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N. & W. News Items One hundred and fifty years ago, the General Assembly of Vir ginia issued a charter to one John Lynch,"" ths owner of a ferry boat line across James River, for the sale of 45 acres of land to be di vided into town lots. That was the beginning of Lynchburg, today one of the largest and wealthiest cities in the Old Dominion. Forty-four years later—in 1830—a group of progressive Lynchburgers set out to get a railroad for their growing town. Finally, after 20 years of un remitting effort they accomplished their objective and Lynchburg got its first railroad the Virginia & Tennessee, one of the first units of the present Norfolk and Western system. From October 11 to 17, in clusive, Lynchburg will celebrate its Sesqui-Centennial with a gi gantic pageant and other cteremo nies. The days of Lynch’s ferry, the James River & Kanawa Canal, and the coming of Lynchburg’s first railroad will be featured in the pageant. One of the lowliest, but one of the important of the scores of work ing tools of railroads—the shovel— had its beginning a million years ago, according to a comprehensive “life history” of the implement published in the current issue of the Norfolk and Western Magazine. The N. & W- uses approximately 10,000 shovels in its various opera tions, ranging from the tiny eight gram spade for weighing and test ing material on sensitive scales in its chemical laboratories, to the mechanical shovel weighing thou' sands of pounds employed in hew ing out new pathways for the “Iron Horse.” Other varieties of “rail road” shovels include ladles for dipping molten metal, ballast forks, round point track shovels, tele graph post-hole spoons, moulder’s shovels, fireman’s scoops, coke 1 forks, stove shovels, perofated ' shovels for handling oil-soaked bolt cuttings, track shovels, etc. ! The shovel, the magazine quotes . Hendrik Van Loon as saying, was probably invented by a woman. In ' his “Man, The Miracle Maker” Van Loon writes, “In the earliest agri- ! cultural communities mqn did not ! demean themselves with work in , the fields. They left that to their 1 wives and daughters and to their - donkeys.” He added, that perhaps some woman, who, tired of break- 1 ing her nails while pulverizing the soil, pickbd up a stick or a stone and let it do the work of her sing- ' ers, and thus started the history of 1 the shovel. 1 o EXTENSION GRANTED 1 IN JUNALUSKA DRIVE Bondholders Give Southern Metho dists Until September 1 to Raise $23,000 Balance. PERSON COUNTY CHURCHES CONTRIBUTE Lakq Junaluska, Aug. 17—Dr. W. A. Lambeth, of High Point, an nounced tonight St. Louis bond holders had granted the Southern Methodist church a 16-day exten sion in which to pay off the mort gage debt on Lake Junaluska. Lambeth is director of the church’s “save Junaluska cam paign.” Lake Junaluska is the sum mer assembly grounds of the Meth odist Episcopal church, South. The debt amounts to $105,000. The payment was due at mid night last night, but at that time only $82,000 had been raised by the church. The denomination now has until September 1 to get the re maining $23,000. <b You don’t have to FIGHT FIRE WITH FIRE! You can fight it with INSURANCE Walker Insurance Agency J. S. and BILL WALKER Roxboro, N. C. CtCtCxr “ a?abia nnn in 3 V/V/U COLDS first day Liquid, Tablets Headache, 3* Salve, Noee Drops minutes. Try “Rub-My-Tlsm”-World’s Best ) © NEWS-WEEK JAPANESE OLYMPIC NAIAD Hadiko Maehala, one of Nippon’s best women swimmers, member of Japan’s Berlin Olympic team. NOTICE TO THE PEOPLE OF ROXBORO AND ROXBORO TOWNSHIP I will, in accordance with the State enforcement Rabies Vaccina tion of dogs, hold two (2) more clinics at the Hyco Warehouse for the purpose of Vaccinating the dogs in this Township, and I hope the people will take advantage of this for there will be no othiqr clinics held. The dates wlil be, Wed., Au gust 26, from 9 a. m. until noon, and Sat., Aug. 29, same hours. Charges will be 50c per head. Thanks, Dr. O. G. Davis, Veterinarian. o JERSEY QUADRUPLETS GAINING WEIGHT WELL Passaic, N. J., Aug. 9—The Kas per quadruplets registered auspi cious weight gains as they rounded out three months of life today, while their business manager, May or Benjamin F. Turner, admitted he was temporarily “stumped” in his search for suitable living quart ers for them. “Wfc, haven’t been able to find the right kind of a house for them yet,” the mayor said, “and it is probable they will stay at St. Mary’s hospital for the rest of the summer.” Lambeth conferred with church leaders here over the week-end. Roxboro, N. C., Aug. 20—A num ber of churches in this county con tributed to the “Save Junaluska Campaign,” but the exact amount that carrcq from this county could not be learned. o Advertise In The Person County Times We Sell The Best '"\U4 Ice Cream! IT’S WAVERLY -Jr -■■ ' ' ■>■ : '- : . Jk£ ; ' :: &%< ><: '3& :: &&'’'V ||>|t .<&& TiO: | M /3ft .. ] fffigg A HHI v' Makes Hot-Weather Il| jK Treat yourself to a heaping 1 j |^ ; IJ plate of our pure and creamy, k HI fresh flavored icecream, and wCpSK^ik^i you’ll feel as though the old flppk H mercury is d-r-o-p-p-i-n-g. Let the family have ice cream often-for a more contented THERE’S NOTHING Mnvnnu OBtbOlUv PERSON COUNTY - TIMES ROXBORO, N. C. SAVE CONSERVING SEED TO PLANT Indications Point to a Big Demand for Soil Conserving Seed In 1937. North Carolina farmers are being urged to save seed of soil-conserv ing crops to plant or sell next year. Not only has the drouth reduced the suY’ly of seed, said Dean I. O. Schaub, of State College, but indi cations are that tltqre will be a big demand for soil-conserving crop seed in 1937. In most areas, he said, farmers are growing as large quantities oT roughage as possible for livestock feed. They have also indicated their in terest in the purchase of seed sup plies of grasses and legumes that will be encouraged for 1937 under the soil-improvement program. In view of this, the seed supply of these crops for spring planting is unusually important. Where it is practicable for farm ers to harvest the seed of soil-con serving crops, they may be able to supply their own needs and help supply their neighbors. This will save them the expense of having to buy seed, and will provide a source of income for those who do havfe to buy seed next spring, the dean emphasized. Early reports from the bureau of agricultural economics show that the seed crops of bluegrass, orchard grass, red top, and'meadow fescue in the east central region are only about half as large as they were last year. It is believed that dry weather has affected alfalfa, red clover, and lespedeza so that the yield of seed will be less than normal. o J. O. Barnes, of Johnston County, has caponized 200 cockerels weigh ing about 1% pounds each. He will feed them according to the recom mendations for demonstration flocks and ship them to northern markets next January. Successful People Save Money! SEE C. B. WOOD Local Representative of Investors Syndicate DEATH OF MOTHER We’ll no more hear her footsteps, Nor meet her at the door. She has gone away and left us, To return no more. i It was hard to stand by her bed And see her suffer so; To know that earthly hope had failed, And she must shortly go. Separation now is painful, And our lot so hard to bear; With our grief we go to Jesus, He will all our sorrows share. I hear the low wind sweeping Through evt;ry vale and tree. Where my dear mother sleeping, I have no mother now. She was a loving mother, A friend of all her foes; But now she rests with Jesus, Aside from all her woes. Kind friends will cease to greet her. Grim death has paled her brow, [ long to go and meet her, I have no mother now. Sleep on dear mother And take your rest, God called you home, r T He knew best. In silence you suffered, In patience you bore Until God called you home, To suffer no more. PAINTING SERVICE! Whether it’s a roam, a house, or just a piece of furniture that you want painted, you may feel confident "that the job will be well done if yon let us do it. We use only the finest materials and employ only the most skilled of workers. Call us for an estimate. G. B. MAS TEN Painting & Papering Down in the grave, Where mother was laid, Sweet in the memory, Which never shall fade. Others may think That the wound is heated, But little they know What my heart has concealed. Why she was taken from us all, I can’t understand, But God needed a shining Angel, To complete His Holy band. While my mother is sleeping, I am sadly weeping, For her sweef. soul that took its Make lunch time f Refreshment Time good things to eat, you U (j* don’t know what you’re missing. It will make COCA COLA BOTTLING WORKS your lunch time a real refreshment tune. EOXDOr °' N ’ C * Get the feel o£ refreshment imsw » Ahuobsi <pss fassawil! IT IS certainly no news that America has been passing through a depression. The railroads, like every other business in the land, have had their, problems, and plenty of them. And like every other enterprising American business, the railroads have faced those problems with honesty and patience, 1 j with resourcefulness, most of all with determination to go ahead. A vast range and variety of betterments in railroad practice and equipment is the result such better-, ments as air-conditioning, for example, which makes' a railroad passenger car today the cleanest, quietest,' i most comfortable way to travel. Conspicuous also is the notable step-up in passenger schedules, to a point where many limited trains now average mile-a-minute speed. And freight transport also has been speeded up an' average of 43%. But the real story of railroad enterprise is scarcely told by these figures, for it is a story of speed with i eafety unmatched by any other transportation in the | world! , . In its details it is, perhaps, an undramatic story —- of light rails replaced by heavier ones —of roadbeds improved —of brakes and couplings bettered —of, locomotives increased in power —of courageous investment matched by constant thrift in order that service might be maintained and even improved in the face of reduced revenues. Ths big fact, howsvsr, stands clear: the American railroads today are ready as America goes ahead ready with the facUities and the men to move, adequately and reliably, the tremendous tonnage required by a recovering nation. The Norfolk and Western Railway and the great territory it ••rves have forged ahead daring the recent lean years. Being a “home town” railroad, tho N. A W. is naturally proud of these records. Since 1930 the railway has authorised the expenditure of more than $66,000,000 for additions and betterments to its transportation plant, and for rofinomonts in Sts services. This progressive program has kept N. A W. folks at work and spread business along our lines. Our freight service has never been r tter ‘ ii . “ aTe ;P«eded up schedules. We have inaugurated free collection mid delivery service of less-than-cerloadfreight. W# hare provided the finest air-conditioned passenger equip ment in the land. Each years sees more industries established 1 along the Norfolk and Western, more farms developed, mere businsssss opened up. All of these tilings reflect n progressive spirit, faith in cur railroad and our territory. Tho Norfolk and Western, together with its patrons, iU friends, and its territory, .will continue this march of progress as America gees forward. , > NORPOLK and western - RAILWAY if 4 \ THURSDAY, AUGUST 20TH, 1986 flight On March 20th, 1936, Now resting, sweetly resting. Heavenly Father, guide her children, That mother Usft behind. Keep them ever with watchful care. —Written by her daughter, MRS. WATKINS GENTRY. o F. E. Alfred, Jr., of Bayboro, Pam lico County sold $170.72 worth of cucumbers from two acres but most growers failed to produce a good crop due to dry weather. Extension workers at State Col lege point out that now is the time to prepare to seed alfalfa and other legumes this fall.
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