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^^CBORO, NORTH CAROLINA MONDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1935 (County Correspondents Solicited) NUMBER IIT
For A
HIGH PRICE ,
Bring Your
TOBACCO
To The
R O X B O R O
TOBACCO
MARKET!
cond. It
rlooks ^???^??PH^^mercLutnt in
town is determined to win one of
these prizes for they certainly have
some pretty windows.
Miss Richmond Weds
Frank Santa Lucia
Well Known Young Woman, Formerly
Of Roxboro, Now Of Washington,
D. C. Weds New Jersey Man
Monday Night
Miss Mildred Richmond, popular
daughter of Mr. J. D. K. Richmond
of South Boston, Va? was married
Monday night to Mr. Prank Santa
Lucia of Washington, D. C. Prior
to moving to' Washington Mrs. Santa
Lucia made her home here with her
aunt, Miss Sue Bradsher.
Miss Richmond and Mr. Santa Lucia
were wed in Elkton, Md., by Rev. Mr.
Caldwell, Baptist minister of that place.
Mrs. Santa Lucia was born and j
_ reared here, receiving her education at
oxboro High School and at W. U. N. C.
Greensboro, N. C. Following her
luation from the latter institution
le taught school for one year. She !
'moved to Washington about two years
t ago and now holds a position with the
lovernment.
i Mr. Santa Lucia was a resident of {
sbury Park, N. J., prior to moving j
Washington about two years ago.
|He received his education at Asbury
?ark High School.
Mit^and Mrs. Santa Lucia spent the
fc-end here with Miss Sue Brad
fr. They are making their home at '
20th Street, Washington, D. C.
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way Friday
W. Featherston
y Morning At Her
s Home Following
Of One Year. Fun
ices Conducted Sat
fternoon
^Jfhas W Featherston, 89, pass
?Fat the home of her daughter,
Pi^H! W. Rogers, Friday morning at
4:00 A. M. Mrs. Featherston had
been in failing health for the past year,
but had been confined to her room only
during the past two weeks. Her death
was attributed to the infirmities of
old age.
She leaves to mourn her passing
one daughter, Mrs. H. W. Rogers, and
three sons, Mr. D. E. Featherston of
Roxboro, Mr. Z. T. Featherston of
Knoxville, Tenn., and Mr. J. W. Fea
therston of Washington, D. C. * '
Funeral services were con rom
1:30 P. M. Saturday. Rev. B. P.
Robinson, pastor of Long Memorial
Methodist Church here, assisted by Rev.
E. B. Craven, pastor of the Person
Circuit, was in charge of the services.
Active pall bearers were : Messrs Thom
as Featherston, Munch Featherston,
Mclver Featherston, Robert Feather
ston, Geo. Featherston, Alden Rogers.
Honorary pall bearers were: Messrs.
Spencer Richmond, G. W. Coniially,
Voss Stephens, Joe Smith, Roger W.
Wilkerson, Sr., John H. Moore, T. J.
Oliver, T. Aubrey Long, W. T. Kirby,
J. C. Wagstaff, W. G. Rogers, W. J.
Zickafoose, Monroe Williams, and Dr.
A. F. Nichols. She was buried in Leas
burg cemetery.
Mrs. Featherston was a member of
Union Methodist Church in Caswell
County until about fifteen years ago
when she moved her membership to
Long Memorial Church here. She had
requested that neither friend nor rel
ative purchase any flowers for her
funeral, but that flowers grown by
either would be gladly accepted.
the Leasburg Methodist
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Schools Of County
To (lose Friday
For The Holidays
Will Remain Closed 10 Days.
Superintendent's Office To
Be closed 3 Days
All Person County schools will close
on Friday of this week for the annual
Christmas hoi day. They will resume
work on Tuesday, December 31st. This
aplies to all schools save the white
schools in ROxboro. These will reopen
on Thursday, January 2nd.
Person County negro schools will re
cpen on Tuesday, December 31st.
However, those who wish to take New
Year's Day as a holiday w.ll have the
option of opening school on Monday,
December 30th, in order to give the
school a holiday on New Year's Day.
The superintendent's office will re
main closed for three days duing the
hoi days, being closed on Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday of next
week. On all other days some one will
be in the office to carry on the work
of the department.
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TATOO HOGS
Do than, Ala.? Farmers are -nowta
tooing their hogs in an effort to stop
a series of thief ts. Metal punches and
indelible ink are used.
Ding Santa Claus will not for
|et them. Can you think of any
ling more appealing. Every child
i this County, regardless of age,
ex or condition, has heard of
anta Claus, and it will be a
lame on us all if a single one
5 overlooked by Santa Claus.
If you want to help in this good
bause see either Mr. Long at the
k>urt house, or his co-worker,
liss Edna Wilkerson.
Upon close investigation doubt
less there will be found many
lore who will need help, and if
you do not want to contribute cash
It will be all right to contribute a
'basket. These baskets to be receiv
ed on and after the 20th and can
be left at the above named places
or left at the City Manager's of
fice.
A Good Suggestion
It has been suggested, and wisely
we think that each Kiwanis and Ro
tarian carry a toy of some descrip
tion to their meeting before Christ
mas and have them turned over to
the proper committee for distribu
tion. We know there are many
families in the town and county
where Santa Claus will not visit un
less they are remembered by the
community. When you attend your
next meeting carry a toy, and help
brighten the home of some of these
families.
Achievement Day
Program Given At
Training School
Several Speakers Bring Mess-^
ages To Gathering. Report
Of Negro Agent, Charles
Ford, Is Read. Prizes Are
Awarded Contest Winners
Approximately twb hundred negro
farmers, their wives and families and
other visitors gathered Friday after
noon at the Person County Training
School to participate in an "Achieve
ment Day" program sponsored by
Charles J. Ford, negro farm agent for
Person County. After an opening song
By a group of students at the train
ing school the reading of the script
ure and the invocation was led by
Rev. L. W. Easterling. J. J. William
son, principal 6f the school, "addressed
a few words of welcome to the gath
ering.
The chairman, Charles Ford, intro
duced Mr. R. B. Griffin, Superintend
ent of Education for Person County,
who spoke on "Achievement^ of the
Negro Public Schools as They Affect
His Office." Mr. Griffin pointed out
the growth that has been attained by
negro schools in the county during
the past few years and lent a note
of encouragement to the movement
for better schools in the county.
Mrs. Ruth M. O'Briant, County I
Health NUrse, spoke next on *Achiev- ?
ements of the Health of the Negro i
in Person Countty." Mrs. O'Briant j
pointed out the many ways in which j
health conditions had improved in
thr? past several years among both j
white and colored people. She urged
the necessity of having children im
munized against diptheria and small
pox as soon as feasible.
Pearl Pittman brought an in
teresting article to the attention of
her listeners when she spoke on "Pro- 1
fessional Improvement of the Negro
Public School teacher enrollment and j
attendence." She showed how attend- J
ance and enrollment had jumped in
the colored schools of the County,
with a proportionate increase in the
teaching j staff. She recalled
the difficulties encountered in build
ing some ?f the schools of the county.
Others spoke on what the women had
done and were doing to make the
home a better place in which to live.
The chairman presented prizes a
mounting to $70.00 to winners in a
recent canning contest. He also pre
sented some four hundred pounds of
sugare to winners in the better gar
den contest staged during the sum
mer. This sugar was donated by mer
chants, business houses and profes
sional men L>t Roxboro and vicinity.
The repop of the agent was read
by Z. V. W^odsand showrti that Ford
had been actively engaged in the pur
suit of his duties during the past
twelve months.
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Alleged Thief Is
Arrested At Home
Sunday Afternoon
W. D. Crump, Negro, In Jail
Charged With Theft Of
Goods From Ser. Sta.
W. D. Crump, negro, was lodged in
jail Sunday afternoon to await a
hearing on charges that he broke in
to Stone's Service Station at North
End Tuesday night, taking therefrom
goods amounting to about $50. Chief
S. A. Oliver made the arrest.
Mr. G. W. Clark, who. operates the
service station, said that he closed his
place of business about 9:30 P. M.
on the night of the alleged robbery
and that 'It was entered sometime be
tween that time and the next morn
ing when the robbery was discovered.
Entrance to the building was gained
by breaking a window in the rear.
Goods consisting of shoes, meat,
flour, lard, overalls, underwear, etc.
was removed from the store. Since
that time until the arrest of Crump
yesterday afernoon Chief Oliver had
been working on the case, gathering
informat;on that led him to believe
the stolen goods was in Ihe possession
of the negro. Crump was arrested at
his home across the railroad tracks
from the Camp Fertilizer Co. plant.
Quantities of goods as described above
were found in his possession. Though
a complete inventory had not been
made this morning, it was thought
that the goods in the negro's hands
would amount to about $50.00, the
amount alleged to have been taken
from the serv.ce station.
A hearing will be given the negro
sometime today, it was said.
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Person School
Master's Club
Holds Meeting
Mr. G. C. Davidson Led Dis
cussion At Dec. Meeting.
Covers Laid For Nine
The December meeting of Person
County School Masters' Club was held
Dec. 3rd, at 7 o'clock at Mrs. Mollie
Strumm Barrett's on Reams Avenue.
After a delicious banquet, enjoyed
with good fellowship among the mem
bers present, five main top.cs before
the minds of school men today were
taken up in a round-table discussion.
Supt. G. C. Davidson led these dis
cussions on the following topics:
1. The 111 Graded pupil.
2. The method of loading school
busses at the close of school day.
3. Re-adjustment of pupils in class
es or grades during school year.
4. Attitude of pupils and parents
toward Book Rental system.
5. Teachers, and complete school
records and reports.
The following club members were
present: Miss Mary Jane Walters, Mr.
V. C. Duncan, Mr. E. L. Wehrenburg,
Mr. Joe B. Currin, Mr. S. B. Satter
white, Supt. R. B. Gr.flin of the Per
son County School, Supt. G. C. Dav
idson of the Roxboro city system, Mrs.
R. W. Trowbridge of Ca-Vel, and
Mr. Lewis S. Cannon of the County
system.
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Wise - Cracks
Notwithstanding our notice we still
receive letters addressed to Santa
Claus, some signed, others not signed,
containing wise-crack? with a sting.
It is a pleasure to publish these letters
for the little folks, but we will NOT
publish any letter which, is caused to
make hard feeling, and if you fail to
see your letter it is probably because
of the above. To our little friends
we wish to say, send in your letters
to Old Santa and we> will gladly publish
them, but leave the wise cracks out.
RETURNED TO HIS HOME -
IN PHILADELPHIA, PA.
, i
Mr. James H. Craig returned to his
home in Philadelphia, Pa. Saturday
after spendLng a few days here last
week looking after some business mat
ters.
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TREATIES
Reciprocal trade agreements with
Canada and Brazil become effective
on January 1st and the President has
directed Secretary Morgenthau to
make the new rates set up in the
agreements applicable to the use of
most of the nations of the world un
der the most- f avored - nation agree
ments.
Detroit Tiger Owner
DETROIT ... Walter O. Briggs
(above), is now the sole owner of the
World Champion Detroit American
League baseball team, acquiring full
ownership upon the recent death of
Prank Navin. Briggs has made man
ager Mickey Cochrane vice-president.
Basketball Outlook
Gloomy At High
School This Season
Eleven Men Reported For Prac
tice. Must Rebuild Team
Around Three Regulars
From Last Year's Squad
With three regulars from last year's
squad, two excellent subs and six oth
er men reported for baskeball practice
at Roxboro High Coach Heffner will
almost have to build a new team for
this season. Oliver, Clinton Winstead
and John Owen Moore are the regu
lars from last season's team around
whom Heffner hopes to build his bask
eteers for this year. Bob and Sam
Wh.tten, both of whom played good
ball last year as substitutes, will get a
chance at the regular team as both
Michaels and Davis were lost to the
team by graduation.
Others who have reported for prac
tice are: A. P. James, Pridmore Thom
as, Ben Broadwell, Barden Winstead,
"Bitty" Bullock and Bob, "Screwsy",
Stephens. Stephens, a regular end
on this year's football team, and Win
stead, one of the mainstays in the back
field of the football team, have only
reported for p/actice within the last
few days.
Though the outlook is gloomy ^at this
time fans will recall that the same sit
uation was true at the opening of the
current football season, and yet Heff
ner's boys came through with one of
the most successful seasons ever exper
ienced at Roxboro High. Th^ won
eight out of fourteop games, lost four
and tied two. Among those who went
down in defeat before the powerful
Roxboro eleven were ancient
rivals from Henderson, Oxford, Me
bane and Bethel Hill. Dopesters are
looking to Heffner to repeat this per
formance with his basketball squad.
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Baptist Choir
Presents Cantata
Sunday Evening
"The Coming Of Christ," A
Christinas Cantata By fa
D. Wilson Presented By
First Baptist Choir
The choir of the First Baptist Church
consisting of fourteen women's voices
and eleven men's, delighted an im
mense audience that taxed the church's
seating capacity Sunday night when
they presented Ira D. Wilson's "The
Coming of Christ", a Christmas canta
ta. Mrs. Victor Satterfleld directed
the presentation of the cantata and
Mrs. W. W. Woods accompanied at
the pipe organ.
From the opening notes until the
echoes of the closing number had re
verberated throughout the church the
air was filled with sweet and beauti
ful music. The cantata was made 'up
of beautiful numbers which were pre
sented by the ( choir in their own de
lightful way.
Mrs. .Satterfleld and her able co
workers deserve the highest praise
for the lovely presentation of Sunday
evening. They showed that long, hard
hours of real work had gone into the
moulding of the presentation, and they
were fully Justified by the excellent
program.
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IS THERE?
Indians around Okmulgee are founc'
to have been living 300 years on s
communistic basis. Is there no way
to ship these fellows back where they
came from? Portland Oregonian.
Farmers Are Again
Urged To Sign Up
New Contracts
Urged To Complete Sign-up By
January 1st; Date And Time
Of Township Committee
Meetings; Tractor News m
By H. K. Sanders
1936-1939 TOBACCO CONTRACTS:
90 per cent of Person County tobacco
contracts have already been signed and
are ready for the Raleigh and Wash
ington offices. Mr. E. Y. Floyd has
requested us to bring the sign-up to1
a close and submit a county summary
by January 1st. This does not mean,
however, that we may not take a con
tract after January 1st. However, if
you desire your contract to go in the
first summary, please see that it is
signed on or before December 23rd,
1935.
Tobacco Section of Office To Be Closed
During Holidays :
The contract, card and check divi
sion of the County Agent's Office will
be closed from the night of December
23rd to the morning of December 30th.
Township Committee Meetings:
The township and Community Com
mittees are being called to meet on the
dates listed below for the purpose of
signing the new contracts and consid
ering other matters that may come be
fore them.
Allensville Township, Dec". 30 ? 8 ajn.
Bushy Fork Township, Dec. 30 ? 1
p. m.
Cunningham Township, Dec. 31 ? 8
a. m.
Flat River Township, Dec. 31 ? I p.m.
Holloway Township, Jan. 1 ? 8 a. m.
Mt. Tirzah Township, Jan. 1 ? lp. m.
Olive Hill Township, Jan 2 ? R 8 m.
Roxboro Township, Jan. 2 ? 1 p. m.
Woodsdale Township, Jan 3 ? 8 a. m.
"Tractor News"
The Tractor is now in the vicinity
of Allensville Bchool and is headed to
ward Roxboro on the Allensville-Rock
Grove Church -Roxboro road.
People living in this vicirtity who
desires to have terracing done, should
make arrangements to have the work
done while the terracing outfit is near
them. All people" are invited to in
spect the unit while it is working and
to see the kind of terraces the unit
is building.
At present, you will find the unit on
the farm of Mr. Thomas O. Gentry,
Mrs. Ed Gentry, or near some other
farm in that vicinity. Of course the
outfit is not at work when the land
is out of order.
The CCC Camp of Oxford is cooper
ating with the members of the Person
County -Soil Conservation in laying out
the lines, building terrace outlets and]
stepping gullies. ?
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Bushy Fork Program
Postponed Until Next
Wednesday Evening
Play And Music To Be Features Of
Program; Small Admission
Charge >
Bushy Pork School will have a spec
ial Christmas entertainment on Wed
nesday night, December 18. This pro
gram was originally scheduled for
Friday night, Dec. 13, but was post
poned.
A play and special muSI c will be
features of the program. A small
admission charge of 10 an 5 15 cents
will be charged. The patrons of the
school and the public generally are
cordially invited to attend this enter
tainment.
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Knight Among
The Leaders
Columbus, O., Dec. 16. ? Announce
ment was made in insurance circles
here today that B. B. Knight of Rox
boro, N. C., had led all the other rep
resentatives of the company except
two in the volume of insurance written
in November. Mr. Knight also is one
of the top-notchers in a campaign
which is being put on by the field
force of the company in honor of
President U. S. Brandt.
? Ohio Insurance News.
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COUNCIL MEETING
The EJoxboro Boy Scout Council
will hold its regular monthly meeting
at the community house Tuesday ev
ening, December 17, at 7:30 P. M. All
members are urged to be present.
Roxboro Boy Scout Council
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A German chemist has evolved a
suit of pajamas made of wood. It
seems a very drastic solution of the
crumbs-ln-the-bed problem. ? Atlan
ta Constitution.