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CALL 2 5 9 We want all the news of your community. Please call us or send it in. IF YOU WOULD KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON AROUND YOU READ TH* PERSON COUNTY TIMES-IT IS A PAPER FOR ALL THE PEOPLE OF PERSON AND ADJOINING COUNTIES. VOLUME VDL JOHN BARRY IS SPEAKER AT LOCAL KIVANIS CLUB MON. Spoke on the Five Constitutional Amendments to be Voted on November 3rd. John Barry, president of the Dur ham Kiwanis Club and editor of the Durham Sun, was guest speaker at th/e, Roxboro Kiwanis Club last Monday night. Mr. Barry spoke on the five con stitutional amendments that are to he voted on November 3rd. Mr. Bar ry was well acquainted with his subject and all Kiwanians were •deeply interested in his remarks. A number of Kiwanians will go to Greensboro this weekend for thq district convention that is to be held there. S. B. Winstead and ■George Currier are the official dele gates, but several others will also attend. The Kiwanis Club will not hold its regular meeting next Monday, hut will meet Thursday with the Kotary Club and with the Boy Scouts organization in the high school gymnasium. The Scouts will have charge of the program. COUNTRY CLUBERS ASKED TO PAY DUES FOR IST QUARTER Original Proposition Calls For One Hundred Paying Mem bers to Begin the Organization. BILL WALKER TREASURER At a meeting of the Board of Governors held Friday, Oct. 23rd, 1936, a motion was made and adopt ed that no further steps be taken toward the organization of the club until a final canvas be made of the tentative list of members, and a re*- port of such canvas is made back to the Board of Governors. The origi nal proposition calls for a minimum of one hundred paying members, and the finance committee now calls upon you for payment of the first ■quarterly dues, and would appreci ate any advance payment of dues so as to increase the working capi tal to improve the physical lay-out of the club. The constitution and by-laws pro vide that resident charter members pay:— $26.00 initiation fee plus 10% federal revenue tax. $24.00 yearly dues (first year only.) And, that the non-resident chart er members pay no initiation fee but $24.00 yearly dues, for the first year only. Dues for the second year will be determined by the Board of Governors at a later date. Quarterly payments for resident members ar e $13.15, payable imme diately, January Ist, 1937, April Ist, 1937, and July Ist, 1937; the second year beginning October Ist, 1937. Quarterly dues for non-resident members are $6.00, payable on thq same dates. The Board of Governors request that first quarterly payments be paid by November Ist, 1937, and the finance committee will canvas any members not paid by that date. Please send your check or hand your money to: Bill Walker, trtas., Roxboro Country Club at Walker Insurance Agency, Roxboro, N. C. or any member of the finance com mittee. The Board of Governors is very confident that replies to this can vas will be prompt and generous, ■anH that they will have the neces sary assurance from the members to proceed with the organization of the club. o One Cent Sale Next Week Thomas & Oakley Drug Store is staging a One Cent Sale next week, Nov. 4,5, 6 and 7th. In today’s is sue of the Person County Times is an ad telling of a feyr of the values that will be offered. The proprietors of this store urge you to look at the ad ahd select the items that you will want to buy jiext week. IrrsontMimes PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY, ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1936 USE PERSON COUNTY PRODUCTS HUGH SAWYER UKES DOTHAN^ALABAMA States That Dothan is a Real Business Town, But Also Affords Plenty of Amusement. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Sawyer, and their cat, Colonel, have arrived in Dothan, Alabama, where Mr. Saw yer has accepted a position as secre tary of the Dothan Chamber o's Commerce. Mr. Sawyer writes that he likes his new work fine and that he is expecting to have a good year. He also states that Dothan is a real business town, but offered all the advantages usually found in the most exclusive sportsmans’ paradise; The population of Dothan in 1890 was 247, in 1900 it was 3,275, in 1910 it jumped to 7,016, now the city has 16,046 people and Sawyer expects to push this up to 20,000 in a year or two. Mr. and Mrs. Sawyer have many friepids in Roxboro who wish them all the success possible. —o MULE FOLLOWED OLD TRAIL AND DIED Selected Winstead Warehouse Stall as His Final Stand and Then “Up and Died.” Mr. S. G. Winstead had a mule. He does not have this same mule today, because the mule is dead. Last week it was very evident that said mule was sick very sick and couldn’t live any longer. Mr. Winstead turned him out in order that his last days might be happy ones. Early the next morning the mule slowly walked down town, turned into the drive of the Winstead Warehouse, where he had been hundreds of times, walked into a stall at the rear and died. Mr. Winstead stated that he did not believe that this animal knew what he was doing or even where he was going, but that he had been to the warehouse so many times that he just naturally turned in the drive-way. He attended his last sale, and re ceived as his price a nice grave. o BOXING BOUTS NOT TO TAKE PLACE SAT. Number of Roxboro Boxers Were Not in Good Shape and Bouts Had to be Cancelled. The boxing bouts that had been scheduled for Saturday night of this week have, been cancelled. This was due to the fact that three of the Roxboro boys were in no shape to fight and the promoters did not care to substitute on this particular card. It is. understood that the same program will be staged here for Thanksgiving. It is also piossible that Jimmy Pattisal may be brought to Roxboro this winter in a feature bout. His opponent will be named later. The program that will be staged Thanksgiving is supposed to be one of the best that will be here during the winter months. All of the boys will be in good shape and good fights may be expected. “Wild” Bill Howard, Jo e King, Basil Young and others will be on the program. o NEW SERVICE AT ROXBORO LAUNDRY The Roxboro Laundry Co. an nounces this wdqk that Mr. Ed Col lier, formerly of Moorefield Clean ers, Danville, Va., has accepted a position with ' the Roxboro Laun dry and will begin work Monday morning. Mr. Collier is an expert at dry cleaning and specializes in clean ing ladies’ knitted suits and also dyeing of all kinds. The Laundry believes that Mr. Collier is one of thq best in this section and the proprietors believe that the ladies will welcome this new service of expert work on knitted suits. CROWD EXPECTED IN ROXBORO FOR HALLOWE EN NIGHT Street Running b y Central School Will be Roped Off in Order That All May Pa rade and Play. As usual a large crowd is ex pected to be present in Roxboro on Saturday night, Hallowe’en. A large number will be dressed in costumes of one kind or the other and many will be very interesting to see. The street running by the main entrance of Centra 1 . School will be roped off in order that all who care to may have a place to romp and play. It will be impossible to rope off Main street due to the fact that there will be too much traffic on Saturday night. Children always look forward to Hallowe’en night and they have al ready made their plans to make a big occasion of this night in 1936. Prizes are being offered for the best costume. Ist prize, $2 cash; also a $3.50 flash light donated by Thomas & Oakley, Druggists. 2nd prize, $2 worth of merchan dise donated by A. S. Hassan. 3rd prize, a two pound box of candy donated by Thompson Ins. Agency. o GOOD SALE AT WINSTEAD Amos Johnson, colored, made an excellent sale, at the Winstead Warehouse on Tuesday of this week. He sold 588 pounds of tobacco for $295.72; an average of $50.30 per hundrejd pounds. o BIG HALLOWE’EN AT BUSHY FORK FRIDAY Hundreds of Events to Take Place and Something For Every one to do. The Bushy Fork school is plan ning a night of fun at their annual Hallowe’en Carnival on Friday night. Every one is urged to come. A good time is promised to all, both young and old. There will be no door charge al though there will be free attrac tions in the auditorium beginning at 7:30. There will be a square dance in costume accompanied by string music. There will also be va rious numbers- by mfembers of the school. Five cakes are to be raffled off. These cakes were donated by inter ested mothers of the community who have a reputation for making eixceptionally good cakes. Lemton ade and hot dogs will be sold at one booth. At another you can buy home-made candy made and donat ed by some of the best candy mak ers of the community. The leading attractions will be shooting gallery, a ball throwing concession, a fish pond, apple bob bing and bingo. The prizes for the bingo game werei donated by merch ants of the community and of Rox boro. o AUCTION SALE SATURDAY There will be an auction sale Saturday, October 31st, at the J. N. Watson farm near Prospect Hill. The sale, starting at 9 a. m., will offer a number of horses and mules, cattle, household and kitchen fur niture, and many other items. o MR. AND MRS. LEDBETTER IN NEW YORK CITY Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Ledbetter left Sunday for New York City. They drove to Norfolk, Va., from there they took the boat to New York, where they will spend this week. o WOMAN’S CLUB TO MEET The Woman’s Club will meet Monday afternoon, November 2 at the Community House at 3 o’clock. Mrs. Mamie Merritt, chairman of thq Public Health Department will be in charge of the program. Dr. S. P. Lewis will have an in teresting talk on the “Phase of Pub lic Health.” Everyone is requested to be present. DAWES TO ACT AS CHAIRMAN IN ELEC THRIFT CAMPAIGN Electrical Dealers of Roxboro Have Staged a Unique Cam paign That Has Attracted Much Attention. Announcement was made today that Mayor R. B. Dawes has con sented to act as chairman of the board of elections for the Elec Thrift Election Campaign. Acting on this board with Mr. Dawes will be Messrs. Ledbetter, Shelton and Hall. Elec Thrift’s campaign for the office of commissioner of Happiness has attracted state-wjde attention. It is a uniqute, sales plan which is being staged by the electrical deal ers of Roxborto. During the past five weeks much local interest has been evidenced and many Roxboro folks have registered their inten tions to vote for Elec Thrift on No vember 6, the day which has been designated as his own personal elec tion day. The Board of Elections through its chairman, R. B. Dawes, announc ed that registration books would remain open through the closing of business on Thursday evening, No vember 5. Persons who have not al ready done so are urged to register before that time at each of the co operating etectrical dealers. A cash prize contest is being staged in con nection with the campaign. Details regarding this contest may be se cuitejd from any of the electrical dealers mentioned above as mem bers of the Board of Elections. “Ar rangements for the awarding of the priAep,” says chairman Dawes, “are being completed and will be an nounced at an early date.” o ACTIVITIES GOING FINE AT BETHE Rev. J. L. Coley Present For Chapel on Tuesday; P.T.A. to Meet Nov. 2nd. On Tuesday morning the high school and seventh grade students at Bethel Hill school wtjre very fortunate to have for their speaker Rev. J. L. Coley of the North Rox boro and Providence Baptist church es. He chose as his topic, “The Kind of Religion That Everybody Be lieves in.” The characteristics of such a religion includes neighborli ness, restriction, forehandedness, confession of wrong, and forgive ness. Bethel Hill P. T. A. Will Meet Thursday Night Bethel Hill Parent-Teacher Asso siation will meet Monday night, November 2, at 7:30 o’clock in the school auditorium. An interesting program on “The School Library” has been planned by the program committee. Students from the tenth and eleventh grades will give short talks on “Our need for a more adequate school library.” “How parents promote the library” will be discussed by parent mem bers of the P. T. A. Other reports will be given on “Books to Grow on,” and a playlet, “Book Pals,” by the qighth grade will conclude the program. A number of new books which have been purchased recent ly for the high school library will be on exhibit. All parents are invited and urged to attend this meeting. Hallowe’en Carnival at Bethel Hill The Bethel Hill Athletic Associa tion is sponsoring a Hallowe’en car nival in the school gymnasium Fri day night at 7:30 o’clock. Those at tending are asked to wear costumes, and prizes will be given to the high school student, grade child and com munity person wearing the best costume. Various amusements will be provided, including bingo, throw ing at milk bottles, wishing well, bobbing for apples, fortune telling, etc. A short program and string mu sic will be furnished. There will be a small admission charge of sc. o IN FLOOR SHOW Misses Rebecca and Rachel Hunt er will appear in floor show in Greensboro Hallowe’en at annual Hallowe’en dance. JAMES W. WHITFIELD DIED SUNDAY A. M. Funeral Services Are Conducted From Home Monday James W. Whitfield, 70, well known resident of the Bushy Fork community, died at his home at 2:30 o’clock Sunday morning following declining health of several months. Surviving are: his widow, one daughter, Mrs. L. W. Horton; two sisters, Miss Ruth Whitfield and Mrs. W. H. Allqn and one brother, J. H. Whitfield, all of Bushy Fork. Funeral services were conducted from the home Monday afternoon at) 1:30 o’clock with Rev. S. F. Nicks, pastor of Cedar Grove Baptist church, assisted by Elder J. A. Herndon, of Durham, officiating. Burial followed in the family ceme tery. Members of the Junior order served as pallbearers. TO THE VOTERS OF PERSON COUNTY Lawyers of person County Favor Increasing Number of Supreme Court Justices. The undersigned practicing law yers of Person County respectfully urge each and every voter of the county casting a vote in the No vember 3rd election to vote for the Constitutional Amendment autho rizing the increase of the number of Supreme Court Associate Jus tices from four to six members, that is an increase of two members. The amendment should be approved by our electorate in fairness both to the members of the court and to the citizenship of the state who have or may have matters to be de cided upon by the court. The work of the court is so heavy that its members are continually under a strain of overwork. To such an ex lent is this true that it is harmful to the health of the Justice and fre quently prevents the courts from giving as careful consideration to matters it as the Justices should like to give. Please read and consider the fol lowing figures: In 1890 the population of North Carolina was 1,617,947. In 1935 it was estimated to bq 3,301,100, an increase of 104 percent. The num ber of members of Supreme Court in 1890 was five. Today it is five. In 1890 the State had twelve regu lar Superior Court Judges, with few special criminal courts. Now there are twenty regular Superior Court Judges, three special Judges, and three emergency Judges, and near ly eyery county in the State has one or more Recorders Courts. While the number of persons doing the work of the Supreme Court has increased not at all the machinery of the inferior courts has much more than doubled. In 1890 the total number of matters passed upon by the Supreme Court was 293. This year it is estimated that 572 mat ters will have to be decided by the same number of men. Such a bur den of work as is thereby imposed is unfair both to the members of the court and the citizenship of the State who depend upon the decis ions of the court for an interpre tation of what the law is in North Carolina. Every state in the Union except North Carolina with a population of more than 3,000,000 has as many as sqven appellate court Judges. The nearest state in population to North Carolina which has only five appellate court Judges is South Carolina which has a population of only 1,738,765. The members of the North Caro lina Bar are unanimously urging the passage of this amendment and in the interest of the State the un dersigned urge eyery reader of this article not only to vote for its pas sage but to induce others to do likewise. Respectfully, William D. Merritt, L. M. Carlton, F. O. Carver, Nathan Lunsford, R P.. Burns, R. B. Dawes, S. F. Nicks, Jr. T. F. Davis, S. B. Davis, Jr. o Paul Fritsch of Portland, Ore., has trained flies to lift made of cork and to do other gym nastics. INTERESTING EVENTS OF YEARS AGO Thursday, Oct. 29, 1618, Sir Walter Raleigh was beheaded. NUMBER FIFTEEN C. A. HARRIS FIRST TO PAY DUES TO COUNTRY CLUB, INC. S. M. Ford Was Second to Hand Over Cold Cash and Also Paid For One Year in Advance. C. A. Harris of this city was the first man to pay his dues to the treasurer of the Roxboro Country Club, Inc. S. M. Ford was the sec ond and he also paid for one year in advance. A report released this week by the secretary of th e club, H. K. Strang, indicates that everything is now ready and that the officials are expecting the, members to pay their first year’s dues as rapidly as is possible. Dues may be made in quarterly payments if the membra" so desires. If the members pay with any de gree of promptness it is expected that actual work will begin in a short time. Much work has to be done before the actual pleasure of tile club may be enjoyed, but if looks as though the members are going to come across in good style. WHO IS THIS MAN NAMED JIM LEE? Regardless of Who He is He Knows Something About Raising Good Tobacco. Jim Lee, Person County farmer, living on land belonging to F. D. Long, must know something about raising good tobacco. For the past Several weeks he has been bringing tobacco to Roxboro, and his tobac co is always in the 70 cent class. To be sure some of his poor quality weed drops to 50 cents, but when the buyers hit his wrappers they just don’t sqem to be able to stop until they reach 76 or 78 cents. Mr. Lee has several thousand pounds of tobacco in this class and h e is, naturally, jelling it all in Roxboro. F. D. Long is trying to claim some of the credit for this tobacco, but very fqw Roxboro people be lieve that he did any of the work, however it was raised on his land. A large amount of good tobacco has been coming to Roxboro lately and the price, is as much as anyone could expect. Everything points to a good year. o LARGE CROWDS AT BAPTIST REVIVAL Two Services Being Held Daily With Dr. Walter L. Johnson Preaching A large number of people have been attending the revival meeting that is in progress at the First Bap tist church of Roxboro. Dr. Walter L. Johnson, pastor of the Baptist church at Mt. Airy is preaching. The singing is in charge of Mrs. Victor Satterfield and Mr. Dewey Young. Dr. Johnson is an excellent preacher and a scholar as well. Those who have heard him have been greatly impressed with his sermons. The revival will continue for about another week with two services be ing Hejd daily; one at 9:30 a. m. and one at 7:30. The public is urged, to attend. o RECENT ARRIVAL Born to Mr. and Mrs. M. S. Clay ton, a son, Benny Edwards Clayton, on October 15th. Weight upon ar rival nine pounds. P—L—E—A—S—E Once again wfe beg those who have articles for publication to get them to us before Wednes day afternoon or Thursday morn ing. It would help us in a big way if you would turn your article in Dy Monday or by Tuesday. Please co-operate with us if possible.