends. j His father was a 'minister. * o ELBERT CLAYTON ’W Sgt. Elbert Clayton recently VM- '! j ceived his discharge from the Axfciy - 1 at Fort Logan, Colo., and has j». turned to his home here. He, 4ha£||i stationed in China for twenjatJ&lM rig months and has been in servleKj&Q§‘il three years. Hi* wife is the JqmMm