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CALL 2 5 0 We went all the news of your community. Please call 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 OF PERSON AND ADJOINING COUNTIES. VOLUME vm. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY, ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 6TH, 1936 USE PERSON COUNTY PRODUCTS NUMBER THREE NEWS I of the WEEK WAR DISTURBS EUROPE Paris, France The civil war in Spain has reached proportions where a chain of circumstances might well endanger thq peace of Europe. While Franco has appealed to Great Britain and Italy for an agreement of neutrality toward the Spanish belligerents, a considerable section of French public opinion fa vors the shipment of arms and mu nitions to the Socialist Spanish Government for use against the re bellious Facists who are believed to have the sympathy, perhaps the help of Italy. OLYMPIC RECORD SMASHED Berlin, Germany —ln the world’s largest stadium before; Chancellor Hitler, 110,000 spectators witnessed the opening of the largest Olympiad in history, with 500 athletes from all over the world in attendance. In winning the shotjput, Hans Woelike gave the Reich the first men’s track and field champion in Olym pic records. In the 100 meters semi finals, Jesse Owens, American neg ro, set a new mark of 0:10.2. Cor nelius Johnson, another American nqgro, broke all high-jump records. LABOR LEADERS ON TRIAL Washington, D. C. Twelve un ions allied with John L. Lewis and the United Mine Workers of Ameri ca in the organization of the new Committee for Industrial Organiza tion are on “trial” before the exec utive council of the American Fed eration of Labor for “insubordina tion” in conducting union activities outside of the Federation’s control. CATHOLIC CONVERTS SCORED New York City Although the Official Catholic Directory takes pride in.announcing the admission of 63,454 converts to the church last year, Mary E. McLoughlin, writing in the Jesuit weekly “Amer ica” under the title of “Those Ter rible Catholic Converts,” scores the newcomers from other religions as '‘intoxicated with the certitude and beauty of the church, her ceremony, her saintly members dead and liv ing and must needs be up and do ing, writing or preaching or soap boxing, bent on shaming us or at least arousing us from our lethar gy.” AMIABLE TEACHER CRITICISED Pittston, Pa. Charging that 60- year-old Anthony Munley, master of a nearby village school, spared the rod td the neglect of his class es, a group of parents protested. They wanted a more generous ap plication of corporeal punishment. “Hq ain’t teached ’em right,” ex ploded a protesting parent. “My wo man had to go to the school to trim my Stanley, and then Professor Munley wouldn’t let her lick him with the strap she had.” The school board ended the matter by pointing out that the code prohibited whip pings. FUMBLING THE BALL Detroit, Mich.—Scenting too much speechmaking, 17 members of the Detroit Tiger’s baseball squad failed to accept an invitation to be guests of honor at a banquet tendered 400 automobile dealers by the) Chevro let Motor Company. Six members, however, responded, and in addition to a good dinner and a souvenir pen and pencil set, each received an SBOO de luxe sedan for his trouble. CLASS I RAILROADS PROSPER Washington, D. C. During the first six months of the year, the Class I railroads of the country in greased their net operating revenue by more than 22 per cent. On June Ist rates were reduced to 2 dents per mile, and during the month of June, first full month at the lower ed rates, the net operating revenues increased 47.5 per cent, more than double the ratio of the other five months of the half-year. (Continued on Back Page) flersonli^itms ■ j 1 t 1 i i ] 1 ® NEWS-WEES V FASHIONS DECREE FOR BERLIN OLYMPICS The** are the official aniforau for itreet and sport* wear by contestants [ participating in the 1936 Olympics which opened at Berlin, Germany, _ last week. More than 300 American athlete* are among contestants. Fair Association Decided To Hold Annual Cattle Show Will be Put on For Three Days of Fair Week With Large List of Prizes for Best Cattle. State College Experts to Act as Judges. R. L. PERKINS AND KEN NITH LONG TO BE IN CHARGE. The annual Person County cattle show will be staged this yfear un der the auspices of the Person County Fair Association. Mtessrs. R. ; L. Perkins and Kennith Long will be in charge of the cattlfe exhibit. A large list of prizes will be offer ed and everything points to a suc cessful show. The cattle show will be, held for three days of fair week and will probably take place on Oct. 7-8-9. The exact dates will be announced latqr, but these dates' will probably hold. Judging will take place on | Thursday of Fair Week and will be done by experts from State College. All of the cattle will be placed in one large tent on the’fair grounds. Everything points to the best show in this line ever to be put on again. It is also understood that the fair association will sponsor a chicken show or exhibit in connection with the fair. WOMAN’S CLUB TO GIVE SHOW FRIDAY Amateur Program, Beauty Con test and Many Other Interest ing Events to Take Place. A three-in-one program of inter est to all will be presented by the Roxboro Woman’s Club on Friday, August 7, at the high school. A' Shirley Temple pageant will be put on for the pleasure of the children; the winner receiving a Shirley Temple dress. An amateur program will be staged, open to all would - be competitors, a beauty contest, in which “Miss Roxboro” will be se lected, will be put on. Those who are fortunate enough to win will have their expenses paid to the State-Wide Beauty Show this fall. The girl that wins first place in the Bfeauty Pageant will go to the State Contest, all expenses paid, and a free screen test. The winner in the Amaitejur Contest will go to the State Contest, all expenses paid, and a radio audition over such sta tions as WWL, in New Orleans, WLW, Cincinnati, WGN, Chicago, 111. Honorable mention will be made of second and third place winners in each contest. o ROXBORO TO HAVE NEW BEAUTY SHOP Work is now in progress on the new Beauty Parlor to be opened in the basement of Harris & Burns store. Mr. Rufus White will be pro prietor of the place which will be ready for business in about two weeks. SALE Every Coat and Dress from Spring to Winter On Sale. You will buy when you see the good style and value. CARNEY’S MILLINERY. R. A. ISLEY ASSUMES DUTIES IN ROXBORO Paul Cashwell Promoted to Man ager of Office of Carolina Power and Light In Zebulon. Mr. R. A. Isley, of Dillon, S. C., has arrived in Roxboro where he will succeed Mr. Paul Cashwell as manager of the Roxboro Division of the Carolina Power and Light Company. Mr. Cashwell, who has been manager of the local division for two years, has been made man ager of the Zebulon Division of Carolina Power and Light Com pany and has already assumed his duties as manager in that city. Al though the citizens of this town re i gret exceedingly to lose Mr. Cash well, they warmly welcome Mr. Isley into their midst. The Carolina Power and Light Company enjoys the reputation of always sending their bqst to Roxboro. Mr. Walker Bourne, who was manager for this company in Rox boro before Mr. Cashwell, is now at Hamlet, N. C. E. L CLOYD TO BE HERE AUGUST 24TH Kiwanians Met at Allensville Church Last Monday Even ing, Oak Grove Next Week. The Roxboro Kiwanis Club met at Allensville Methodist church last j Monday night wHqre they enjoyed a wonderful picnic supper. The program, an advertising con test, was in charge of Russel Mur ray. Hugh Sawyer was the winner in the contest being ablq to trace advertising slogans to the adver tisers better than any other Kiwani an present. During the summer months the Kiwanis Club has been taking its meals in the country and will prob ably continue this plan for a few 1 weeks. Next week they will dine at Oak Grove church. Mr. E. L. Cloyd, Lieutenant Gov ernor of the Fifth Division, will be present with the Roxboro Club on August 24, and vlill address the members. 1 o 1 MR. ALLEN FINISHES COURSE 1 Mr. Herbert Allen, of this city, 1 has recently finished a course in 1 Barbering at Winston-Salem, N. C. I and is now with the Comer Barber 1 Shop. Mr. Allen is working in the| capacity of his father, the late W. ' B. Allen, who was proprietor of • the shop prior to his death. o J MISS MERRITT ACCEPTS TEMPORARY POSITION [' Miss Eglantine Merritt has accept- j i >qd a temporary position in Stokes ] County as Superintendent of Wei- 1 fare. This position will last for six ' weeks during the time the regular : superintendent is attending sum mer school at U. N. C. J PERSON COUNTY SCHOOL BUILDINGS BEING REPAIRED Much Improvement Being Made In Roxboro High School. School buildings in Person Coun ty are being repaired. Roxboro high school has been given an in side and outside paint job as well as roof repairs. Longhurst school will have a completq new roof. A new roof has been placed on Bethel Hill high school. Two new rooms have been completely renovated at Allensville high school. All the double desks have been removed and single ones installed. Other new furniture, including new Home Economics furniture will be added before school begins. Roof and general repair work will be done on Cunningham, Hurdle Mills and Olive Hill schools. School desks will be added to these schools as needed. Two hundred new seats have been placed in the Mt. Tirzah school auditorium, and other new furniture will be added to the school. Three or four negro schools of the one and two room type will be built. A considerable amount of furniture will bg added to these. Some general repair work will also be done among these schools. The new buildings at Bushy Fork, Helena and Roxboro are prac tically complete. New furniture in every room will be completely in stalled by August 25th. Much of this furniture is already in the buildings ready for installation. With thepe new buildings, new equipment, additions and a splen did corps of teachers, Person Coun ty should have a splendid school year this year. o ROXBORO NO LONGER A ONE-HORSE TOWN Some time ago the city of Rox boro purchased a white horse to pull a trash wagon. The State pap ers grasped the opportunity to write up on the front pages of their papers that Roxboro was a “one horse-town.” They can no longer point a finger at Roxboro and say that it is a one-hor4q-town, as the horse died last night. It was stated by the city manager, James C. Har ris, that the horse died of colic. He further stated that the city was in the market for another horse as it is the cheapest way to move trash. o RETURNS HOME Mrs. J. T. Newton, who has been a patient at Rainey hospital, Bur lington, N. C., for the past two weeks, has returned to her home here and is reported to be resting better. Home Talent Boxing Program To Be Staged Saturdag Bight Twenty-Two Rounds Will Be Offered In AH And At Reduced Ad mission Prices. Main Bout To Go For Six Two- Minute Rounds. What should prove to be an ex cellent boxing attraction will be staged Saturday night in the Win stead Warehouse at Roxboro. This program will differ from the others in that all home talfent will be used. There will be no boxers from places other than Person County. The price of admission has bepn reduced and more bouts will be on the card. The main bout of six two-minute rounds will be between Irvin Tharington of Ca-Vel and Victor Hargis of Bushy Fork. Both of these boys weigh around 170 pounds and hav<q enough power to kill a mule. The grudge match will be be tween Basil Young and “Smut” Newcomb. Both of these fellows are good boxers and they havte a slight difference that they will set tle in the ring Saturday. Joe King will battle Henderson I Monday. They have fought each 'other before and they always pro | duce a good scrap. It will probably be the samq way Saturday night. Matt Long of Hurdle Mills will box Rufus Poole of Rougemont for four two-minute rounds. The colored bout will be between James Boston and 800 key Rogers. Georgia Tobacco Prices Better Than Last Year However, Georgia Values Are © NZWB WEES % HE SAVED HIS KING # i Anthony Gordon Dick, London salesman, who, as special constable, knocked pistol from hand of man 1 tbreateninf King Edward VIIL , R. C. MERRITT NOW VICE - PRESIDENT k r Stockholders of Ficklin Tobacco Co. Greenville, Met Last Week; Promoted Former Rox -1 boro Citizen. R. C. Merritt, w<qll known Rox boro native, but now of Greenville, N. C., was last week, elected vice ' president of Ficklin Tobacco Co. Mr. Merritt has been with this com pany for a number of years and * heads the buying organization of ‘ the company. 5 Ficklin has buyers on a number ~ of markets in South Carolina, Georgia and North Carolina, they r also buy some tobacco on the Ten ' nessee market. j Mr. Merritt recently spent his va * cation in Roxboro, but left last " week for Georgia. This year he will i be on the market at Fairmont, N. 1 C. and latqr at Greenville, N. C. Prior to the time that he was * with Ficklin Tobacco Co. he was with E. V. Webb and Co. of Kins ton. o i MRS. FEATHERSTON WINS ) Mrs. J. M. Featherston, of this * city, attended the Dolly Madison 1 Theatre on Wednesday bight and won the Jack Pot of S4O. — i Prices of admission have been re- < f duced to twenty-five cents for gen- < ■ eral admission and ten dents for 1 ringside. Children under twelve get i in for ten cents. I l The complete card is: 5 4 2-minute rounds 5 i James Boston (Colored, 165 lbs.) t Roxboro, N. C. vs. t Booker Rogers (Colored, 160 lbs.) * Roxboro, N. C. c 4 2-minute rounds Basil Young ( 152 lbs.) Roxboro vs. “Smut” Newcomb (155 lbs.) Roxboro 4 2-minute rounds Matt Long (126 lbs.) Hurdle Mills ( VS# Rufus Poole (132 lbs.) Rougemont j 4 2-minute rounds Joe King (135 lbs.) Roxboro vs. Henderson Monday (138 lbs.) Semora, N. C. 1 6 2-minute rounds Irvin Tharington (170 lbs) Ca-Vel vs. | Victor Hargis (168 lbs.) Bushy Fork 1 ] [INTERESTING EVENTS OF YEARS AGO Thursday, August 6, 1809, Lord Alfred Tennyson was born. I »»» ~ j o I No Absolute Guarantee For North Carolina Washington, Aug. s—Opening pric es for flue-cured tobacco, as reflect ed in the first sales made on Georg ia and Florida markets on Tuesday, are even better than the very satis factory prices received at the open ing sales last year, according to of ficial government figures made public today. Georgia prices always furnish some indication of prices to be paid later in the season, when markets open in North Carolina, but in ttta past prices in Georgia have been very far from a perfect barometer of North Carolina prices. Last year, for example, satisfactory prices in Georgia were followed by a steady decline which brought prices to a very unsatisfactory point about the time of the North Carolina opening; but the situation was later improv ed greatly. In other years, notably 1934, the market openepl in Georgia at a vary unsatisfactory price, but prices steadily improved and the season was the best for growers as whole have ever experienced, with the sole exception of 1919. Variety of Quality The large companies which pur chase the bulk of the tobacco either for usiq in this country or for ex port have always stressed varia rtions in quality* as a reason for va riation in price. While farmers have frequently # advanced other reasons, the varia- tion of quality has universally been recognized as an important factor. In making public the figures in detail for the market at Tifton, Ga., on thq opening day, and in com ment on the Georgia situation gen erally, the Bureau of Agricultural Economics today indicated that im ’• provement in quality this year over " that of last year has made the in ■J crease in price appear larger than f it actually is. The bureau made the following r comment: '* “The markets for flife-cured to- bacco, Type 14, opened in Georgia August 4, with the general average on the opening salqs a few cents ' higher than the season average for J last year, according to the Bureau . of Agricultural Economics. “Indications are that this may be due to a largqr proportion of the s better grades than was true a year s ago, since the improvement in pric es on a grade basis is less marked. A detailed report from the Tifton market shows that the better grades (Continued on Back Page) 3 o 1 LOYALTY MONTH During August of 1935 the Thompson Insurance Agency ac cepted a quota of $50,000 production in life insurance for the month. With the cooperation of the people of the County this quota was ex ceeded. The Home Office has requested that w<e accept the same quota for August of this year. Realizing the need for protection and good in vestments we have again accepted this extraordinary quota. We can only succeed by your support and cooperation, and we sincerely so licit that. We shall advise the public of our position from week to week and if you are contemplating increasing your insurance program in the fu ture, please do so this month. A thermometer will be placed at the entrance of our office so that those interested may be informed of our progress. THOMPSON INS. AGENCY E. G. Thompson W. G. James Coy E. Day. o 1 W. M. S. TO MEET Thq W. M. S. of the First Baptist church will meet Monday afternoon in the church auditorium at 3:30 o’clock. Circle No. 4 has change of the program, the subject of which is "A Summer Cruise Through Home Mission Fields.” Circlq No. 3, Mrs. Simpson, leader, led in attend ance in July. o ANNOUNCEMENT Bom to Mr. and Mrs. Theo Clay ton, of this city, a baby girl, on : Tuesday, July 28, 1936.