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Practically ALL of the daiHM, and many of the weeklies have seen fie to raise subscription rates. So far The Courier-Times has been able tc meet the great increase in the cost of making a paper. But, be wise and renew, or if you are not a subscrib er do it today. VOL. LXV Marriage License Business Is Rushing Kg!:*: 1 : > wmM. v ■■■ i EXCHANGE WORKER—Eugene S. Knight of Raleigh has begun work as director of education and public relations for the Farmers Mutual Exchange of Person, Dur ham, Chatham, Orange and Gran ville counties. Knight Begins Exchange Work in Five Counties Eugene S. Knight of Raleigh, former assistant editor pf the N. C. State College Extension service, has begun work as director of edu cation and public relations fbr the Farmers Mutu il Exchange in Per son and toil? oiT.itr counties. "* Knight, a native of Wilmington, was graduated from N. C. State College in 1935. He was editor of the Technician, the college’s weekly newspaper. Soon after he graduated, he began work in the publicity de partment at State College, serving as assistant editor for the Extension service. Until entering the Army in March of 1943, he edited agricul tural bulletins, prepared material for the daily and weekly papers of North Carolina, and conducted a farm radio program over Raleigh stations. He was discharged from the Army at Fort Bragg recently after tin ee years of service. While overseas he served with ar. Arn.y radio station in Iran and with the public rela tions section of the Mediterranean theatre headquarters in Italy. In his new job he will work with farmers of the five counties served by the Exchange: Person, Durham, Chatham, Orange, and Granville. Most of his work will conducted through the daily and weekly press, radio, the monthly newspaper of the Exchange, special folders and other literature, and educational meetings. o Mrs. Tingen Dies; Rites Tuesday Mrs. Phobie Yarboro Tingen, 44, died Monday morning at. her home near Roxboro on the Oxford high way. She had been ill for some time. Funeral services will be held from Rock Grove Baptist churcli Tues day afternoon at 3 o’clock, conduct ed by the Rev. Joe B. Currin. as sisted by the Rev. E. C. Maness. Burial will be in Burchwood ceme tery. Surviving are two children. Miss Gladys Tingen and Ralph Tingen. Youth Caravan To Come To Roxboro Three years ago the Methodist young people inaugurated a new program for the education of youth. This program is the Youth Caravan —consisting of four young people and an adult counselor. These young people are given special training and sent to visit churches throughout the South. This year the Long Memorial church, through the efforts of Rev. Ben H. Houston, pastor, has ob tained such a caravan for this com munity June 29-July 4. Special classes in religion will be taught pud the Caruvuners will conduct J. W. NOELL, EDITOR 137 Issued So Far This Year During the first five months of 1946, a total of 121 marriage licenses were issued at the office of Register of Deeds W. T. Kirby, a checkup revealed Friday. This total exceeds that for the first five months of 1945 by 36. The total for five months was 85. Since V-J day last October, the monthly total of licenses issued has been well above compaiative totals for last year. A low of 9 was reached during May, 1945, the month during which V-E day oc curred. By December, 1945, two months after V-J day, a peak of 42 had been reached —the heaviest to tal on record during recent years. By years, the totals arc: 172 for 1942, 179 for 1943, 184 for 1944, 212 for 1945, and 137 up to June 14 of 1946. The grand total since January 1. 1942, is 884. Since Person is a border county, tile number 'of marriage licenses issued yearly per 1,000 population is well below the North Carolina average. For various reasons, many local residents are married in Vir ginia or South Carolina. Monthly totals of licenses issued here since October, 1944, are as fol lows: 1944 in October, 16 in Novem ber, 24 in December. 1945 — 22in January. 22 in Febru ary, 14 in March, 18 in April, 9 in May, 10 in June, 13 in July, 14 m August, 13 in September, 15 in Oct ober, 20 in November, and 42 in in December, 1946 30 in January, 24 in Febru ary,. 22 in March, 27 in April, 18 in May, and 16 in June <up to last Friday). Graham Denies Charge Against Kane And Smith A. H. i Sandy) Graham, chairman of the state highway commission, last week officially denied charges by Rep. John H. Folger of the Fifth congressional district, that highway commission officials had “used their positions to influence voting in the district congressional race during the May 25 primary. Folger w r as quoted in newspaper reports as charging that highway Commissioners Raymond Smith, of Mt. Airy, and George W. Kane, of Roxboro, had “influenced voters to cast their ballots for Thurmond Chatham, by promising that they would receive preferred considera tion in the selection or improving of roads in their community". Immediately after reading the charges in newspapers, Graham said. “I caused an investigation to be made. I am satisfied from the facts disclosed by this investigation that the charges are without foun dation and that no official of the state highway commission made such promises." "Our investigation showed,” Gra ham continued, “that neither Mr. Smith nor Mr. Kane attempted to ’compel' votes for Mr. Chatham among the employees of the com mitssion.” Graham said in a statement that his investigation showed that “fully 50 per cent of the employees of the highway commission (including prison department personnell), who hold key positions in the Fifth Con gressional district, had supported and voted for Mr. Folger in the first primary." church services. These young people will be lodged in local homes and their meals furnished by the church. The program will begin Sunday, June 30 and continue throughout the week. Classes will be conducted from 9 to 11 a. m. and fsom 6 to 10 p. m., starting with a fellowship supper at 6 which will be continued throughout the remainder of the week. Each night there will be a 45-minute worship service supple mented by classes and recreation. Invitations have been extended to all churches urging that they par ticipate in this program. ®he Cout’ttr^imes HOME FIRST, ABROAD NEXT Z TT* /r, , WAR BRIDES EXPECTED SOON Young People Will Meet Here Friday Annual Beulah Associational Young People's meeting will be held I at Roxboro First Baptist church | Friday, June 21, beginning at 2 p. | m. Various have been' planned. A large part of the afternoon will' be taken up with group meetings, or mission study classes. Miss Eliz abeth Hale, missionary from China, i will teach the Intermediate G. A.'s and the Y. W. A.'s. Miss Hilda May- j 0, State G. A. worker, will teach; the junior G. A.’s. The Rev. J. Boyce ' Brooks will teach the R. A.'s and, Mrs. Brooks will teach the school- I age Sunbeams. There will also be a recognition and coronation service, the showing of the film ‘A Tower of Strength,"! recreation and singing, and a pic- 1 nic supper outside. All are asked j to bring supper with them. The day's program will be brought j to a climax with an address by Miss i Elizabeth Hale, which will be given j at 7:30 p. m. in the vacant lot on j the north side of the church build ing. The public is cordially invPed to attend this part of the program Miss Hale is the only Southern Baptist missionary who stayed in China until the end of the war. She lived two and a half years in a Japaneses concentration camp, and has just recently returned to her home in South Boston, Va. Also a special guest on the pro gram will be Miss Hilda Mayo, State G. A. worker. She is a Mars Hill graduate and a student at the W.: M. U. training school in Louisville, 1 Ky. o Holsonback Riles Are Held At Surl Mrs. Mary Frances Holsonback, 64, of Timberlake, died Friday af ternoon at 5:40 o'clock in Durham. She had been ill for 18 months and had Ijeen making her home in Dur ham since July. Mrs. Holsonback was the daughter of the late John R. and Sallie Ash ley Brown. She was of Primitive Baptist faith and a member of the Primitive Baptist Church at Helena. Surviving are her husband, Frank H. Holsonback; three sons, Lester, George and Bradsher Holsonback of Durham; one daughter, Miss Tavia Holsonback; two sisters, Mrs. R. H. Morris of South Boston, Va. and Mrs. T. D. Wilson of Somer set, community near Roxboro; one brother, W. J, Brown of Brooklyn N. Y., and four grandchildren. Funeral services were held Sun day at 3 o'clock at the Surl Baptist church. Elder E. L. Cobb and Elder N. D. Teasley officiated. Interment was in the church cemetery. COMING UP... TONIGHT 6:16 Kiwanis, Hotel Roxboro. TUESDAY 3:15 Canning demonstration. Rox boro high school home economics department. 7:30 Person Scout Council, Cham ber of Commerce office. 8:00 Rep. John H. Folger speaks, Person county courthouse. WEDNESDAY j 6:45 Exchange, Recreation center. 8:00 Banker - farmer - veteran meeting. Person county courthouse. THCRSDAY 6:30 Rotary, Hotel Roxboro. ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA MONDAY, JUNE 17, 1946 Youth Sentenced For Larceny Os Money At Bethel In Recorder's court last week, ; Johnny Hill, white youth who works in the Bethel Hill community, was convicted of the larceny of S3O from a filling station operated by j W. J. Wilkerson, just below Bethel j Hill school. Hill was sentenced to ! 60 days in jail, but will be permit-' ; ted to work out the term at the i county home. About §2l of the | money was recovered. i j Other cases heard in Recorder's court were: Sterling Reaves, fined sls and j costs for illegal possession; Andrew Lyons, convicted of disposal of mortgaged property, namely, a pi ano belonging to Penny Furniture Company, and sentenced to 90 days on the roads, the sentence sus pended on condition that he pay the costs and make arrangements with the furniture company; D- L. Roberson, convicted of illegal pos session, judgment suspended on payment of costs. Floyd B. Roberson, SSO and costs ! for driving drunk; Major B. Yar | boro, SSO and costs for driving ' drunk; Pete pay, convicted on four charges of issuing worthless checks, judgment suspended on condition he pay costs and make good the checks; Pete Day, assault, fined $lO and costs; John a, McCain, posses sing home brew, judgment sus pended on payment of costs. Thomas Moore, SSO and costs for' carrying concealed weapon; Paul Campbell Lloyd of Durham, SSO and costs for driving drunk; Wallace Dunn, sls and costs for speeding; Andrew Lyons, sls and costs of il legal possession; Sammie Cameron, Jr., non-support of illegitimate child, sentenced to 12 months on the roads, suspended on condition that he pay certain sums of money Horace A. Sherman, $lO and cos's for speeding, careless and reckless driving, and damage to property m private settlement was effected with regard to the property damage': Victor T, Hargis, $lO and posts for speeding and careless and reckless driving; Elbert Thomas McCain, Jr., $lO and cpsts for illegal pos session. _o—, —- Allensville Church Holding Revival Annual evangelistic services for the Allensville Methodist church | are in progress this week. The Rev. | Daniel Lane will assist the pastor, i the Rev. E. C. Maness, beginning j with the service at 8 o’clock Mon day evening. He will preach each I evening through the week. The pub ! lie is cordially invited to attend all the services. The pastor, together with some of the local church workers is conduct ing a vacation Church school be ginning each morning at 8 o'clock. The Vacation Church school for the Brooksdale church wgs conduct ed last week. Good interest and good work jare manifest in the schools the pistor said. MISSIONARY TO SPEAK HERE—Miss Elizabeth Hale, returned Imispionary from China, will speak at Rox boro First Baptist Church at the annual session of Beulali Baptist association young people. Miss Hale is shewn near the center of the picture. Also shown are Miss Hale’s sister, Mrs. R. H, Bailey, her husband, I)r. Bailey, and one of the Bailey children. All are from South Boston, Va. The young people's meeting will begin at 2 o’clock in the afternoon and will last un til 8:30. All are asked to bring supper with them, so that a picnic-style sup per may be held. Miss Hilda Mayo. State Girls’ Auxili ary worker for North Caro lina, will be present to as sist with the program in various ways. Australian And Italian Coming Two war brides —one from Aus tralia and the other from Italy—| are expected to arrive in Person | county soon, it. was learned today. | , Mrs. Delweiss Barton of Italy, ] wile of Wniiani Barton of Timber lake, was supposed to have landed on the S. S. Vulcania in New York j on June 12. She has not arrived here yet, but word Is expected front her soon. Her husband arrived in the county Thursday night, Mrs. Shirley Earp ol Aust.-aln,! wife .of William Earp of Hurdle : ! Mills, is expected to arrive on the S. j S. Shanks in California on June 23. ) She has one small child. Her hus band, the son of Principal G. J. \ Earp of Hurdle Mills school, is now I located in Newport News, Va., but j <he plans to meet his wife and baby j here. * ft- is reported that at least dKe [ other Person county veteran has a war bride overseas and is trying to j j arrange for her to come to the > 1 United States. So far as is known, no war Brides have arrived ,in the ; County as yet. ! °v ’ j Methodists Plan Special Services i A series of special services will be held at the Mt. Tirzah Methodist church beginning Wednesday night j June 19. and concluding with the Third Quarterly Conference of the Mt. Tirzah Charge Sunday. June | 23, at 3 p. m. The public is invited | to these services. The Third Quarterly Conference ; of the Mt. Tirzah Charge will be j held at Mt, Tirzah Sunday, June 23,! at 3 p. m. Dr. H. C. Smith, District I Superintendent of the Durham Dis- ' | trict will preach and have charge I ; of the conference. ; A revival meeting will begin at ■ ! the Helena Methodist church Sun | day night, June 23. The Rev, Charles |D. White, pastor of the Duke's '' Chapel Methodist church in Dur ham will do the preaching. Con ! gregational singing will be a feature I of these services. The public is in : vited to attend these services. ♦ ! Pastor of the Mt. Tirzah charge is the Rev. Floyd G, Villines. j CHAMP BEAUTY . . . Camp Philip Morris in France select ed little Janis Ann Labno, Chi cago, as world’s prettiest j child. She was entered in con- ! i test by her G.I. uncle, Bruno [ 1 Salvi. j , V m AltUUf Waif, ■ An old man in Roxboro continues to play tennis. He gets out on the tennis court and runs around as spry as a kitten. He whoops and hollers as loud as the rest of the boys and believe it or not he wins a few tennis games. That man Is not Bill Tilden but he has been playing tennis as long as Bill has been playing. He has children that are full grown and he Is so old that he cannot get to work before ten or eleven In the morning and when he goes to dinner he hardly ever gets back to work before three in the afternoon. He is not in his dotage but he has been here a long time. That man is Wheeler “Count” Newell and why he doesn't get ”over het" on the tennis court Is more than I can tell. $2.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE Clayton Held Under SI,OOO Bond For Assault On City Policeman Father And Son Meeting Is Held By Rotary Club Annual father-son night was held by the Roxboro Rotary club in its meeting last Thursday night uV, Ho tel Roxboro. Eighty-three fathers and sons were present, ranging in age from infants to married sons. Special guests were S. G. Wilkerson and son, Lindsey, of Greenville, Special respect was paid to the memory of Moffett Spencer, a chat ter member and former president of the club, who died recently. George Kane, who had charge of ! the program, presented the Rev. | George W. Heaton, pastor of Rox boro Presbyterian church and a member of the club, who gave an appropriate talk on friendship and | loyalty. | J. W. Noell. first president oi the | local Rotary club, made a few re marks concerning Mr Spencer and his*devotion to the club over a peri od oi .almost 22 years. The meeting was adjourned with all standing in silent prayer in honor of tile de ceased member. Roderic Griffin is to be in charge of the June 20 meeting, and on June 27 new officers will be install ed. Leave of absence of one month has been granted to Umstead Laws. Army Urgently Needs Specialists : S-Sgt. Edward W. Chabot. com j marider of the local Army recruit j ing sub-station, asks if you are | in one of the 472 fortunate groups which are being offered jobs with j good ratings. j These specialists, states S.-Sgt. j who; received training and exped ience during the war are now urgent- 1 i ly needed. Therefore, the War De partment has made it possible for j men who have been out of the ser j vice more than 90 days to reenlist lin a grade correspondent to the length of service in their military occupational specialty. If you were honorably discharged from active service since May 12. 1 1945, you have until June 30, 1946 • to take advantage of this new op- J port unity. This recent directive authorizes ; you to apply for duty in any of the | three major forces—Army ground i forces, Army Air forces, Army Ser j vice forces. i Anyone that is eligible is urged Iby S.-Sgt. Chaboo to bring their !WD AGO Ffom 100 to the local j Army Recruiting Office in the court house today because of the limited time. Remember! Your eligiblity ex pires on June 30 of this year. Trained personnel of the recruiting service will gladly give you any in formation you may desire. ——o —— Scout Council Ttie Person Boy Scout Council will meet Tuesday night at 7:30 in the Chamber of Commerce office in Roxboro, Chairman J. W. Green has announced. The meeting will be the last to be held until September. TO DISCHARGE CENTER Ben W. Winstead, mailman, third class of Roxboro has been trans ferred to the discharge center near est his home from Squadron Six cf the Naval Transport Service, based overseas. Squadron Six flys mail, passengers, and supplies to the armed forces in such far-flung outposts as Shang hai. Tokyo, and Manila, and evacu ates sick and injured for hospitali- I zation in the States. Brooks Is Cut In Six Places Lester Clayton, about 19. Person county white youth, was being held today under SI,OOO bond on a charge of assault and battery with a dead ly weapon, a knife, inflicting ser ious injury and intending to kill. He w’ill be given a preliminary hearing in Recorder's Court on Tuesday, June 25. Victim of the assault which Olav ton is alleged to have commit it'd was Page Brooks, member of the Roxboro police department, who was cut painfully about 10 o'clock * ■ Will. iifl^Kragl t ex. Jmßl r mm TO SPEAK TUESDAY —Up John H. Folger of Mount Airy and Washington will speak in the Per son county courthouse at X o’clock Tuesday evening. He will be intro duced by Mayor S. G. instead. Good Attendance Expected At Meet A large crowd of veterans, farni ers, and business men is expected tcTbe present at the banker-farm er meeting to be held under the auspices of the Peoples Bank of Roxboro on Wednesday, June 19, at 8 p. m„ in the courthouse in Rox boro, "Keeping Agriculture Finan cially Sound" will be the theme of the discussions. In urging attendance, County Agent H. K. Sanders said that people are asking, "What is going to be the future trend of prices of the things farmers buy and of those they sell?” Violent changes in gen eral price levels in this country have made and broken more farmers than any other economic factor, Prices never stay still for any long period of time. They are always going somewhere or coming back from somewhere. After all organizations interested J in the farmer's welfare have spon sored certain laws for the com mon good of all. it still behooves the individual to do certain things to help bring about this condition, Mr, Sanders said. These questions affect all. Hence ! all interested are asked to meet at the Courthouse Wednesday, Jun • 19, at 8 p. m. to hear discussions on these problems by D. L. Brooks of Charlotte, whose subject will be “Veterans' Problems and GI Loans”; Herbert White, who will discuss soil conservation; E. E. Durham of the State Extension service, who will speak on land prices; and G. C. Hunter, executive vice president of the Peoples Bank, who will preside and will discuss building financial reserves. Mr. Brooks is chairman of the service to war veterans committee of the North Carolina Bankers As - sociation. He has travelled over North Carolina and other states ex plaining the loan provisions of the GI Bill of Rights. He will be in position to answer any questions which ex-servicemen would like to ask in regard to GI loans. o Begins Duties Miss Mary Lewis Dickens of Olive Hill has begun her duties as a sec retary in the office of the Person County Board of Education. A form er teacher in the Leaksville schools, she is a graduate of the Woman’s College of the University of North Carolina. Greensboro, where she took secretarial work. 2 Fatal Highway Accidents IN PERSON COUNTY IN 1946 DON'T HELP INCREASE ITI DRIVE CAREFULLY NUMBER 56 ■ Saturday nighty on court street. He i was treated at Community hospital i but is now at home, | Cut twice in the back, once in I the shoulder, once in the face, and twice in the chest, the policeman required 30 stitches for his wounds, j His condition, though painful, is not j critical. Police gave the following version I of the affair: Officers Brooks and I Sam Whitten, on duty Saturday ! night, saw a man trying to tano I Clayton to a taxicab to send him home because the youth was al legedly Under the influence of in ' toxicants. As the officers came neat'- I er, Clayton refused to get in the i taxi. They told him he would either have to go home or go to jail, where upon he began cursing, declaring lie would not go either place. Officer Brooks then made an ef fort to arrest Clayton, who resisted : arrest and begun cutting at the policeman before either Brooks or I Whitten realized lie had a knife, j Finally Brooks hit him with a , blackjack, and the two officers suc ceeded in getting Clayton on the (ground. Then Officers Macon I Thompson and Charlie Wade came j up. Thompson and Whitten took i Clayton to jail, and Wade carried j Brooks to the hospital for treat ment'. Chief George C. Robinson said Clayton lias given trouble be- I fore now. getting drunk, fighting, arguing with officers, and resisting arrest. In City court today, the drunk and disorderly conduct case against Clayton was continued. Other cases heard in. City court: | Maneey Clayton, drunkenness; i Kenneth West, drunkenness; Osoar | Goode, Negro, disorderly conduct; i Louis Covington. drunkenness; I Llo.vd •■Gobbler” Richardson, drunk- I enness; and Herbert Allen, possess | ing and operating punch boards, bound over to Recorder’s court. R. S, Smith Dies At Bushy Fork Robert Sidney Smith, 84, died about noon Saturday at the home of his grandson, Milton Windham, in the Bushy Folk community. He had been in declining health for 5 years and more seriously ill for two months, He was . a native of Woodville, Miss., but had lived in Person county for a number of years. He was a retired building contractor. Surviving are One daughter, Bob bie Irene Windham, and two broth ers, Will Smith of Baton Rouge, La., and John Smith of Jackson, La. Funeral services were held at Woody's Funeral Home chapel, Rox boro at 1:30 o’clock Sunday after noon. The body was sent to Baton Rouge, where burial will take place Tuesday. _— o Bragtown Man To Hold Revival At Bethel Hill The Rev. Ernest N. Bailes, pastor of Bragtown Baptist church near Durham, will be the visiting min ister in revival services to be held a' Bethel Hill Baptist church dur ing the week beginning Sunday, June, 30. the pastor, the Rev. J. F. Funderburk, has announced. The revival will begin on the fifth Sunday night. Services will be held twice daily during the week. Plans are also being made for hold ing a Bible school for all age groupd during the week of the revivaL o Ballots Ready For Registrars Ballots for nse in the run-off primary next Saturday, Jane 22, are now ready, and registrars at 17 polling places in the County may pick them up any time dur ing the week up through Thurs day afternoon, W. H. Harris, HI, chairman of the Persssi County Board of Elections, has annwUMeed, All registrars should piirit up ballots by Thursday M Mr. Hands said. They may W> obtained at the. Roxboro Cotton MOM «CBMh - & ' ’■ xiWuMm
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