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WANT ADS in this newspaper will bring you good results. Use them ' to sell, buy, rent or hire. The cost is small the results good. VOL. LXV Episcopal Minister From City New Prison Chaplain The position of State Prisons chaplain and religious advisor, va cant since the resignation of the Rev. Lawrence A. Watts three months ago, has been filled by a Roxboro minister, the Rev. William H. R. Jackson, former Army Chap lain and an Episcopal rector, it was announced today from Raleigh. The Rev. Mr. Jackson, 43, who has been on terminal leave at Rox boro from the /Army in which he served for five years as a chaplain, was appointed director of religious training for state prisons yesterday by Chairman A. H. (Sandy Gra ham of the highway and public works commission. 'Mad' Clayton's Riles Planned Mount Tirzah Farmer Dies After Illness With Pneumonia. Funeral for James Madison (Mad) Clayton, 78. Person farmer and na tive, whose death from pneumonia occurred last night at 8:45 o'clock at his home at Mount Tirzah after ' an illnesr lasting three days, will be held Friday afternoon at two o'clock at his home by Elder N. D. Teasley, of the Primitive Baptist church, Durham, assisted by Elder L. P. Martin, of the Roxboro church, with interment in the family cemetery. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Em ma Berry Clayton, of the home, four daughters, Mrs, Clarence Rogers, Mrs, Willie Clayton, Mrs. Berman Clayton and Miss Nancy Clayton, one son. Herbert Clayton, all of the horn* cef , r"viltv as well as man;, grand children. Active pallbearers will be Jim and Robert Moore. George Chambers. Sam Howard, Hubert Mooney and Robert Reade. Mud Does Lot Os Things Besides Sticking To Cars Mud does a lot of things to school children, and other folks. With the. school kids, for instance, the mud, which disrupts bus schedules, also cuts in on meal time. Hundreds of Person and Roxboro scholars, big, little and just plain medium, have had lunch periods cut short this week. The cut has been to thirty minutes, and play periods have also been cut, too. to let the youngsters begin to go home at two-thirty in the afternoon so as to have time to wait or to push busses that get stuck in the mud, Tire food bolting, however, is ex pected to end next Monday, if and when there is a normal resumption of bus service. The thirty minute for eating period has been in effect in practically all schools, since all draw students who come on busses, even the schools in the Roxboro district. Chief hardship of the cur tailed time for eating has been upon j those city students who go home for lunch. The others, the boxers and the cafeteria ones have managed better. Education Board Meets Monday Quarterly meeting of the Person County Board of Education will be held next Monday morning at ten o'clock in the Begird of Education office, Chub Lake street, it was an nounced today by Superintendent R. B. Griffin, who acts as secre tary to the board by virtue of his position as superintendent. Nothing sensational is expected to come up, says Griffin. The board's meeting coincides in time with the regular monthly meeting of the Board of County commiss ioners. o Exchange Club Regular meeting of Roxboro Ex change club was held last night at Hotel Roxboro, where a preliminary report of the club’s benefit dance held last week was presented. Also considered at the session was the : proposed benefit dance for the In t fantile Paralysis foundation. Furth er plans in that connection will be J considered Monday night at a mflW I big of the Beard pMI. I The Friday nlghf tfitqag for crip- I pled children, a club Wnefit, wits J. W. NOELL, EDITOR Chaplain Jackson will assume his new duties tomorrow, succeeding the Rev. Mr. Watts, who resigned some time ago and who is now pastor of a Methodist church at Nashville. During the war, the Rev. Mr. Jackson was regimental chaplain for the 120th Infantry, the North j Carolina National Guard unit and j was assistant division chaplain of ! the 30th Division in Europe. He j joined the 120th Infantry in Sep-! tember, 1940 and attained the rank j of major. He was born in New York City j and received his training at CitjJ College of New York, Dußose Me-| morial Training School, the Univer- | Berry And Tobacco To Be Discussed Niswomrer And Smith Coniine For Two Meeting. Two specialists, one from State College, Raleigh, and the other from the Oxford Tobacco experiment station, are to be in Person County and Roxboro on separate dates to cooperating with the Home and production of foods and tobacco, it was announced today by H. K. Sand ers, Person Farm agent. E. G. Moss, of Oxford, director of the Experi ment Station, is also expected to be present and a full attendance is urged for both sessions. H. R. Niswonger, of State College, cooperating with the Rome and Farm Agents, will be at the Bushy Fork, Community House on Tuesday. January Bth. at 7:00 p. m.. with an illustrated lecture on the growing f.iiid pi > .V fruits -'lid berries for the home farm. It is the purpose of this meeting to try to interest a few families in producing some of these small fruits as a demonstra tion with the hope that others will follow in a year or two. This meet ing is open to all families in the county who are interested in more fruit and better fruit. A tobacco disease meeting will be held at the Court House on Wed nesday night, January 9th, at 7:30 o'clock, for another illustrated lec ture on various tobacco diseases, their symptoms, and methods of control. Dr. T. E. Smith, Tobacco Disease Specialist, of tile Oxford To- j bacco Experiment Station for the past ten years, who has done much work in assisting with the develop ment of resistant strains of tobacco for Granville wilt. Black Shank and Root Rot, will be present to show farmers of Person County the best means known in combating these diseases. He will also show slides and dis cuss other diseases of tobacco, such as blue mold control by spraying with fermate, or using paradichlor obenzine. He will also discuss sore shin, mosaic or calico, and other diseases affecting tobacco. E. G. Moss, Director of the Ex periment Station, is expected to be! present to discuss tobacco 'varieties j and fertilizers. List-Takers Get Instruction Sheets T. C. Brooks, Person County Tax Supervisor has received from the Institute of Government in Chapel Hill a 25-page set of instructions for each list taker and assessor in the county, it was announced today by Albert Coates, Director of the Institute. Prepared by Peyton B. Abbott, As sistant Director of the Institute, 2500 sets of these instructions were distributed to tax supervisors throughout the State for use in the 100 counties during the 30-day list ing period beginning on January 1. The manual contains instructions on filling out the tax listing abstract, listing and assessing of real and per sonal property, listing of dogs for taxes, exemptions and deductions, carrying forward listings from the previous year, and discovery of un listed property. Supervisors were urged to supple ment these instructions with instruc tions of their own necessary to ex ecute the listing of property in their particular county and to distribute them to the list takers. o— SHARKS BUMPASS OUT Sgt. 'fhamas Merritt (Shanks) Bgjtottfi, wtaer has been overseas in the Pacific area many months, has anted in Roxboro ate receiving his discharge. *'. %. « ®he Couritr=®4tnej3 sity of Toronto and the University of the South. At the time he enter ed the armed forces, he was rector of St. James Episcopal Church in Ayden and before had been rector of St. Barnabas at Snow Hill, St. John's at Winterville, Holy Cross at Aurora and St. John's at Bonncrton. j Has background also includes rc ! ligious work in the prisons of New i York. ! The prison pays an annual salary | of $3,600. | The Rev. Mr. Jackson's wife is the J former Miss Vertie Moore. They have two sons, and have lived here | while Chaplain Jackson was over | seas. New Year's Day Is Quiet Here New Year's Eve was a very tame affair in this city and so was New Year's Day. Practically every place of business in the city and county was open for business. A few were closed for inventory and one or two were closed in order to take the day as a holiday, but on the whole the .day was just another one here. New Year’s Eve was a little differ ent. There were a few parties over the city and county that lasted into the day and exactly at twelve o’clock mid-night there a few horns 1 blowing and, in the distance you could hear a church bell ringing. Boys and girls had late dates and there was a general spirit of festivi ty in the air but there were no night clubs in operation. Karl Burger, ho tel proprietor had several parties at the hotel but he had no cover charge much less one of about $75.00 as some places over the na tion were reported to have charged. Resolutions were made for the New Year and a general business survey was made by many people but generally speaking it was simply the beginning of another year in this city and county—but best of all there were no serious accidents. Old Tomb Not Used For Wiley Final rites for the Rev. Wilc.v Bradsher, noted Negro preacher of Person county, were held yesterday I afternoon at Union Grove Baptist church, which he served as pastor for many years and which was crowded to capacity for an impres sively long service at which as many 1 as six miniters officiated. Interment was not in the minister's originally prepared tomb, but took place in a j plot beside his first wife, close t > j a school and near the church. The minister, who called his church the “Church of the City of 1 God in the Wilderness", died Sun- j day after a long illness from par alysis. Surviving are his second wife, a daughter and several grand children. o Funeral Held For Mrs. Yarborough J Funeral for Mrs. Luna G. Yarbor ough, 50, of Ca-Vel, wife of John D. Yarborough, whose death from a heart attack after an illness lasting one week occurred Monday morning at the Yarborough residence, was held Tuesday afternoon at four o’clock at Ca-Vel Baptist Church by the Rev. J. N. Bowman, with in terment in Burchwood cemetery annex. Surviving, in addition to her hus band, are three sons, Melvin, Wil liam and Warren, all of Ca-Vel, a daughter. Mrs. Doris Satterfield, of Rocky Mount, N. C„ and a sister, Mrs. Clara Davis, also of that city. | Club To Meet Regular meeting of Roxboro Ro tary club will be held tonight at six-thirty o’clock at Hotel Roxboro. Speaker last week was J. S. Fletij ing, who presented a program and mcludetf cement oh the President’s* message]! pralsinitlts Biblfcia ' ] ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA Hall Serves As Committeeman In Controversy Chlorine Content Os Fertilizer Issue To Be Decided Today. Member of a five-man committee representing the State Board of Agriculture in a hearing to deter mine the authority of the State Board to regulate the content of fertilizers sold in North Carolina, is Claude T. Hall, of Woodsdale and Roxboro, who with the other four members is expected to make, recom mendation today. The hearing, which began yester day, involves a Norfolk, Va„ fertili zer company, the president of ■which is Ralph Douglas, who in the name of his company is protesting the State Board’s attempt to control the amount of chlorine in fertilizer made by his company and inteude i to be used in the cultivation of to bacco. Other members of the committee are. W. B Austin, of Jefferson, J. H. Poole, of West End, and D. R. Noland, of Wa.vnesville, who with Hall went to Raleigh yesterday. The committeemen attended Wednesday’s conference with ferti lizer manufacturers, farmers and agronomists during which Douglas defended his company against char ges of manufacturing 35.000 tons of tobacco fertilizer containing 3.5 per cent of chlorine in alleged violation (Sec FERTILIZER Page Eight) Soil Conservation Staff Increased Two Person Men In Meteor Crash Robert Wagstaff And Eugene Clayton Uninjured. Robert McGilbert Wagstaff, of tile : Navy, son of Mrs. T. c. Wagstaff. i director of the Person Department iof Public welfare, and Eugene Clay* j ton. of Hurdle Mills, son of Arthur, j Clayton and both in the Navy en route to the Naval Air Base, Lake ICfty. Fla., after spending holiday ■leaves at home, were on the Silver Meteor, streamliner of the Seaboard system, which wrecked yesterday near Blaney, S. c. Information that the Person young then were .on the train was contained in a telegram sent from Columbia. S. C„ about fifteen miles from Blaney. by Wagstaff, who | wired his mother that neither he | nor Clayton was injured. It is not j known if the two young men were in one of the wrecked cars. j i Both Wagstaff and Clayton came , to Roxboro four days after Christ- | mas. They went to Raleigh late ! Tuesday night to board the train. j The Silver Meteor wreck, blamed on a broken rail, caused the death of two person and injuries to twen l ty-three. i A DIFFICULT JOB WELL DONE By J. W. Noell On Tuesday morning, the day be fore Christmas, we left here witn tear and trembling, for we were headed half way across the State. We doubted if we would be able to make it, but an old time family re union, and a turkey dinner was ahead, of us, and we would have al most anything to keep an engage ment like that. Well we made it. though we did not see a single ray of sunshine during the entire day, and we found the road in fine con dition, save for about eight or ten miles through Rowan and Iredell counties, here we found light much sleet and ice. especially where the road was through the woods. We reached our destination late in the afternoon, and then it com menced sleeting, and we mean sleet ing, and it kept up all through the night. About nine o'clock Tuesday morning we looked out of'the win dow in our bed room, and what a sight. There are few more beautiful Streets than West Warren in Shelby, magnificent shade trees bordering the sidewalks on either side of the street, and on this particular it was a sight I never, expect, or 'bare to witness again; trees cover ed the street, front yards covered with brqken' limbs, and in some in HOME FIRST, ABROAD NEXT New Minister MIL. ■ '■r*mrrr REV. C. E. HEDGEPATH Thf Rev Charles E Hedgepeth, of Durham, pastor of West Dur ham Wesleyan Methodist church and frequently a visiting minister in Roxboro, has been appointed as temporary supply pastor of the Roxboro Wesleyan Tabernacle, succeeding the Rev. W. E. Bowie, who several months ago resigned to accept a pastorate in South Carolina; The hew pastor will come to Roxboro for a service on Sun day. January 6. at three o'clock in the afternoon and will be here on the first and third Sunday afternoons each month thereafter. The new minister extends a cor dial invitation to the public to at tend all services in the Tabernacle, I.t. William M. i Bill> Bland, of Pittsboro. more recently of the Unil ’ ' States ' N •.. in which h> .ad forty-nine months of service, has come to Roxboro as an aide with the Dan River soil conservation service, it was announced yesterday by J. ; R. Adair. Lt. Bland, a son of Mr. and Mrs. ■W. F. Bland, of Pittsboro, graduat ed from State College. Raleigh, in ; 1941, where he received a degree in vocational agriculture. Immediately afterwards he went into the Navy. H," now has residence with Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Dunlap and hopes to move his wife and a two and. one lialf year old daughter. Billie Jo. to Roxboro as soon as he can find a house or an apartment. Lt. Bland is second service man to join the Dan River staff, which now consists of Mr. Adair, formerly an Army officer, and C. A. Neal. Much improvement in the service of soil conservation here is expected since the staff has been made larger. o— Hospital Group To Meet Jon. 10th A meeting of the General Com mittee and the Finance Committee of the Person County Memorial Hospital will be held in the Grand Jury Room of the Court House at 7:30 o'clock P. M. on Thursday, January 10. 1946, and it is hoped that every member can be present, stated R. L. Harris, chairman of the committee, today. stances large trees had been up rooted. unable to carry the load of ice and sleet, and so it was practic ally all over the City. Telegraph, telephone and electric wires all down, half of the City without elec tricity. We were scheduled to return on Wednesday, but when we retired Tuesday night we saw no hopes ot getting home for two or three days. On Wednesday morning the sun was shining beautifully, but we could get now news from the outside world, tho when we saw a bus from Asheville roll in. we decided to attempt the trip, and imagine our surprise for we found the roads in prime condi tion, no sleet, snow or ice. What a job the highway folks had done: true, they worked all day and all night, but they did the work. We doubt if there is another depart ment in the State which have labor ed as did these men, all the way from the County supervisor on down to the lowliest convicet. They say the day of miracles have past, but that certainly was mighty close to a miracle. Yes sir, our hats are off to the State Highway and Construction Works; they are on the job and deserve the commendation of every THURSDAY, JANUARY 1946 $2.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE Four New Tax Listers Join Others In Annual Check-Up Both County and City tax listing began yesterday and will continue through the inoiith of January, it was reported today. Held two days after Christmas was an instruction meeting for county listers, in which there are few changes of personnel. There has, however, been a com plete turnover in listers for the City of Roxboro and for the County in Roxboro township New city lister j is Henry David Long. Sr., who takes Home-Cominq For Books New Idea Grand Rush Is Made For Tires Going, Going, Gone. That was the cry that the tire dealers were sing ing in this city on the first and second day of the New Year or per haps the date should have: been changed to the First Day of No Tire Rationing. Some dealers had fairly good stocks of tires on the first and some had small stocks but in a very short time they were practically all say ing, "sorry, we can’t help you to day, maybe tomorrow.” Os course there are some tires left in this city and more are expected, may even be here by now but people of county certainly bought tires when tire rationing was removed. Many people had been riding on ■hhi tires and snn had heen'-n --capped one. two or three times and had reached the point where the owners were afraid to drive them any longer. In plain words people were tire hungry and afraid. Their appetite has not been satisfied yet but in a little time the dealers think that they will be able to take care of the situation unless people go too wild over tires when they are really not needed. Person Over Top Twice In Loans Final day for the Victory Loan campaign here was yesterday and according to an informal and esti mated report the sale of $400,000 worth of bonds was made, which puts Person over the top in a quota of $397,000. Also oversubscribed was the E bond quota of $149,000. an achievement much rarer in State circles, as only about one-fifth of the counties in North Carolina were able to present such a report. No complete analysis can be pre sented here before next Monday, it is said, since a number of Post Office sales places have not yet, turned in final figures. Gordon C. Hunter, of this city, said today, however, that he is confident the total , will go above $400,000, o All Schools Now Having Classes All public schools in the Person end Roxboro district system are uat-k in operation today, it was re ported this morning by Superin tendent R. B. Griffin, who said that road conditions are much im proved and that no further diffi culties are expected unless addi tional rainy, winter weather up sets roads again. There was a slight snowfall this morning. ; Five schools, including Allensulle, Hurdle Mills and Helena white' schools and Olive Hill Negro school j and Person County Training school, had been delayed openings of from \ three to four days because roads were impassable for busses. o Blind Veteran Here ! Second Lieutenant Woody Staf-: ford, of Petersburg, Va„ a cousin of !R. D. Bumpass, spent severs 1 days ] I here the first of the week with the Bumpass family. A veteran of over seas service with the 78th Division j in Germany, Lt. Stafford is par- ‘ tially blind as a result of wounds received in Germany last May. He j was promoted on the field from j Staff Sergeant to Lieutenant and! now has approximately fifteen per- | cent vision, although lie is still being j ■ treated in Army hospitals and is < at present at Valley Forge hospital, ’ Pennsylvania, where he will have [IOLt her operation. the place of Robert Lunsford, while 1 new lister lor Roxboro township is Alex Bass, who fills the place once ■ held by George W. Walker, f Listing place for both Long and Bass is in the Grand Jury room at Person Court house. Two other new ! listers for county townships are. John R. Jones, of Mount Tirzah. who succeeds E. N. Tillett, and in i Flat River, Roy Gentry, who takes the place of J. O. Pearce. New Device ForV Return Os Books Being Tried At Person Library. January is being observed as a “home coming month lor overdue . books" by the Person County Public ' library, it was revealed today by Miss Dorothy Wightman. librarian, who says that every man. Woman and child who has overdue books or who rail find any with the Per son County Public Library stamp in them, ts Urged to bring or send tit oveiduo volumes to the Library nr bookmobile. "No fines to pay. and no questions ; asked concerning ; overdue books that are returned during January", says Miss Wightman. who points out that many of the overdue hooks are iu the City, but that more are prob ably in county areas where book mobile; service sometimes, slows up i their return. No estimate as to the number of overdue books is given, but according to tile librarian tlo' number is much, larger „han it should be and tends to slow tip cir culation records. There are some new books' on the shelves, it is reported and more have been ordered. It is also expected that numbers of volumes will be added through the Memorial Shelf, a project started about three months ago by Mrs. Margaret Howard, chief library clerk. Several memorial books have been added and others have been promised, but response at the present time has slowed, according to Mrs. Howard. Mrs. Howard, who made the decorative columns for the Memorial Shelf, will also have a poster advancing the home coming week for overdue books. Two Memorial Shell books are to be presented to the library by Mrs. H„ C, Kynoch in memory of her mother, the late Mrs. Ralph Cole. The books chosen by Mrs. Kynoch, both novels, are, "The Gauntlet", by James Street, of Chapel Hill, and "The River Road", by Frances Park inson Keyes. Both volumes have been ordered and are expected to arrive next . week, according to Mrs. Kynoch. Mrs. Cole, the former Miss Josephine Long, was for many years well-known in church and social circles. Seal Sale Report Not Available Jack Strum, chairman tor the Kiwanis club of the club-sponsored Christmas Seal sale, said today that money is still coming in for the cause and that no final report on the drive has yet been tabulated. Goal here was set at two thousand, three hundred dollars, but was not reach ed before Christmas. No meeting of the Kiwanis club was held this week because meeting * date was New Year’s eve. , Complete report on the Seal Sale, ; for which Miss Dorothy Taylor, of Roxboro Chamber of Commerce, has acted as treasurer, is expected to be ' ready by Monday, according to Mr. j Strum, who urges all delayed con ; tributors to send in their checks at once. , o Mill Creek To Change Places ■ • Mill Creek Baptist Church mem bers who have been meeting in the ! Allensville school since the destruc tion of the church by fire last year, will henceforth meet In Providence Baptist church, it was announced : today by the Mill Creek pastor, the I Rev J. F. Funderburk, who says I that Sunday school will be held | each Sunday afternoon at two ' o'clock, with the sermon following at three on these Sundays on which church services are held by the Mill Creek congregation. Fatal Highway ” Accidents IN PERSON CpUNTY IN 1946 LET'S KEEP IT THAT WAY DRIVE CAREFULLY NUMBER 9 Other township listers, all of whom have previously served are. Allens* villi. Bradsher Gentry: Bushy Fork, ■ Robert Hester; Cunningham, Nor man Montgomery; Holloway, Rob* ert Wade; Olive Hill. James Foushee land Woodsdale, Robert G. Robert son. Citizens are urged to list taxes as soon as possible. General Supervision of county tax listers is under Audi tor T C. Brooks. Canning Dates Beginning January Bth. the Bethel Hill Community Cannery will can pork and beef by appoint ment only. During the past Fall appointments were not necessary lor the canning of pork, but it will now In* necessary to contact J. M. Wilburn, teacher of Agriculture, before canning, it was reported today. Rites Conducted For Mrs. Foushee At Residence Airs. John H. Foushee Dies Alondav After Lone Illness. Hold yesterday at the Foushee residence near the Leasburg road werq funeral services for Mrs. Nancy Fox Foushee, 77. wife of John H. i Foushee. whose death occurred Mon day afternoon at two o’clock at her home alter a long illness. Death was 'attributed to complications. She. was a member of Lea s Chapel Mi ihodi.u church and rites’ in rlujpc of her pastor, the Rev. Dan iel Lane, of this city, with inter ment in Burchwood cemetery annex. A native of Person County, she was a daughter of the late Nathan and Mary Jane Fox and was mar , lied to Mr. Foushee on December 24, 1891. Surviving, in addition to her hus band. are two sons, C. L. and K. N. Foushee, both of Roxboro, and five daughters. Mrs. Arch Wrenn and Mrs. Sidney Wade, both of Roxboro, Mrs. E, H. Webster and Mrs. Arch Russell, both of Durham, and Mrs. Ruth Foushee Allen, of Cedar Grove. Sgt. T. E. Vickers Now In Manila i First Sgt. Theodore E. Vickers, is ,at tached to the 29tb Replacement Depot, near Manila, where he is ! awaiting transportation to the Unit ed States and subsequent discharge from the Army, it was reported- to* day by the War Department. Sgt. Vickers, the son of Mrs. G. C. Vickers of attended Al leusvillc high school and was em ployed by Collins and Aikman, Inc., ot Roxboro. Entering the Army in March 1942, Vickers was trained in the 570 En- . j gineer Company and sailed overseas from San Francisco in March 1944. Since that time he has participated m the fighting on Fichaven, Biak, Maffin Bay. Morotai, and Leyte and | Luzon in the Philippines. Overseas | service has earned him three battle stars and many campaign ribbons, o Horace Buchanan Rises Occur Today Funeral for Horace Buchanan, ol route 2, Roxboro, whose occurred Monday afternoon at five* : thirty o'clock at Community Bios* I pita 1 from a heart attack after an illness lasting seven weeks, will be, held Thursday afternoon at fflgflt o’clook at Providence Baptist chuttti by the Rev. j. N. Bowman, with ini' torment in the church cemieterjfr The deceased, who for sevm/0 , years had made his home with Fox near Providenee church, is tetif* vived by his wife, Mrs. Mary B«Mfr nett Buchanan, of Durham,.: Jaßi, surviving are two half-uncles, Bdjjj&f Buchanan, of Baltimore, M&i “iMI T. G. Buchanan, of RoXbM!9 t :aafll half-aunt. Mrs. Eugene Route One, Roxboro, and nUOfejMljE first cousins. \ OUT OF NAVY, ...Mil wiiham p. ataufetaKj# tMffi hurst, carpenter’s mate, third class, on duty aboard the has received his dinctuMjte, «*• Charleston, S. C., after hMt3*e<rv*: ed more than twenty mopitegj| tJasj;: Nat y.