CALL 111 We want all the news ot your community. Please call us or send It in. IF YOU WOULD KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON AROUND YOU READ THE PERSON COUNTY TIMEB—IT IS A PAPER FOR ALL THE PEOPLE OF PERSON AND ADJOINING COUNTIES. VOLUME Vffl. American Legion Plans Big Armistice Celebration Nov. II Address Will be Delivered by Hon. James R. Patton of Durham; Dinner in Pioneer Warehouse BALL GAME TO BE PLAYED IN AFTERNOON The Lester Blackwell Post ot the American Legion plans a real Ar mistice Day celebration in Roxboro on Nov. 11th. A parade will form at 9:45 a. m. and the boys will march once again. Below is given the complete pro gram. 9:45 a. m. Assembly for parade back of courthouse. Parade will march from back of courthouse on Lamar street to factory street, thence to Main street, then north on Main street to Dolly Madison the atre. 10:15 a. m. Advancement of flags by post commander. Call to order: “America,” by audience. Invocation, by chaplain. Music, by Mrs. S. R. Whitten. Music, by string band. Reading, by Frist Officer. Reading, by Second Officer. 10:30, Children’s program, pre pared by Mrs. R. B. Dawes and Mrs. S. R. Whitten. Chorus, directed by Miss Dorothy Odhum. Sketch, A New England Tea Par ty, by a group of children. Patriotic Dance, by Miss Peggy Whitten. Solo, by Miss Margaret O’Briant. Dance, by Miss Jane Murphy and Evelyn Anne Garrett. Chorus, directed by Miss Eliza beth Rampley. Music, by string band. 11 a. m. lntroduction of speak er by Mr. N. Lunsford. Address by Hon. Jamfe? R. Pat ton, Jr. Adjournment to Ware house for dinner and more music by string band. In the afternoon a base ball game will be played by legionaires and their sons at the high school grounds. This will be interesting— come and enjoy the fun. o ROXBORO MARKET REPORTS ON AIR Report Goes on After 6:00 P. M. and Generally Around 7:30 O’clock Roxboro remains on the air three times a week over radio station WPTF every Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. This broadcast, a re port of the Roxboro tobacco mar ket, is for only a minute, but it gives actual facts about the price of tobacco here. It comes on be twtejen 6 p. m. and 9 p. m. and gen erally around 7:30. The Peoples Bank is the sponsor •of this program and genuine good has resulted from it. It is heard each time by thousands of farmers. Many bring tobacco as a result of the broadcast. This is the second time that this station has been used for the same purpose. Last year the Chamber of Commerce was the sponsor. Again on the opening day of the market this year the Chamber of Com merce put Roxboro on the air for an hour. This broadcast came from i Roxboro and was relayed over the Raleigh station. o THANK YOU, VOTERS I am sincerely grateful for each and every vote given me in the Democratic Primary and the Gen eral Election. It will be my constant purpose to serve the people as treasurer of ; Person County whole heartly in an efficient, honest and courteous manner. It will be a pleasure and high privilege to serve you and I assure you of my sincere apprecia tion for the opportunity to do so. J. BRODIE RIGGSBEE. ... o K. L. LONG MAKES GOOD SALE —■ K. L. Long sold 1064 pounds of tobacco at the Winstead Warehouse Monday for $536.90. His average was $50.46, an excellent price for a large load. WINSTEAD WAREHOUSE. |mon|Mimes PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY, ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1936 USE PERSON COUNTY PRODUCTS ELECTION DAY IS VERY QUIET IN PERSON COUNTY People Went About Their Busi ness as Usual, But Found Time to Vote. Tuesday, November 3, election day, was very quiet in Roxboro and Person County. A majority of people went about their business as usual, but found time to stop during the day and cast their bal lots. There were no fights or dis orders of any kind. Person County is, normally, a Democratic county, and this year was no exception. A number of loyal Republicans hoped for a dif ferent outcome. Tuesday night found hundreds of people hovering around their radios getting the latest returns from all states. Many remained up until the early hours of morning and went to sleep well satisfied. Wednesday found business going on as usual. o ROXBORO HONORED BY INSURANCE MEET OF EQUITABLE LIFE Raleigh-Roanoke Agency Select ed Roxboro for Agency Meeting on Monday, Nov. 9 th. DISTINCT HONOR TO LOCAL AGENT, B. G. CLAYTON The Raleigh-Roanoke Agency of the Equitable Life Insurance So ciety has selected Roxboro as the place for their agency meeting on Monday, November 9, at 10:30 a. m. Although meetings of this nature are held from time to time, it has been their custom to meet at the agency headquarters, Raleigh, N. C. This time, however, Mr. John Pas co, agency manager, has arranged for the meeting to be held in Rox boro. About fifty visiting Equitable agents are ejxpeeted to attend. The j Raleigh-Roanoke Agency covers a wide territory extending from Roa noke through the central part of Virginia and thq eastern half of North Carolina. The fact that this meeting will be held in Roxboro is a distinct honor to their local representative, B. G. Clayton. It came as a great surprise to him when h e learned of the plans of this meeting. He has only been affiliated with the Equitable as a part timfe agent, aside from his duties at the People’s Bank, for about one year. The meeting is called for 10:30 o’clock and the business session will be presided over by the agency manager. Mr. J. S. Babb, of Dur ham, N. C., the district manager of this district, will also have a part on the program. • Immediately following the busi ness session a luncheon will be served at the Community House. o TOBACCO TAGS AT BUSHY FORK SAT. Will Give Two Shows; First One to Begin at Seven O’clock. The Tobacco Tags, George, Luke, ' Reid and Bob, who broadcast daily , at noon over WPTF are to be at Bushy Fork school Saturday night for two shows one beginning ; promptly at seven o’clock and end- ; ing at eight-fifteen; the other be ginning at eight-thirty and ending at nine-forty-five. They will give a varied program of music, singing and novelties in cluding a fifteen minute program of Hawiian music and the famous “El mer Sparks the Widow.” It is all good clean entertainment and chock full of fun. Don’t miss it! Admission is Isc for children un- , der 14 and 25c for adults. < SHIRLEY NEWCOMB WINNER IN PARADE HALLOWE'EN NIGHT Hundreds of People Were Out in Order to see Costumes and Watch Children. On Hallowe’en night, Oct. 31, about one hundred and fifty people wfere parading pn Factory street. Most of the people were dressed in gaily colored costumes, in order to compete for three prizes that the judges would present. The judges were Mrs. A. F. Nichols, Mrs. Jack Hughes, Mrs. Hatti e Carver, Mr. O. B. Mcßroom and Mr. Robert Feath erston. After inspecting the contestants several in order to find the best dressed, the judges finally pick ed the following as winners: Ist prize, Shirley Newcomb, daughter of Mrs. Lottie Newcomb, was pre sented $2.00 in cash and a $3.50 flash light, donated by Thomas & Oakley; 2nd prize, Sarah Thomas, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George W. Thomas, was presented $2.00 worth of merchandise donated by A. S. Hassen; 3rd prize, Arline Newell, daughfep of Mr. and Mrs. Wheeler Newell, and Eleanor Win stead, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. G. Winstead, was presented a 2 pound box of candy donated by Thompson Insurance Agency. Mr. Baxter Mangum, master of ceremo nies, presented the gifts to the win ners. There was an unusually big crowd in Roxboro Saturday night. Most of the crowd came to witness the parade, but a great many took part in the contest. o CHEVROLET TO BE ON DISPLAYi SAT. Mr. Joyner States That Many Improvements Have Been Made in New Model. The new Chevrolet for 1937 is now in Roxboro and will be on dis play at C. H. Joyner Chevrolet Co. Saturday, November 7th. This company now has a number of these cars on hand, but you can not get even a glimpse of them be fore Saturday. Mr. Joyner, manager of the Chev rolet company in Roxboro, stated that many improvements had been made to Chevrolet and that he had an idea that they would all be well received by all. The public is cordially invited to view the new models any time Sat urday that it is convenient. o ST. MARK’S EPISCOPAL 22nd Sunday aftef Trinity, even ing prayer and service, 4 p. m. Everyone is cordially invited. > Franklin D. Roosevelt Carries County With 2898 Votes f t M. T. Clayton Leads County Ticket With 2726 Votes. Democrats Sweep Entire County With Large Votes In Every » Precinct. Hoey Gets 2343 Votes For Governor Against 710 For Grissom. Franklin D. Roosevelt led the ticket in voting on Tuesday with a total of 2898 against 348 for Lan don. Person County was carried by ' the Democrats in all precincts and ; thus maintained its faith in the > New Deal. Below are complete vote totals. Roosevelt 2898 Landon . 384 ’ Garner 2898 - , Knox 385 ■ For Congress ! Hancock, D 2548 ■ E. F. Butler, R 418 • The raoei for the county offices also proved that the voters were 1 willing to string along with the ’ Democrats. Register of Deeds j W. T. Kirby, D 2708 County Treasurer - J. B. Riggsbee, D 2633 O G. Davis, R 327 jl ' jjj ! : : • '' ,1, Re-elected as President of the United States last Tuesday. President Roosevelt carried Person County with 2898 votes. His opponent received 384. ROXBORO MARKET AVERAGES $28.05 -‘ENTIRE WED. SALE Official Average for the Year is $24.50 and the Figures Are Climbing Every Day. Tobacco continues to sell at high figures in Roxboro. On Wednesday of this week the entire Roxboro sale averaged $28.05. The official average for the year is $24.50 and this average is steadily climbing. Several warehouses report averages for the entire days sales at $30.00 for every hundred pounds, official, and Roxboro gives every indication of again leading the Old Belt. The market has sold 1,636,166 pounds up to this morning. Large breaks continue to comb on Mon day and Friday. At the present time the farmers have been busy gathering their corn and havlq not been stripping as fast as they were several weeks ago. In a few more days they will be back in the tobacco barn again and the weed will start rolling. Quite a bit of Person County's tobacco crop has been sold, but a large amount remains and the ware housemen figure that Roxboro will sell more of what is Iqft than of the amount that has already been sold. County Sheriff M. T. Clayton, D 2726 County Coroner A. F. Nichols, D 2654 T. B. Davis, R 304 County Surveyor W. T. Buchannan, R 350 County Commissioners D. M. Cash, D 2584 F. D. Long, D 2669 F. T. Whitfield, D 2591 Bob Whitt, R 349 Jess Woody, R 327 House of Representatives Ed Warren, D 2600 J. W. Chamber, R 382 State Senate J. W. Noell, D 2603 For Governor Hoey, D 2343 (Continued on Page Four) 1 FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT NEW REPORT CARDS DEVISED BY BETHEL E HILL PRINCIPAL r Cards Are in Use Over Entire School System of Person County and Acclaimed Excellent. 1 HIGH SCHOOL CARD IS v DIFFERENT FROM “ GRAMMAR SCHOOL 1 t The> Person County school sys ’■ tern is using a new report card this s year, and many teachers have stat ® ed that it is one of the best that > they have ever used. 1 This new report card was work ed out by Lewis Cannon, principal 3 of Bethel Hill high school, this past a summer while he was attending ■ school. The card has a place for every s thing on it and leaves no doubt in 1 the mind of the parent as to what 1 the student is doing in school. 1 Two different cards were design c ed; one for the high school student 2 and also one for the gram mer grdaes. Both are receiving 3 praise by all who see them, i o i BOY SCOUTS GUESTS OF HONOR TONIGHT To Meet With Rotary and Ki- Wanis Clubs at High School • Gymnasium at 6:30 P.M. The Boy Scouts of Person Coun ty are being honored tonight by the Rotary and Kiwanis Clubs of Rox boro. All three organizations are meeting at the high school gym and the scouts are the honored guests. I The program for this meeting will be given by the scouts and is under the supervision of Scouter Carl Bowen and several assistants. This joint meeting comes once a .year and is always enjoyed by all who attend. One hundred and 'twenty-five are expected for the * meeting this year. Scouting is on a high plane in Person County. Approximately one 1 hundred boys belong to thle organi l zation and they are all receiving . training that will make them bet ) ter citizens. r Brunswick stew and coffee will be served tonight. o I TIMBERLAKES MOVED > Mr. and Mrs. Charles Timberlake have moved into their new home. I on Webb street. Mr. and Mrs. Russell Newell ex pect to move in a very short time. 1 Their new home is also on Webb stiiqet'and is situated next to the 1 Timberlake’s. TWELVE PAGES TODAY NUMBER SIXTEEN “VICTORY RALLY” PLANNED FOR ELEC THRIFT FRI. Supporters to Crowd Court House for Unique Prize Event— Voting Takes Place Friday. The Elec Thrift election event which has created wide spread in terest in this section during the past six weeks will be brought to a close on Friday, November 6th, when sup porters of this popular candidate will meet at the court house for the awarding of cash prizes offered in connection with the; campaign. Mayor R. B. Dawes, recently ap pointed chairman of the Board of Elections, will officiate at the vic tory rally and will be assisted by the following Board Members: Shel ton, Ledbetter, Isley and Hall. A record crowd is expected to attend. Chairman Dawes stated today that Friday, November 6, has been designated as election day for Elec Thrift. All persons who have quali fied as voters in this campaign are urged to cast their ballots on that day through any precinct head quarters cooperating. “For the bene fit of those who have not yet quali fied,” says Chairman Dawes, “reg istration books will be opened through Thursday, November 5.” “The stores of the Carolina Pow er and Light Company and cooper ating dealers have been designated as precinct headquarters. Full par ticulars regarding the conditions un der which the cash prize awards will bq made may be had through any of these stores.” o Rexall One Cent Sale Next Week The annual Rexall One Cent Sale, staged yearly by Hambrick, Austin & Thomas Drug Store, will take place next week on Wed., Thurs. and Fri. The proprietors of thii firm invite the people of this section to visit this store on these dates and take a look at the many bargains offered. Buy an article at the regu lar price and get another for 1 cent. o PRIZE OFFERED TO WINNING GRADE Mrs. C. R. Hall to Give Prize to Grade in Central School With Majority P.T.A. Members. Mrs. R. C. Hall has kindly con sented to give a prize to the grade in the Central School that has the greatest number of paid-up mem bers when the membership drive of P. T. A. closes on Tuesday, Nov. 17. Thfej time is short! Only twelve days remain. There are seventy-five members now but this number needs to be greatly enlarged. Think of the great number of parents, both father and mothers, represented by the pupils enrolled in the schools of Roxboro. Twenty-fivq cents (25c) entitles you to a year’s membership in the P. T. A. Therefore everyone could be a member. o MISSES HUNTERS DANCE IN GREENSBORO WHILE DAD WINS COSTUME PRIZE Misses Rachel and Rebecca Hunt er were among the feature attrac tions in Greensboro last Friday evening at a Hallowe’en dance stag ed by the Bynum School of Danc ing. Their specialty was a toe dance. Gordon C. Hunter, father of the Misses Hunters, won first prize for his Halloween costume, that of a South American gaucho. o GOOD AVERAGE AT PIONEER Neathery Clayton & R. sold 690 pounds of tobacco at the Pioneer Warehouse Monday for an average of $60.68 per hundred pounds. The check received was for $418.68. PIONEER WAREHOUSE. ■■ ■ o ■■■ George E. E. Collier of Clarkton route 2, Columbus County, has a small acrftgae of fall tomatoes that he is selling rapidly at 5 cents a pound. _ tJ _ __ r ,_ j