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VOL. LII.
(Monday and Thursday)
ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1935
(County Correspondents Solicited) NUMBER 59
Everything Set For Person County Cattle Show
Several Prominent
Speakers To Appear
On Day's Program
Four Interesting Speakers Are
Scheduled To Address Folk
Attending Cattle Show
Next Week
GRAHAM TO BE PRESENT
Friday, September 27, will be the big
day of the two-day Cattle Show sched
uled to be held here on Thursday and
Fiiday of next week. Thursday will be
devoted to hauling the cattle to the
planters Warehouse, where the show
will be held, and getting them in first
class shape for the judging which is
scheduled to take place Friday after
noon.
Beginning with a parade Friday
morning that will cover the business
district the show proper will get un
der way. Following the parade at 10:00
A. M. there will be addresses at the
Planters Warehouse by four promi
nent speakers, two local men and two
men from out of town.
The complete program follows:
Friday, September 27th. 10:00 A. M.:
Parade of cattle. Begins at Planters
Warehouse, proceeds east on Reams
Avenue to Sergeant and Clayton's
store, down South Main street to the
Schooi Street, and thence to the Plan
ters Warehouse.
11:00 A. M.: Addresses by S. G.
Wins te ad of Roxboro, W. W. Fitzpat
rick of Quail Roost Farm. Rougemont,
No. 1, S. F. Nicks, Jr., Person County
Prosecutor, and J. A. Arey, Extension
Dairyman of State College Raleigh.
1:30 P. M. Judging of cattle. Judg
es are announced as follows: Prof R.
H. Ruffner and Mr. J. A. Arey or Mr.
A. C. Kimrey. All of these judges are
from State College, Raleigh, N. C.
A. H. "Sandy" Graham, candidate
for nomination as governor, will be
present for the show, but will not
speak. Mr. Graham stated in a letter
responding to the invitation to come,
that he would be very glad to be here,
but that he would haye to leave before
the show was over to fill some engage
ments previously made.
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Ca-Vel Ball Club
Hobnobs With New
York Yankee Club
Central State Banner Holders
Have Picture Made With New
York Team. Boys Report Nice
Trip
The up and coming proteges of Bax
ter Mangum at Ca-Vel really crashed
the big time gates on their recent trip
to New York. They went visiting to
the Yankee dugout and had themselves
photographed with Col. Rupert's boys.
Some even had individual pictures tak
en with such famous Yankee players
as Lou Gehrig.
About twenty players, club officials
and interested friends left here Thurs
day afternoon on a specially chartered
bus, went up to New York, took in ali
the sights, returning home Sunday
night, a tired but happy bunch.
Hie New York trip was in fulfill
ment of a promise made the ball team
should they win both half pennant
banners in the Central State League.
Collins and Aikman officials promised
them the trip which they took and
enjoyed to a great extent.
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Information Wanted
Mrs. Rhea E. Garrett of Dixon
Springs, Term., would like to have any
information regarding the location of
the grave of her great grand-father,
Rev. Daniel Burford, a Baptist minis
ter, whd- emigrated to Smith County,
Tenn., from Storey's Creek, Caswell
County, before 1800 and between 1817
and 1830 returned to this section,
where he died. He was married twice,
to Fanny and Betsy Hawkins, of War
ren County, N. C.
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HOME FROM CANADA
Mr. J. C. Solomon, who has been in
Canada for the past several weeks .
engaged In the tobacco business, has
returned home. He says the Canada
tobacco crop Is unusually good. I
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TO BE PRESENT
A. H. "Sandy" Graham who will be
present Friday, September 27th for
the cattle show.
City Dads Adopt
Budget at Meeting
Tuesday Night
Tax Rate For Year Set At $2.00
For Old Corporation, $1.68
For New. Other Matters
Are Discussed
Underpass Project Referred To
The Street Commissioners
The city fathers met Tues. nite and
adopted a budget for the fiscal year
that began on July 1 of this year. In
come was estimated as follows: Gen
eral Government, $23,785; debt ser
vice, $28,480; water, $27,200. Total $79,
465. Expenditures were reckoned thus:
general government, $6,950; public
works, $10,550; public safety, $5,285;
emergency, $1,000; debt service $28,
480; water, $24,865; water surplus, $2,
335. Total, $79,465.
The tax rate was fixed at $2.00 for
the old corporation and $1.68 for the
new. This represents no change in the
tax rate of last year, though it does
represent a decrease from the peek of
$2.25 of some years ago.
The matter of an underpass for the
railroad crossing at Brooksdaie was
brought to the attention of the fath
ers. Plans call for expenditure of ap
proximately $60,000 in building a high
way underpass that would swing to
the left just this side of the present
crossing, go under the railroad right
of-way, and intersect the Oxford high
way just to the northeast side of
Brooksdal? church.
There was some opposition to the
project by a committee from the par
ticular section affected. One man was
opposed to it for the survey calls for
a seven foot cut that would run with
in a few feet of his rear door. The
project would not cost the town any
money, but no action was taken by
the board, the matter being referred
to Street Commissioners C. L. Brooks
and G. J. Cushwa.
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Bushy Fork Opens
School Year With
Larger Attendance
Rev. W. F. West Spoke To Students
On Morning Of Opening. Nice
Program Ik Givefa
Bushy Pork opened the school year
Tuesday morning with an attendance
that was estimated to exreed last
year's |at tendance by 10 to 15 per
cent. They had a very interesting
opening exorcise with Rev. W. P. West
of Rtxboro delivering the principle
address.
Rev. V. E, Duncan, principal of the
of school, stated that everything
pointed to a most Suspicious year with
scholars and teachers alike enthusias
tic and eager to get down to work
for another term.
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MR. CLAYTON BUILDING
Mr. Victor E. Clayton, one of the
popular clerks at the post office, has
let the contract for a beautiful brick
bungalow to be erected on the lot re
cently purchased from the Peoples
Bank, on .Academy street. Mr. E. -R.
Blalock has the contract.
New Bookkeeping
System Installed
By City Manager
Accurate Checks Kept On All
Funds From Time They
Enter Office Until Dis
b u r s e d
A bookkeeping system whereby an
accurate check may be kept on all
funds that come into the city treasury
has been installed by Manager Harris.
To the person who pays in the money
goes a receipt, the office keeping the
duplicate copy. The name of the pay
ee, the amount and for what purpose
money was paid in is entered on the
day book. At the close of a day's bus
iness these items are posted on a per
manent ledger, so that at the end of
the day, the amount of money coming
in may be be determined with little ef
fort.
Prom this point jit is carried to
proper account, such as water, general
fund, etc. which has a code number.
In this way the office force may know
at any time the balance in any one of
the funds that are necessarily a part
of the treasurer's account.
Turning to disbursements each ac
count is codified and each item is giv
en a number under that code. Each
check that is drawn on the town's
account is numbered and is entered
under its proper code. This in order
that it can be known almost immed
iately the fund from which the check
came, the amount, and for what pur
pose the money was spent.
For example, under the general
goverment expense code will come the
salaries that are paid various city of
ficials. Each one of these will have a
separate page in a ledger, designed
especially for this purpose. On that
page will be entered the amount of
the check, its number, etc.
It is an up-to-date system of checks
and balances on the town funds and
Is a credit to the efficiency of Mana
ger Harris.
The public is cordially invited to
come into the city office and examine
this new system of keeping up with
the money.
Another change that is taking place
in the books of this office is that set
which has to deal with listing and
payment of taxes. On the ledger each
person who pays taxes in Roxboro Is
?;iven a page, or as much space as is
nocessary to handle his payments. For
instance, a person who pays nothing
but personal property tax needs a
-smaller space than a man who pays
taxes on much property. These per
sonal property tax-payers might be
grouped six or seven to a page, but
otherwise would be given an entire
sheet. On that sheet is listed each
item on which he pays tax. the a
mount paid and the date on which
payment is made, and the balance
due. In this manner the manager may
readily see how much any man owes
the town, how much and when he
paid, and what is due at that particu
lar time.
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Kiwanis Elections
Monday night, September 30th, will
be election night for the Roxboro Ki
wanis Club. President Herbert has
announced the following elections com
mittee.
Chairman. Dr. Gene Thomas; George
Currier, F. O. Carver, Jr., Dewey Brad
sher, Dr. Tucker.
Nominations for the various offices
of the club, with the exception of the
secretaryship, should be given to the
chairman of this committee, or one of
of the members,
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CARRIER PIGEON LIGHTS IN
YARD OF MR. CLARENCE OWEN
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Pigeon With Numbered Bands Around Each Leg Captured
By Child Of Mr. Owen
Late Monday' afternoon a child of
Mr. Clarence Owen's picked up a pig
eon in the yard of her father's home.
The bird had just come down from out
of the sky and lighted on the ground.
Upon examination bands were found
around each of the pigeon's legs. One
was a metal band and the other one
was a rubber band. On the metal
band these figures appeared: 11391
MCCA 35. On the rubber band was
these figures 354B and on the inside
were these figures 246.
The pigeon, when brought to town
by Mr. Owen, attracted quite a bit of
attention and many were the con
jectures as to whose it was and what
the messages might mean.
It was thought from the quality of
the bands around the bird's legs that
it was probably someone's valuable
carrier pigeon. His presence could
not be explained unless he gave out
and came down for a rest when he
was captured.
Mr. Owen is a farmer who lives about
three miles north of town on the
Woodsdale road.
?CO FARMERS HAVING
MEETING IN RALEIGH TODAY
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FHA Representative
To Be Here Friday
M,. Dan W. Terry, field represen
tative of the Federal Housing Admin-,
istration, will be in the office of Mr.
S. P. Nicks, Jr., Friday, Sept. 20. The
purpose of this trip will be to assist
anyone so desiring in making appli
cation tor Federal Housing Adminis
tration insured loans.
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Ran Before First
Gun Was Fired
Mr. Geo. W. Walker, who has been
on the Lumberton tobacco market this
season, returned home last night.
George said the first trouble on that
market, that is, when the farmers be
gan to agitate low prices was Mon
day, and immediately he began mak
ing preparations for home. In other
words, he ran before the first gun was
fired.
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Dr. Anders Greeted
By Large Audience
Dr. J c. Anders, who has been a
medical missionary in Africa for the
past several years, gave an illustrated
lecture at the Baptist Church last
night. He showed pictures of Africa,
his own making, and the lecture was
decidedly most interesting. Dr. Anders
is no stranger here, as he has visited
here often, his mother and two sisters
having lived here for several years.
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Notable Speakers
To Be Here
There will be an important meeting
for the Beulah Baptist Association on
Monday night, September 23rd, 7:30
at the Ffcoxboro First Baptist Church.
Dr. Clay I, Hudson, Mr. Dickey and
Mr M. A. Huggins will lead in the
discussion. The public is cordially in
vited to this meeting.
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Meeting In Interest
Of A Hospital
A meeting has been called for Fri
day night at 7:30, in the court house,
grand- jury room, for the purpose of
discussing the hospital situation. You
are cordially invited to attend this
meeting.
MANY PARTIES PLANNED BY THE
JUNIOR WOMAN'S CLUB FOR SEASON
The Junior Club opens the fall sea
son with many activities planned for
the young ladies who have been invit
to join this organization.
Mrs. B. B. Mangum and Mrs. E. V.
Boatwright will be joint nosiesses at
a bridge party at the home of the
former on Ca-Vel Circle Friday night,
September 20.
Mrs. Allen Oriffin will be hostess
to a theatre party on Monday nighty
September 23 at 9:00 P. M.
Mrs. R. L. Wilburn will hold open
house on October 1st, honoring the
young ladies.
Mrs. L. M. Carlton will entertain at
her home on South Main Street Friday
September 27th.
The first meeting will be held Mon
day night, September 30th, at which
time those who have been invited to
join the club will hand their responses
to Mrs. Allen Griffin, president of the
club.
This club is hoping for a very suc
cessful year and wishes to offer their
co-operation with all the civic clubs
of the community.
The Woman's Club of Roxboro has
held an important place in the com
munity life of Roxboro, but heretofore
the younger group of women in the
city have not had such an active place
and for that reason a Junior club will
be - a welcomed organization in our
civic ordf.
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Will Probably Ask Governor To
Close The Markets For
Better Prices
Following the meetings held on
Tuesday when the markets in the
middle belt were opened, with prices
far below the opening the past sea
son, a State-wide meeting is being
held in Raleigh today Quite a num
ber of farmers from this County are
in attendance, all anxious to see just
what is going to happen.
On seme of tne maikets, notably
Durham, the opening price seemed to
be better than on some of the other
markets, but yesterady the price drop
ped to an average of less than fifteen
cents on the Durham market, which
seemed to be about the price paid
generally.
Doubtless there will be a large at
tendance at the meeting in Raleigh
and we would not be at all surprised
to see the Governor issue a proclama
tion asking every warehuse in the
State to close. This may be wise, we
do not know, and nobody knows, but
undoubtedly it should be the last re
sort for it will demoralize business, and
cause much loss in various ways.
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Three Preachers
Speak At Hurdle
Mills On Opening
Rev. J. F. Herbert and Rev. J. J.
Boone Address Students As Does
Principal Joe B. Currin
Hurdle Mills school had a fine open
ing exercise Tuesday morning with an
excellent attendance and addresses by
Rev. J. P. Herbert, Rev. J. J. Boone
and the principal. Rev. Joe B. Currin.
Revs. Herbert and Boone made fine
talks filled with sound advice to the
students for the coming year, while
Mr. Currin confined his remarks to
welcoming the students back to school
and extending a welcome to the new
teachers, as well as the glad hand to
those who were back for another
year's work.
The school opened with an enroll
ment of 105 in the high school and
217 in the elementary departments,
making a total enrollment of 322 stu
dents to start the school year.
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Mr. Sawyer In
Fayetteville
Mr. H. A. Sawyer, secretary of the
Roxboro Chamber of' Commerce, is at
tending the ntpeting bf the Neqth,
Carolina Commercial Secretaries As
sciation in Fayetteville. Quite a num
ber of prominent speakers will be on
the program, among them being Prank
A. Pierson, secretary of the Durham
Chamber of Commerce.
Mr. Sawyer carries an invitation
from Roxboro for the association to
hold its next meeting here.
Mr. Allen With
Tom's Battery Co.
Mr. Carr Allen Is now connerted
with Tom's Battery Company on
Court street. He invites ail his friends
to come down to see him for anything
in his line.
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Railroad deficits grow as costs nulli
fy revenue rise. ' " ? '
Soil Conservation
Association Set Up
For Person County
Meeting Held This Morning In
Courthouse With Twenty
eight Men Signing As
Members
With Mr. O. F. McCrary, District
Agent of State College, Raleigh, and
Mr. L. A. Carter, Associate Technician
of High Point Soil Conservation Ser
vice, the central office of this work
in North Carolina, present to explain
the meaning of soil conservation work
and the set-up of the organization in
this county, twenty-eight men signed
as members of the Person County Soil
Conservation Association at a meeting
in the grand jury room this morning.
Mr. Carter went into full detail of
the program, pointing out what would
be expected of each party, i. e. the con
servation Service and the signer. He
stated that the program would be ex
tended over a period of five years, let
ting each member have as much land
terraced as he could affoid in any giv
en year.
"This program," stated Mr. Carter,
"is an effort to keep land from run
ning down into the creeks, rivers, and
finally into the Pamlico Sound, and
j keeping it on your farm where it will
do some good."
Also present at the meeting were
Messrs. W. H. Herring, CCC Camp
Technician of the Oxford, N. C., Camp,
| and L. C. Broome, Project Superin
j tendent of the same camp. These
gentlemen were recognized and intro
duced to the group, for it is through
them that some of this work will be
, done.
Mr. McCrary read the articles of as
sociation that those joining were asked
to sign, and explained them in a clear
cut, intelligent way. Following the
reading all interested parties were ask
ed to sign so that the organization
could be effected.
This program of soil conservation is
a broad one and it is felt that much
good can be accomplished along these
lines in Person County by full co
operation of all.
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j Grammar School
Has Large Crowd
On Opening Day
Very Interesting Program Is
Given With Speeches By
Prominent Business Men
Of The Town
The G rammer School opened Sep
! tember 17th with the crowded enroll
) ment of 503 although quite a number
I of children have not matriculated yet
| due to the polimyelitis epidemic.
Chapel exercises were conducted by
Miss Inda Collins, principal, with wel
coming talks by Mr. Sam Merritt,
j Mayor R. B. Dawes and Mr. Hugh
! Sawyer, secretary of the Chamber of
j Commerce. Mr. Sawyer's address was
i particularly enjoyed for he promised
| to begin at once on efforts to get a
new grammer school building. When
we know that one room alone had an
enrollment today of 53 with others
entering within the next week or ten
days, we realize he hasn't begun work
too sOon if we are to give our chil
dren even an average chance.
We wish Mr. Sawyer every success.
A vocal duet by Misses Maude Mon
tague and Lorena Wade was enjoyed
by ail.
Roxboro welcomes the teachers, all
of whom taught here last year and
Mrs. Wallace Woods, who has been a
faculty member before, back into her
midst. We hope for them a happy and
most successful year.
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CARRIED TO HOSPITAL
Mr. Marsh Hester, who has been ill
with pneumonia for the past several
woeks, was carried to Duke hospital
this morning. Though Mr. Hester has
recovered from the pneumonia, his
condition is regarded as serious.
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MR. GARRETT BUILDING
Mr. J. R. Garrett has let the con
tract to Mr. E. T. Day for a two-story
brick residence, to be erected on
South Main, near Brooksdale crossing.
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