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GENERAL PERSHING STILL ACTIVE AT 76 World War Commander Has Birth day Monday—Remains Interested in Army. Washington Active military days have been over for Geiteral John J. Pershing for 12 years now, . but his interest in the army he commanded throughout the World War remains the same. H e was 76 years old Monday. Erect and sprightly yet, he spends much of his time when here in the company of men he saw grow up in the service and who now run the war department. His blue-grey eyes and square chin are as of old beneath hair that has turned to gray. “Black Jack”—as so many knew him—carries his numerous honors as becomingly as he does his years. One of the latest is membership in the Academy of Morals and Scienc es in the Institute of France, re cently bestowed. He finds real pleasure, too, in look ing back to the beginning of his military careqr, when he entered West Point in 1882 at the age of 22. Or to those many years of training for the battles to come, such as 1891 to 1895 when he was an instructor of military strategy at the Univer sity of Nebraska a(nd George H. Dern—the late secretary of war was a member of the cadet corps there. The general is a familiar figure also in Paris where he has spent a# least three or four months each year since he was “over there.” In fact, his principal interest now is with the boys who were left “over He is chairman of the American battle monuments com mission. To the general’s personal interest is due largely the beautiful memo rials on French and other battle fields commemorating the series of the American forces in Europe dur ing the World war. Congress creat ed the commission, which the gen eral heads, to prepare plans and erect suitable memorials. It has functioned actively and has about completed its work. Just now the genera is in Paris where he went in June this year. His duties probably will keep him in Europe until the beginning of November. Then he will return to Washington to continue his work here. In a large, airy room in the war department, overlooking the White House and formerly occupied by the secretary of the navy, General Pershing makes his headquarters. Over the door is a modest sign reading:“General of the Armies.” That is a permanent rank bestowed upon him by act of congress. Making his home in a hotel three or four flocks from the White House and the war department, General Pershing usually walks to work. His duties are sufficient to keep him moderately busy while he is in Washington but he often finds time to canter through the parks on his favorite saddle horse. General Pershing has traveled considerably since he retired. His health keeps pretty good, but the army, doctors have confined him a number of times to the army medi cal center here for rest and obser vation. During the winters he us ually makes a brief visit to Tuc son, Arizona. The eldest of nine children, Gen eral Pershing was born in Linn county, Missouri, in 1869, and was named “John Joseph.” After com pleting a public school course, he took up teaching at Prairie Mound, Mo., later attending the Kirksville State Normal school. o Get Ready For Fall Now r ; In just a very few days cold weather will be here. Let us get your fall and winter clothes now and clean them. We would also like to clean your sum* mer clothes before you put them away. J. C. Whitt Dry Cleaning and Shoe ' Repairing. *■■■* 1 ■■■ 1 /.< i < <k: * - ICmUtSMSM WSm fi£w 1 * I fIM -«u , • , r © NEWS WEEK BEAVERS DO THEIR PART IN CONSERVATION Federal trappers in the Northwest are removing the beavers of the region, where their dams block irrigation canals, to higher ground, where their homes play an important part in controlling the flow of monntain streams. N. & W. News Items During the past 23 years Norfolk and Western employees have bet tered their individual safety record 90 per cent, according to a state ment made public today by the railroad. The railway statement dteclares “this is one of the reasons why a man would have to work continu ously on the railroad for 88 years to allow time for the occurrence of just one accident; why the Norfolk and Western was awarded the covet ed Harriman Memorial Gold Medal for being the safest railroad in the United States; and why the Norfolk and Western has carried millions of passengers nearly a billion passeng er miles without a single fatality in a train accident. The N. & W. says that one of the most “vital factors in the safety of railway travel is the railway em ployee” and that Norfolk and West ern employees “think safety first, preach safety first and practice safety first.” A newspaper announcement of a competitive examination for a West Point cadetship turnejd his attention toward the military career Whose climax was the highest command in the nation’s military service. He won his commission in 1886, just 50 years ago. I Jit 1 - * Round-Steak lb. 25c T-Bone Steak lb. 30c Hamberger Steak lb. 15c Stew beef lb. 12 l-2c Beef Roast lb 15c Veal Steak lb. 30c Veal Chops lb. 20c Pork Chops lb. 27c Weiners lb. 20c Bologna lb. 20c Boiled Ham lb. 50c Sausage lb. 25c Bacon lb. 3Qc Liver Pudding lb. 20c Liver Cheese lb. 3Qc Countiy Butter lb. 3Qc SERGEANT & CLAYTON PHONB a AND PHONE M PERSON COUNTY TIMES ROXBORO, N. C. Lucky Strikes Get Win Over Longhurst Roxboro Crew Unable to Overcome Big Lucky Lead. Scoring 10 runs during the first three inning|s, the Lucky Strikes trounced Longhurst 12 to 9 Satur day afternoon for their Second consecutive victory in the Central State league playoff series. Saturday’s contest at Longhurst was a wild and wooly affair. The Luckies punched out 16 hits, Up church showing the way with a double and three singles. Sparrow and Sharpe divided the hurling for the winners and held Longhurst to nine safeties, three of them by Slaughter. Run Up Big Lead The Luckies counted four times in the first inning, once in the sec ond, five in the third and one each in the fifth and eighth innings. Longhurst got one run in the first, six in the third and two in thte fourth. Lucky Strike 415 010 010—12 Longhurst 106 200 000— 9 o George Roberson, 77, of Ames lowa, for 50 years has earned a liv ing fixing things that others can’t. He claims that no problem in re pair work has licked, him yet. FARM SUGGESTIONS FOR SEPTEMBER Chop Tobacco Stalks as Soon as Possible. Then Disk Them Into Ground. Some timely farm suggestions from E. C. Blair, extension agrono mist at N. C. State College: As soon as soybean and cowpea hay are raked off the ground, run over the field with a disk harrow to make a mulch of the surface. This will make it possible to pre pare the land for small grains a little later, even though the winter be very dry. If there are any tobacco stalks! left in the fields, cut thqfn as soon j as possible. A good way is to chop them with a stalk cutter and then disk them into the ground. Then the fields will be good places to sow small grains or winter legumes. It is foolish to Iqt the stalks live on until frost, producing substance to feed insect pests and disease or ganisms and thereby help them sur vive the winter. In selecting sefqd corn, go through the fields on September and mark the best stalks. Later on, pull the ears from these stalks before har vtjsting the general crop. Be sure to select more than needed, as the seed should be gone over again dur ing the winter and only the very best ears selected. A good crop for late fall and early spring grazing can be produced by sowing in September one bushel of rye and one bushel of bar ley per acre on good land. This should furnish six to eight wteeks grazing during the latter part of October and through November, and for a similar period in March, April, and May. When com is to be cut and shred ded, put it up in rather small shocks, (Q) R. A. 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Mr. Barcliff was a former student preacher of the East Roxboro-Longhurst churches 10 years ago. He served four years on the charge. Mr. Barcliff will preach at Grace church Friday morning at 9 o’clock, and Sunday afternoon at 5:30 o’clock. especially if it is not thoroughly ripe. Green corn in a largta shock will nearly always rot. I ' ‘ How Smart $ Do You Look? V.'. •;*» • • ;->>MIIItoW*W*V.VWVAV.W'.V.W '. New fall clothes and new fall hats. If your hair is not cared for it will ruin the looks of your outfit. You’ll look your most beautiful if you trust yourself to our beauty experts. CLARA'S BEAUTY SHOPPE Phone 233 Miss Lorena Wade, Mgr. f Phone 233 THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17TH, 19JM** i FEDERAL FINANCES IMPROVE. Washington, D. C. Receipts for the first two months of the new fiscal year wer e $636,902,126 against $577,653,636 for the corresponding period last year. Expenditures fell from $1,249,466,413 to $986,647,461, reducing the deficit for the period to $348,745,344, which is about half last year’s deficit for the two mon ths. Secretary of the Treasury Morganthau announces his intent ion of maintaining a working cash balance of a billion dollars as “the safest insurance we carry for the American people should anything unforeseen occur.” AVE AT THE CUT RATE STORE PHONE 114 THE CUT RATE STORE imtffltmmnunmtg
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