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CALL 259 We went all the new* of your community. Please can us or send it in. IF YOU WOULD KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON AROUND YOU READ THE PERSON COUNTY TIMES—IT IS A PAPER FOR ALL THE PEOPLE OP PERSON AND ADJOINING COUNTIES. VOLUME VBL F.H. WALKER DIED TODAY IN RICHMOND Had Been 111 For Several Weeks Following an Operation at Watt’s Hospital. FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS NOT YET KNOWN Mr. F. H. “Buster” Walker, of this city died this morning at 6 a. m. in St. Elizabeth hospital in Rich mond, Va. Mr. Walker was operat ed on in Durham at Watt’s hospital several weeks ago and his condition has been serious since that time. Last week he was moved to Richmond, Va., for additional treatment, but did not respond. His condition was regarded as being very serious before the operation, I and it was thought that he had I very little chance of recovery. Mr. Walker was very popular ini this county and his death will be I keenly felt. He was the proprietor! of F. H. Walker & Co., Electric Deal ers. Funeral services will be held in this county, but definite arrange ments have not been made. NEWS ot the WEEK DIRIGIBLE BREAKS RECORD Frankfort, Germany The Zep pelin Hindenberg completed her fourth round trip to the U. S. with --a record homeward journey of 45 . Stars, 43 minutes, about 2 hours 'Better than her previous record. Westward she made the trip in 51 hours, 17 minutes, 8% hours better than her previous mark. RIOTS IN FRENCH CAPITAL Paris, France As 10,000 watch ed the rekindling of the flame on the Unknown Soldier’s grave under' the Arc de Triomphe, street fight ing suddenly broke out between Rightists and Leftists. The avenues resounded to the Nationalists cry of “France for the French,” while the Mobile Guards battled, with the demonstrators. Sporadic riots were reported from many French pro vinces. ROCKEFELLER HONORED New York City For his gen erous gifts toward the restoration of Versailles, Rheims Cathedral and Chateau Fontainebleau, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., has been decorated with the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor by the French Govern ment. FINANCIER IMPROVES New York City Continued im provement is reported in the con dition of J. Pierpont Morgan, who was rushed to his Long Island es tate after an attack of coronary trombosis while visiting in New England. FORCED FEEDING AT ZOO I - - . St. Louis, Mo. Jungle folks, es pecially snaWqs, often go on hunger strikes when placed in captivity. After a 19-foot Indian python at the local zoo had refused food for a month, Dr. Marlin Perkins, rep tile curator, decided on forcible feeding. Stuffing a fire-hose with 14 pounds of ground rabbit meat, he put one end in the snake’s mouth and rammed the meal down its throat with an iron rod. SALT HALTS PROSTRATIONS Detroit, Mich. Local physicians Baking arthritis sufferers in a 150-de gree temperature discovered that salt water reduced the number of heat prostrations under the treat ment. On hot days from 300 to 400 workers at the Ford Motor plants would report for first aid because of heat lexhaustion. Now near all drinking fountains in the works are salt-tablet dispensers. The tablets look like 5-grain aspirin pills, are ♦akgn with plenty of water; on a recent day with the outside temper ature at 104 only four men sought hospital treatment. : * (Continued on Back Page) fleraonijMimes PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY, ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JULY 9TH, 1936 USE PERSON COUNTY PRODUCTS VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL OF THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH This picture was snapped as the young people paraded up Main street of Roxboro. JACK DEMPSEY IS WILLING TO COME TO THIS CITY Boxing Promoter in Touch With His Manager Who Stated That Dempsey Would Referee Here For SIOOO. Jack Dempsey, former heavy weight boxing champion of the world, is willing to referee boxing bouts in Roxboro or so his manager stated in a telegram received here Monday from his booking agent. At the present time Dempsey is touring the South and filling en gagements as a boxing or wrestling referee. The boxing promoters here got in touch with his booking agent last Monday and asked for a price on getting Dempsey here. The price for a one night engagement was SIOOO flat. So far nothing has been done, but the promoters are still negoti ating. It is very evident that Jack is a big drawing card, but SIOOO is a lot of money. On Wednesday night he appeared in Greensboro at the stadium and refereed a number of wrestling matches. Reports indicate that a large crowd was present. rO PERSON CO. BOYS ENJOYING CAMP Large Number at Camp Chero kee This Month and More Will Probably Go Later. A number of boys from the scout troops of Person County are now at the scout camp, Cherokee, near Reidsville and more are expected to go later. Some of the boys will spend the entire summer. Camping has hqen one of the 1 principal year-round activities of the Boy Scouts of America since its inception in 1910. There are some 542 permanent summer camps main tained by the local Boy Scout Coun cils. These camps occupy a total area of more than 54,000 acres that scouts may truly call their own— an area larger than Rocky Mountain National Park. In addition there are hundreds of temporary camp sites offered through the generosity of private owners or on permits from state, county and national park of ficials. The camp for boys in this terri tory is a beautiful place. Many lo cal people have been up this year and all pronounce it ideal. The cost for a boy is $7.00 per week or he can bring groceries. Carl Bowen, member of the Rox boro council and Deputy Commis sioner, weight 275 pounds, was at Camp Cherokee last week and showed thfe boys a few things about diving. Very little water was left In the lake. o FOP KOLA CROWNS ARE STILL BEING REDEEMED The Lime Cola Bottling Co. has redeemed hundreds, even thousands, of Pop Kola crowns for tickets to the theatres. These crowns are still being redeemed and will be con tinued for some time. o OXFORD LAUNDRY TO OPEN ! On or about the 15th of this month Oxford Laundry and Dry Cleaning Plant will open for busi ness here in the Satterfield build ing, which has been leased. This building is located on Depot street and has for some time been used for a garage. This firm has been operating a truck here and doing a good business for quite a while. FOUR WAREHOUSES TO BE OPEN HERE FOR THIS SEASON ■ i Same Four Expected to be Ready For Cry of Auctioneer on October sth. If nothing goes wrong this year all four of the Roxboro Warehous es may be expected to open on schedule this year. No definite an nouncements have been made, but it is generally understood that all will be run as usual. Announce ment of the force of each ware house may be expected at any date. Contrary to what was expected six weeks ago there is a good to bacco crop in this county. Recent rains have, brought out the crop and if weather conditions remain good the crop will probably turn out nicely even though it is a little irregular. The opening of the Roxboro mar ket will be; on October sth. There will be good representatives from the companies and one or two new buyers. ROTARY INSTALLED NEW OFFICERS Retiring President J. S. Walker; Expressed His Appreciation For Co-operation of Club Members. The Roxboro Rotary Club at their regular meeting last Thursday night installed their new officers for the ensuing year as follows Moffitt Spencer, president; Christ Wagner, vice president; James Harris, secretary; Willie Pass, treas urer; Paul Cashwell and Dan Whit field, directors; W. Reade Jones, sergeant at arms. President Moffitt was given some very timely instructions by Geo. Kane as to how a Rotary Club should be handled by its president, and much credit for the success of the club is due to the annual in structions that Geo. Kane gives to the incoming presidents of the club. Dr. Sigma V. Lewis was inducted into the club as a new member by Dr. Love instructing him on a few of the fundamental principles of Rotary. Retiring president Jim Walker ex pressed in his usual eloquent way his appreciation of the fine cooper ation that the club had given him during his administration, and in a jocular way he stated that when he was instructed as president of the club that he was informed that the club being so well organized could and would function regardless as to who was its president, and to which he was now in full accord.'"* 1 President Moffitt in accepting his office in a few well chosen words pledged himself to uphold) the high standard of Service that his prede cessors had set for him and begging for the continuous fine cooperation that the club had given to all ad ministrations. o NAME OF H. S. BRADY DRAWN The name of H. S. Brady was drawn from the Jack Pot at the Palace Theatre last night. Mr. Bra dy had not attended either theatre. I The Pot will be S7O next Wednes d,!'- . NEW COCA COLA SIGNS Mr. O. B. Mcßroom, proprietor of the Coca Cola plant in Roxboro, is having a number of beautiful Coca Cola signs placed along the high ways of this county. These signs are real things of beauty and are certainly business getters. HOEY, WARREN, EURE AND HORTON CARRY PERSON COUNTY SAT. Only Three Votes Separated Hoey and McDonald While Warren Received a Majority of 378 Votes Over Knight. VOTING LIGHTER THAN IN FIRST PRIMARY Clyde R. Hoey was successful in carrying Person County last Sat urday in his race for the governor’s nomination. His vote was 1232. Dr. Ralph McDonald was only three votes behind with a total of 1229. In the first primary Sandy Graham carried Person County with a very good majority. Hoey received only 267 while McDonald received 967. In the race for House of Repre sentatives Ed Warren defeated B. B. Knight by the score of 1436 to 1058. In the first primary Warren received a small majority over Knight, but due to the third man in the race a second primary was necessary. Other races were as follows For Lieutenant Governor Horton 1292 Grady 735 For Secretary of State Wade 1267 Eure 822 Voting was lighter in the second primary than in the first, but not as light as a majority of people expected. Approximately 2500 votes were cast in the second primary. Around 2800 went to the polls for the first primary. MANY PEOPLE CROWD ROXBORO JULY 4TH Loch Lily Packed With Bathers and Others Attended Ball Games and Movies. There was not so much doing in Roxboro on July 4th, but the people turned out for a real holiday and came to Roxboro and Loch Lily. Hundreds went to ball games over the county, a number went on picnics while some; attended the movies and others just took things easy walking around. Saturday night found a large number at tending the boxing matches. Many people left the county for the beaches on Saturday and many people came here for the holiday. Only one accident took place and those who were in it were not se riously hurt. A majority of the stores were open Saturday, but they were clos ed Monday. Merchants reported fair sales on the 4th. o ROXBORO STREETS ARE BEING COATED Two Projects Have Been Ap proved Through the W. P. A. For This County. The N. C. Highway Department is flush-coating all highway streets in Roxboro, which include Main street, Court street out to Highway No. 144 byway of the Prison camp, and old Highway 144. The town of Roxboro is going to resurface all macadam streets not in highway system. At a meeting of the City Commissioners Tuesday night the tax rate for the old Corporation limits was fixed at $1.75, while the rates for the new Corporation limits was fixed at $1.50. W. P. A. Projects Two projects have been approved through the W. P. A. for Roxboro; one is the Marlow Creek project, which has already been started un der the C. W. A. and the old W. P. A. The other project approved is the digging of a settling basin and a filtering plant. o VISITOR ON JULY 4TH Messrs. J. D. Mangum and Robert Harris of Newport News, Va. spent some time in Roxboro Saturday. They were accompanied by Mrs. J. D. Mangum. o BUSINESS WOMAN’S CIRCLE TO MEET The Business Woman’s Circle of the First Baptist church will meet Monday night, July 13, at the home of Mrs. Hilda Thomas, at 8 o’clock. 9 ■ ED WARREN Successful candidate for the Democratic nomination for House of Representatives. MUCH ICE BEING USED IN COUNTY 28,500 Pounds Sold *by Local Concern on Saturday, July 4. It must have been hot in Rox boro last Saturday or either people were doing their best to keep cool er than usual. The City Ice Co. sold 95 large blocks of ice on this day or 28,500 pounds of ice. That’s a lot of “cold” any way you takt; it. Stores all over the city are re porting heavy sales on electric fans and other things that may be used to keqp people cool. It’s a strange thing that you can your winter coal much cheaper now than you can in the 1 winter and a number of people are I trying their bfept to keep cool and I buying coal at the same time. Last winter was the coldest on record and summer time is trying to set another record in the, opposite direction. o FORMER DUKE GRID STAR INJURED SAT. Had Been Visiting in Home of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh A. Sawyer in Roxboro. Fred Taylor, former Duke grid star, of New York City, was seri ously injured Friday night about 8 p. m. as he was returning to Rox boro from Lynchburg, Va. The ac cident happened near Halifax, Va. when he swerved his car in order to miss striking an unlighted barri cade and crashed into a tree. Taylor had been visiting Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Sawyer in Roxboro for the past week and was returning herq when the accident happened. He suffered serious head injuries and an operaion has been perform ed in an attempt to save his life. At the present time he is better and has an excellent chance for com plete recovery. He is now in the hospital in South Boston, Va. While at Duke, Taylor played guard on the 1929 and 1930 football teams, winning national recognition during the latter year. Several years ago he also received nation wide publicity after he dived from a bridge at New York to save a small child from drowning. o William Irby, Jr. Died Wednesday Infant Child of Mr. and Mrs. William Irby of Allensville Community. William Irby, Jr., age 3, small son of Mr. and Mrs. William Irby of the Allensville community, passed away Wednesday, July Bth at 2 p. m. following an illness of four days. Death was caused by colitis. He is survived by his father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. William Irby, and one sister, Geneva Ann. Funeral services will be conduct ed this afternoon at 3 o’clock from the home with Rev. N. J. Todd of ficiating. Interment will be made in Mill Crelqk church cemetery. o MR. HICKS ILL Mr. W. A. Hicks, who has been quite ill for the past several weeks at his homq on Route 3, is reported to be resting better at this writing. INTERESTING EVENTS OF YEARS AGO Thursday, July 9, 1819, Elias Howev inventor sewing ma chine, born. NUMBER FIFTY-ONE COUNTY SCHOOLS GET THREE EXTRA TEACHERS THIS YEAR New Building at Helena Will be Finished and Equipped by August Ist. Three additional teachers have been allotted by the State School Commission to the white schools of Person County; one each at Allens ville; and Bethel Hill, both of these for the high school department. One additional teacher has been allotted to the elementary depart ment of Helena high school. There was one teacher lost in the Cun ningham school. As yet the high school teachers have not been al lotted to the Mt. Tirzah school. A plan is being worked out with hopes of operating a standard high school at Mt. Tirzah next year. The contract for equipping the new buildings for next year has been let to The Southern Desk Co., of Hickory, N. C., for the sum of SII,OOO. The new building at Helena will be finished and completely equip ped by August Ist, while the one at Bushy Fork will be ready about three weeks later. The new annex to Roxboro high school will be equipped at the same time as He lena. Taking everything into consider ation the schools in this county ap pear to be in good shape for the coming school year. o ROBBERS HOLD UP SO. BOSTON BANK Flees With $1,200 After Lock ing Three in Safe—Leaves $4,000 in Bag. The weight of a bag full of silver coins saved the Citizens bank of South Boston $4,000 in a holdup that netted a lone masked bandit $1,200 Tuesday. The robber, following Jeter Hen derson, the janitor, into the build ing shortly after 8 a. m., forced Cashier Arthur Tuck and two other employes to take tHe $1,200 out of , the safe and then put $4,000 in coins in a separate bag. It was too heavy to carry. Prisoners For Hour The three wtere prisoners an hour before J. W. Overton, a customer entered, heard their cries and sum moned Frank West, assistant cash ier of the South Boston Bank and Trust company. They were drenched with pers piration when West opened the door after following directions shouted through the steel wall by the imprisoned cashier. Henderson had fainted. Durrell Canada, a clerk, stepped into the trap a few minutes after the janitor opened the building, and Tuck followed less than a half hour later. Planned In Detail When the imprisoned employes were freed, there was no trace of the bandit, who was described as about 40 years of age and weighing about 150 pounds. He wone a gray suit and dark felt hat, his victims said. Police said their investigation in dicated the intruder was familiar with the men and their activities and that the robbery had been planned in detail. They said they believed he had an accomplice wait ing in an automobile. The loot included $l,lOO in silver and SIOO in currency. — ——o EMPLOYMENT OFFICE TO BE OPEN ON LIMITED SCHEDULE The branch office of the N. C. State Employrriept Service will be open in Roxboro only on the first and third Thursday of each month until further notice. Mks. Ethel Carr Lipscomb, Manager. o MISS HARRIS IN ROXBORO j __________ n Miss Annie Miles Harris, who is connected with the Carolina Power and Lignt Company here, with headquarters at Henderson, N. C., is spending several days here this week. Miss Harris is a sister of Mr. Jame C. Harris, City Manager. 1 State Warrants For Sale at Times’ Office. J