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ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY EVENING?, FEBRUARY 6, 1935
NUMBER 6
OFFICIAL FORMS HAVE
NOT BEEN RECEIVED
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Certain Farmers Will Want
To Apply For Kerr-Smith
Allotments
^ By H. K. Sanders
^TThose .farmers who cannot se
cure a contract because of insuf- ,
flcient tobacco acreage will want
to apply for a Kerr-Smith allot
ment.
WE DO NOT AS YET HAVE
THE OFFICIAL FORMS FOR
FILING APPLICATIONS FOR
THESE ALLOTMENTS; however
we are urging all who will abso
lutely need these allotments to file
a temporary application in the of
' fice of the County Agent on the
Third Floor of the Courthouse, in
order that we may ha\5 their-names
when the regular application forms
come. Those farmers who have
already made preliminary applica
tion within the last few weeks need
not return to the office until no
tified. Those farmed who have
? NOT made application should do
so at once, because we have just
so mafiy pounds to allot on land
that is not under contract and
when those pounds have been al
lotted those applicants who are
too late may have to be left out.
1935 ACREAGE AND PRODUCTION
ALLOTMENTS FOR CONTRACT
SIGNERS:
On or about January 1st the
Secretary of Agriculture signed an
order stating that our contract to
bacco acreage and production would
be increased slightly for 1935. This
letter stated -tl\at the producers may
elect 85 percent or 90 percent of the
base acres and 85 percent of the
base production plus an additional
12% of the 85 percent of the 1935
production allotment, which would
make approximately a fraction more
than 95 percent of the base pro
duction, or pounds.
Practically everyone who has
these contracts can figure this out
for themselves, and determine the
acres they would be allowed to
plant under the 85 percent or 90
percent of the acres and the pounds
they could sell under the 85 per
cent and the additibnal 12 1-2 per
cent of the 85 percent; but in or
der to assist everyone to understand
clearly how this should be worked
out the office of the Farm Agent
is mailing to each producer a state
ment of the acres to be planted un
der the 85 percent and 90 percent
allotment of acres .and also the
pounds that can be sold under the
85 percent of the base production
and the additional 12 1-2 percent
of the 85 percent allotment.
ALL PRODUCERS WILL NOT
RECEIVE THIS SHEET AT THE
SAME TIME. There are a few con
tracts that have an allotment of
less than 500 lbs. per acre, to sell
and also some of small acreages
on which additional information is
being secured. The 1935 allot
ment sheets for these farms will
necessarily be delayed, and the con
tract signers will not receive these
allotment sheets for perhaps a few
weeks. ~
Therefore, if you do not receive
your 1935 allotment sheet when your
neighbor gets his, do not be uneasy
^Htout it, as it is undergoing com
M.tee consideration. TTiese 1935
allotment sheets that are not mail
ed out this week WILL BE MAIL
ED JUST AS SOON AS POSSIBLE
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Seventeen Greet
President "Via )
Western Union
Proceeds from Teltjram Donated
To Paralysis Fund by Tel
egraph Company.
Seventeen local citizens sent birth
day greetings through a telegram
of the - Western Union Company to
the president on his birthday last
Wednesday. The company sold
these greetings at twenty-flve cents
each, donating the entire amount
to paralysis fund.
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Entertained Friends
Mr, J. W. Noel entertained a few
friends at a dinner party on Sat
urday night. After partaking of a
turkey dinner the guests assembled
in the living room and spent sev
eral hours playing contact."
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FOR SALE
. sevffal desirable building kits,
conveniently located, at reasonable
prices, See Mrs. W- R. Woody
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TEN RICH MEN
Washington D. C.? Ten
very rich men, among the rich
est in the United States, today
led the list of the nation's busi
ness giants who have reported
their security holdings to the
security and exchange commis
sion.
Here they are with such parts
of their fortunes (minor parts)
as were shown by their reports:
John D. Rockefellow, Jr.,
$200,000,000 in Standard Oil
Companies.
S. S. Kress, $26,000,000 in his
limited price store chain.
q, P. Kettering, "$16, 000, 000 in
General Motors.
Eugene duPont, $10325,000 in
E. I. duPont de Nemours Com
pany.
W. R. Timken, $10,225,000 in
Timken Roller Bearing Com
pany.
Pierre duPont, $10,190,000 in
duPont and General Motors.
Charles A. Cannon, $6,850,000
in Cannon Mills Company.
Harrison Williams, $5,000,000
in North American Company
and others.
C. T. Newberry, $4,750,000 in
J. J. Newberry Company.
Modie J. Spiegel, $3,165,00 in
Spiegel May Stern Company.
This list includes only those
who have reported to the com
mission to date. Further filings
undoubtedly will make import
ant additions. Others who have
reported lesser holdings may be
entitled to a higher rank on the
basis of ownership not yet dis
closed.
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EN ROUTE TO
WASHINGTON
Mr. S. a- W instead, Jr., who
has been a member of the faculty
of a large college in Texas for the
past several months, is stopping over
here for a few days en route to
Washington, D. C., where he has
been appointed to a position in
the department of Internal Revenue.
We are always proud of our
young men when they achieve suc
cess, and we are especially proud of
Champ Winstead, for he Is decid
edly one of the brightest young men
this town has sent out. While in
college he won many distinctions
and we predict he is going to make
a name which will reflect honor on
both himself and his country.
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MR. JAMES A. GENTRY
OF Mill CREEK DICS
Mr. Gentry Had Been III For
About TJ>vo Months Prior
To His Death
Mr. James A. Gentry, aged 65,
succumbed Thursday afternoon at
about Ave o'clock to a complica
tion of diseases with which he had
been suffering for about two
months. , He is survfded by his
wife, Mrs. Emma L. Gentry, eight
sons, Messrs, Georgie, Johnnie, Wil
lie, Melvin, Jack, Algie and Mathew
of Person County, and . Rull Gen
try of Durham; four daughters,
Mrs. Bessie Sanford, and Miis "Jose
phine Gentry of Person County,
and Mrs. Jannie Gainey and Mrs.
Eunice Smith of Durham.
Funeral services were conducted
Friday afternoon from the Mill
Creek Church at 2:00 P. M. Rev.
Joe B. Currin and Rev. N. J. Todd
were the officiating ministers. Pall
bearers were: Messrs. Tennie Shot
well, Fletcher Shotwell, Lester Oak
ley, Jeter Woody, Dewey Dicker
son, and Robert Wade. Flower bear
ers were: Misses Evelyn and Estelle
Genjtry, and Messrs. Robert and
MacDonald Sanford. Following the
funeral services Mr, Gentry was
buried in the Mill Creek Church
cemetery.
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Yes, He1* Improving
We received a card from Mr.
Ralp Cole, who went to Florida
for his health a few weeks ago. He
jsays: "Just a little cool, but lots
of good sunshine. Am feeling good,
on to Miami next week to play
with the peaches on the beach."
Ralph wa<s somewhat under the
weather when he left here-^-but he's
improving.
BOY SCOUTS GIVE I
CRAFT EXHIBITION
AT KIWANIS CLUB
"Kitchen Quartet" Sings;
Stewart Ford Introduced
As New Member
With Vice-President B. B. Knight
presiding in the absence of Pres
ident PuCman Herbert the Kiwanis
Club held a nice program Monday
night in the basement of the Meth
' odist Church. To begin with the
i ladies of one of the circles served
! a delicious brunswick stew to the
thirty-five assembled members and j
guests. Baxter Mangum intro
duced Stewart Ford as a new mem- j
ber of the club and turned him J
over to Bob Burns for a few min
utes of instruction in Kiwanis eth
ics and initiation. A surprise fea
ture of the program was the intro
duction of .Chf "Kitchen quartet"
composed otr Mesdames W. E. Ma
i lone 3. B. Strum, O. T. Kirby and
i Theo Clayton. They sang to the
| enjoyment of the group. Sam
Merritt introduced " the representa
tives of the Roxboro Boy Scout
organization, present to give a pro
gram to the club. They were
Messrs. Gecjge "W. Kane, Clyde
Swartz, Billie Kane, Matt Long and
Joe Blanks. Billie and Joe, un
der the direction of Clyde Swartz
gave an exhibition of knot tying
used by the organization. Then
Matt Long, assisted by Billie Kane,
showed some of the essentials us
ed in first-aid treatment. Matt
Long is the only scout in Person
Couty to ever be awarded the Eagle
Scout Badge, one of the highest
achievements that can be obtained
by a seout. The other boys are
very efficient and active in scout
i work.
Mr. Kane made a few brief re
marks In thanking the business
people of Roxboro for the support
given to scout work in ? Person
County.
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TIFUL WINDOW
Roxboro boasts of some of the
livest wires to be found in the mer
cantile business, the truth is, many
of the stores here would be a cred
it to any city. Much pride is taken
in their window displays, and while
these windows are attractive and
worth your notice, we were struck
with the display of Harris & Burns.
The window displaying the ladies
goods the past weekend was decid
edly attractive, and showed signs
of an artist in this lihe. When we
dropped in to congratulate them
upon the display all of the men im
mediately began to say the credit
was * largely due one of the male
'clerks, but this we protested, for
we know no man got up that dis
play, and we hereby call on the
la<*f'es to defend themselves, fn*
we want to give credit where credit
it due. Anyway, it really was an at
tractive window and was a credit
to some one.
dr7beam enter
tains AT DINNER
Dr. H. M. Beam entertained the
officers and directors of the Ki
wanis Club at dinner Friday even
ing at his home on Lamar Street.
A very appetizing dinner was ser
ved the assembled guests, at the
conclusion of .which all major pro
blems facing local, state and nat
ional units of government were dis
cussed1 and settled to the satisfac
tion of all or left in the air.
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Spending This Week
In New Orleans, La.
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Messrs. O. B. Wood, Sam B. Win
jtead, Buck Barnette of Raleigh,
Thomas Badger and Thomas Tay
lor of Henderson are spending this
week in New Orleans, La. Messrs.
Wood. Taylor and Badger are at
tending a meeting of the company
that they represent in this section.
WrM lTWill Meet
The W. M. U. of the First Bap
tist Church yill meet Monday af
ternoon Feb. 11th, at 3 o'cloek in
the church auditorium.
Circle No. 2 Mrs. W. S. Clary Jr.
leader, has charge of the program
T6pic-*-'TJfting the Banner in Our
Own -Land."
If we want to share in liftincr
the banner we will signify It by
our presence at the meeting. I
Circle No. 4 Mrs. T. .B Woody
leader. led in attendance in Jan.
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HAUPTMANN AND REILLY CONFER
Hauptmann (Right) confers with his chief of counsel, Edward J.
Reilly, on some of the important features of the fight that is being
waged for his life in the little New Jersey town of Flemington. Latest
reports indicate that the defense is getting along toward the close of
its evidence. It won't be long before it will W left to the jury to decide
whether or not Brumo Richard Hauptmann kidnapped and murdered
little Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr. on the night of" March 1, 1932.
BIRTHDAY BALI IS
CELEBRATED HEBE
Most Of The Money Raised
Will Be Administered In
This Section
The ball given on last Wednesday
evening honoring th; birthday of ;
our President an& including a ,
money raising campaingn for the
relief of infantile paralysis sufferers,
was a very successful venture, both
from the financial and socialable
standpoints. After all expenses have
been paid there is something like
eighty or eighty-five dollars to re
main in this section to be applied to
the relief of local infantile paraly
sis sufferers. Many local and out
of-town people attended the balj tw
dance or to look on and enjqy ttr^
special features. The chairman and
their assistants are due much credit
for the very successful performance
that they put on.
Public Art Exhibit
There will be a public art exhibit
at the studio of Linwood Carver in
the Person Realty" building on De
| pot Street on Friday, Feb. 8. The
studio will open all day and the pub
lic is invited to come and view
this exhibit. There will be pictures
by Clement Strudwick, James Mc
Lean, Mary Tillery, Louis Voorhees,
and others. Some of the paintings of
the leading North Carolina artists;
will be on display, as well as se- j
lections from an artist who specl- i
alizes in each branch of painting.
ROTARY CLUB HAS
HUMOROUS PROGRAM
Regular Meeting Held In Wo
man's Club Building
Thursday Night
The Roxboro Rotary Club held
its regular meeting Thursday night
at the Woman's Club Building1.
The Ladies Missionary Society of
the Baptist Church served the club
with a delicious dinner. After all
business to come before the club
had been disposed of President
Jack Hughes turned the meeting
over to Mr. O. B. McBroom.
The program arranged by Mr.
McBroom was humorous and most
entertaining. He called on six mem
bers of the club to speak on their
vocation. As each member was
called on to speak another member
of the club, as was prearranged,
rose in his stead and spoke in a
humorous and witty manner con
cerning the vocation of the person
called on. Probably the two most
humorous talks were made by Mr.
Howard jStrang speaking as Mr.
Burke Newborne and Rev. W .P.
West speakirig as Mr. I. Q. Abbitt.
Quests of the club for the even
ing were Doug Davis and R. E.
Hamlin, seniors , at the Roxboro
High School and Mr. H. L. Ballard
recently appointed as manager of i
the Somerset Towel Mills.
The subject for discussion at the
next meeting will be "The Need of
a- Chamber of Commerce" with
Geo, W. Kane in charge.
Farm Census Enumerators
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Named For Person County,
Two Women And Eight Men
* To Make Check Here
Immediately
The appointment of agricultural
and census enumerators for Person
County was announced yesterday by
the bureau of census of the depart
ment of commerce at Washington,
D. C.
The census is being taken, gov
ernment officials say, primarily for
the benefit of the farmers. The
statistics to be obtained will be us
ed in planning various government
programs to aid the farmer, rang
ing from the allocations of the ag
riculture adjustment administration
and the farm credit administration.
' Special attention has been called
to the fact that the individual re- I
turn made by each farmer is abso- (
lute'y a confidential government
report and no individual figures
will be used for taxation purposes
nor given to any tax official. All
enumerators, as well as all cen
sus employes, are required to take]
an oath to hold as confidential any I
and all of the Information acquir-*
ed by them in the performance of
their duties. ? ^ ..
It was first intended that the
census in this vicinity should be
completed by the end of January,
but a hitch in the plans prevented
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the work from being begun before
now.
The newly appointed enumera
tors are expected to begin their
work immediately, and it is expect- [ ,
ed that the check will be complet
ed within the next few weeks.
Enumerators for the districts in '
Person county are as follows: ?
Enumeration District No.l, Cun- ;
nlngham township, Miss Lois Mc
Sherry, Semora.
Enumeration District No.2, Woods '
dale township, Frank' A. Monta
gue, Woodsdale:
Enueration District No. 3, Hol
loway township, K. A. Gillis, route;
2, Roxboro; *
Enumeration district No. 4, Olive 1
Hill township, Fletcher Carver, R. ]
F. D., Roxboro; !(
Enumeration District No. 5, Rox- 1
boro township. Mrs. Mable C. Tim- 1
berlske, Roxboro;
Enumeration District No. 6, Rox- 1
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COMMISSIONERS ~
MET MONDAY
The Board ~oi County Commis- t
sioners met Monday in the Regis- 1
ter of Deeds office in the regular J
monthly session. Only routine t
passed upon. . i
MRS. EMILY WATKINS
PASSES IN FLORENCE
Funeral Services Held Here
Friday At Long Memorial
Church By Pastor
Mrs. Emily N. Watkins, widow of
iate W. C. Watkins and for many
years a leading, citizen of ROxboro,
passed away Wednesday, Jan. 30,
in a "Florence, S. C., hospital where
she had been confined. She leaves
to mourn her passing one daughter,
Miss Anne E. Watkins, student at
W. C. U. N. C? two sisters, Mrs.
J. R. Bowers of Washington, N. C.,
Mrs. R. O. Yancy of Salisbury, N.
C., several brothers, including Mr.
Charles Nelson of this city, and her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Nelson of
Florence, S. C. "
Funeral services were conducted
from the Edgar Long Memorial
Methodist Church with Rev. J. F.
Herbert, pastor of the church, offi
ciating at .3.00 P. M. Friday after
noon. Pall-bearers ' were: Messrs.
G. B. Bullock, R. E. Bullock, M.
C. Clayton, R. L. Hester, Charles
Timberlake and F* T. Whitfield.
Members of Mrs. Watkins' Sunday
school class of the Methodist church
served as floral-bearers. -Following
the funeral services Mrs. Watkins
was buried in Burchwood cemetery.
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"A Prescription's
I m portance
Did you know that the progress j
or decline of a patient often de
pends on the purity - of the drug
with which a doctor's prescription
is fined and the conscientious care
with , which these drugs are com
pounded?
We have but one standard by
which we compound drugs. They
must be the best and the purest
made and their compounding in
strictest accordance with your doc
tor's prescription. .
We want to tell you this for it
is satisfying to know that the med
icines prescribed for your restora
tion have been prepared just as
your physician intended and with
the purest drugs the market affords.
Your doctor wants to keep you
well. We want to help him.
r THOMAS DRUG STORE
Family Service To Be
Held At Mill Creek
Sunday February 17th has been
set apart for family day at Mill
Creek Baptist Church. We cordially
invite all families of this church
to be present and all connected
with these families. We are_expe?t
ing a great day in the Lords :work.
Come and meet with' lis.
AGED RESIDENT NEAR
LEASBURG SUCCUMBS
Funeral Services Held Tues
day At Lee's Chapel
Church
Mrs. W. M. Pleasants, aged 77,
for many yeas a resident of the
Leas burg ? community, died Monday
night at 7:00 P. M. following an
illness that stretched over several
years. Mrs. Pleasants became
worse last fall, but had been able
to be up intermittently until just
a few days prior to her passing.
The cause of death was given as a
complication of diseases incident tc
old age. She is survived by six
sons: Messrs. T. S. of DeWitt, Va.;
and W. L., H. M? J. P., and I. E.
Pleasants, all of Leasburg, and C.
A. Pleasants of Clinton, N. C.; three
sisters, Mrs. flattie Willis of Leas
burg ,N. C-, Mr/ E. B. Pleasants
M Hurdle Mills, a, a*.d Mrs.
D. L. Oliver of tvoxboro, R. 1.
Funeral services were conducted
from Lee's .Chapel Church Tues
iay afternoon at 2:00 P. M? with
Rev. E. B. Craven, her pastor, in
;harge. Mrs. Pleasants had been
i member of Lee's Chapel for al
most fifty years. Following the
services Mrs. Pleasants was bur
ied in the church cemetery.
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TRANSFERRED
Mr. H. J. Shreve who has "Been
lonnected with the RoxDoro Purni
ure Co. since its establishment here
las been transferred to Leaksville ;
Spray 'to become the manager for
hat branch of the Reidsville Purni- ]
we Co. store. Mr. Shreve. left Sat- \
jrday to assume his new duties. ]
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MR. T. C WACSTAff
DIES MY AT
HIS COUNTRY HONE
Funeral Services Conducted
This Afternoon From
Concord Church
Mr. T. C. Wagstaff, for many
years a prominent citizen of Per
son County, died suddenly at his
home in the Concord Section Tues
day night at about 7:30 P. M. Mr.
Wagstaff had been suffering with
a deep cold for the past several
days, but had been able to be up
most of the time.,, He was strick
en with a heart attack ^shortly af
ter the evening meal and lived for
only a few minutes. He is surviv
ed by his wife, Mrs. Gertrude Hor
ne Wagstaff, two sons ,T. C., Jr.,
and Robert McGilbert Wagstaff,
two brothers^ Di;. H. M. Wagstaff
of Chapel Hill and R. M. Wagstaff
now in the Phillipine Islands, three
sisters, Mrs. W. E. Morton, Mrs. J.
D. Winstead, and Mrs. C. M. Win
stead all of Roxboro.
Funeral services will be conducted
this afternoon from the Concord
Methodist Church at 3:00 P. M., of
which Mr. Wagstaff had been a
member for practically all his life,
having served as a steward of the
church for a great many years. Rev.
E. B. Craven, pastor of the church
was in charge of the services. Ac
tive pall-bearers were: Messrs. R.
T. Winstead. E. D. Morton, J. D.
Winstead, W. C. Winstead, and J.
B. Satterfleld. Flower bearers
were: Misses Mary Winstead,
Blanche Winstead, Emily Stephens
Mary Shore, Minnie Lee Winstead,
Mesdames, R. L. Hester, R. T.
Winstead. M. J. Daniel, and B. W.
Gardner. Immediately following
the services Mr. Wagstaff was hur
ried In the Concord Church cem
etery.
INFANT BOY DIES
OF PENUMONIA
Fred Richard Gentry, two and
one-half year old son of Mr. and
Mrs. Rufus Gentry, died at the
home cf his. parents" In the Somer
set villege Stinday afternoon at
about four o'clock, a victim of pneu
monia. He leaves to mourn his pas
sing, his father and mother, and one
brother, Irwing Gentry, aged four.
Funeral services were conducted
from Surl Church Monday after
noon at 2:00 P. M. with Elder Lex
Chandler officiating. Pall-bearers
were Clyde Blalock, Charlie Blalock,
foiomas Wade, and Floyd Wade.
The ehild was laid to rest in the
Sudl Church Cemetery.
Furniture Store To- tr;
Enlarge Quarter*
The Roxboro' Furniture Store on ?
Court Street has arranged to en
large their quarters to gain more
floorspace. They will use a part of
the second floor of the building oc
cupied by Aubry Long Grocery
Company. A door leading directly
from the furniture store to their
new quarters will facilitate things.
Work has already begun on the al- ^
terations and these quarters will
soon be ready for occupancy.
A Good Invention
Our friend Mr. Joe F. Whitfield
of Hurdle Mills, has secured a pat
ent and is now manufacturing one
of the most useful articles we have
seen. It Is a mechanical wash board
and will be a boom to many a good
housewife who still has to do the
family washing. It not only saves
time and labor, but it saves the
wear and tear of the garment. If
you have not seen one he will be
glad to give a demonstration.
Attending National
Coca-Cola Meeting
, In New Orleans, La.
Mr. O. B. McBfoom left Tuesday
morning for New Orleans, La., "to
attend a national convention of his
company. . Mr. McBroom made the
trip by train and expects to be gone
for a week or more.
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Attended /Committee
Meeting in Raleigh
Mr. O. C. Davidson, Medsdamas ?
A. F.# Nichols and Rena Alien Bla
lo?k. and Misses Mary Bonier and i
Inda Collins attended the public
hearing before the Appropriations
Committee In Raleigh Tuesday
night.
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