.’ -1 call •• • . j r
We want ell the new* at
roar community. Pleeae
can us or send it in.
- - . .r. ' ;• • : V, . •
■k ** TO® WOULD KNOW WHAT 18 GOING ON ABOUND YOU BEAD TH» PERSON COUNTY IHflffl IT 18 A PAPEB FOB *tl. THE PEOPLE OF PERSON AND ADJOINING COUNTIES.
VOLUME VIIL PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY, ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JANUARY *B, 1987 USB PERSON COUNTY PRODUCTS NUMBER TWENTY-EIGHT
0 r if % -
. Person County People Have
Contributed Over Seven
Hundred Dollars For Relief
G. C. Hunter, Chairman Red;
Gross, States That an Un
limited Amount isNeed
ed For Flood Relief.
Collections Taken in Many
(Churches Sunday
Gordon C. Hunter, Chairman of
the Red Cross chapiter of Person
County, states that this county has
been asked to raise all the money
that could possibly be raised for
flood relief. No limit was placed on
the amount.
The first call was for $120.00,
then came the call for $240.00 and
later the Red Cross asked for all
that could be obtained.
So far over $700.00 has been col
lected and th(e money continues
to come.
Rev. W. F. West has been in
charge of the relief fund and urges
all to give as much as they can.
The neejj is very urgent.
Hundreds of people in this coun
ty have been listening over their
radios to the station at Louisville
and all seem to realize the needs
of sufferers all along the Ohio
river.
LARGE NUMBER OF
ESSO DEALERS IN
PERSON COUNTY
Efficient Service Station Men
to be Found in Practically
Every Section That You
Might 60 In
Standard Recently Acquired
Number Additional
r Stations
Regardless of the section of per
son County that you might go in
' you will find an Esso dealer in that
particular territory.
Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey
has recently acquired a number
of additional stations in Person
County and they offer complete
service for the motorists.
Below is * list of the Person
County dealers:
J. G. Chambers, Timberlake.
Fox and Co., Roxboro.
S. P. Gentry, and Co., Route 2.
A. C. Gravitte, Route 2.
Long, Bradsher and Co., Rox
boro. i
R. M. O’Briant, Ca-Vel.
J. H. Rhew. Timberlake.
E. J. Robertson, Woodsdale.
W. T. Fears, Timberlake.
P. H. Woody, Woodsdale.
C. A. Wrenn and Co., Route 2.
Brook’s Service Station, Roxboro.
Otto S. Oakley, Roxboro.
North End Service Station, Rox
bsro.
Ashley and Brooks, Timberlake.
W. D. Mangum, Berea. I
D. L. Whitfield and Co., Hurdle
mills. '
, Guy B. Clayton, Route 1. j
T. L. Anderson, North Roxboro.
Sam L. Walker, Roxboro. j
Roxboro Service Station, Roxboro
Lamar Street Service Station, I
Roxboro.
Red Lane Service Station, Long
hurst.
Clinton Russell, Oxford Highway.
B. S. Peed, Durham Highway.
Whitt’s Service Station, Rox
boro. I
Rock Bin Service Station, Rox
boro.
Bohannon’s Service Station, So.
Boston Highway.
Glenn Bros., Roxboro.
0
Attended Banquet In Greensboro
Among those from Roxboro at- i
tending the Chamber of Commerce I
banquet in Greensboro were Mr.
and Mrs. S. M. Ford, Mr. and Mrs.
Gordon Hunter, Mr. and Mira. Cris
Waggoner, Miss Louise Hassan and
Mr. Jack Bane.
0
Woman’s Club Meets Feb. Ist.
The regular meeting of the Wo
man’s Club will meet Monday, Feb.
Ist at 3:00 o’clock at the Community
House. A musical ptrogram under
the direction of Mrs. W. W. Woods,
■Chairman of the music department,
will be given.
Every member’is urged to come
and bring a friend.
lersonj^ptms
PROMINENT CITIZEN
DIED LAST NIGHT
Jessie T. Woody, 70. Died At
Watt’s Hospital, Durham,
Funeral Services to be
Held at Home
Jessie T. Woody, 70, prominent
citizen of Person County, died last
night at Watt’s Hospital, Durham,
N. C., after an illness of four weeks.
Beath occurred at 11:30 p. m.
Mr. Woody was a man whom all
admired and respected. He was a
loyal citizen of this county and was
interested in all civic affairs as well
as political. His death will be keen
ly felt by hundreds of people in
Person and adjoining counties.
Funeral Services, will be held at
his home directly across from
Street’s store on the Virgilina road
Friday afternoon at 2:00 p.m.
Surviving is his wife, Mrs. Lilian
Woody; one brother, O. T. Woody,
Whitaker, N. C.; one sister, Mrs.
S. F. Wall, Durham, N. C.; two sons,
J. P. Woody and A. D. Woody, Per
son County; three daughters, Lilian,
Bertha and Mattie.
Serviced will be in charge of
Elder J. A. Herndon and Rev. N. J.
Todd.
Interment will be in Burchwood
Cemetery.
CAREQFimCO
PLANT BEDS
By A. G. BULLARD, Agricultural
Teacher
It is important that care be used
.in the selection of a place for a
tobacco plant bed. A southern or
southeastern exposure is desirable
as it is-warmer. The soil should be
very loamy and one that will not
have a tendency to bake and get
hard or the other extreme which
would be extremly wet natured.
new soil is the best to prevent grass
and diseases. If an old bed must be
used, at should be thoroughly bum
ed.
Break the seed bed 4 to 0 inches
deep and pulverize until the soil
is very fine. After the soil has been
pulvarized, broadcast 200 pounds of
a 4-8-3 fertilizer to each 100 square
yds. and thoroughly max with the
soil. It is best to secure the potash
in the above mixture from sulphate
of potash.
The seed should be mixed with
about two gallons of fertilizer to
make a good carrier to insure an
even distribution of the seed. Use
one level teaspoonful of clean seed
per 100 sq. yds. After the seed are
sown, the soil should be packed
, lightly. A thin layer of wheat straw
which has been thoroughly thrashed
| should be broadcast evenly over the
.bed. Care should be taken not to
■ get the straw too heavy. Twenty
: pounds of straw is sufficient for
each 100 sq. yds. The straw pre
sents the seed from being beaten
into the ground too deep by heavy
rains and also keep the top of the
soil moist. The canvas is placed on
the straw and pegged to the ground
around the edges of the bed. This
treatment of the bed, under average
[seasonal conditions, will give you
plants a week or ten days earlier
than usual.
o
Mr. And Mrs. Bradsher And
Son In Auto Wreck Sat.
Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Bradsher,
and son.. Bill. Jr., were in an feuto
wreck late Saturday afternoon when
the car, driven by Mr. Bradsher,
turned over on the curve near Con
cord Church in the Olive Hill sec
tion of this county.
The oar righted itself, but not
before Mr. Bradsher had sustained
three broken ribs and a bad scalp
wound. Mrs. Bradsher was only
slightly bruised. Bill, Jr. was not in
jured.
©-
Basketball Mon- And Tues.
Hie Ca-Vel basketball team will
play Lowes Grove Monday night in
the Roxbom High School gymna
sium-at 8:00 p. m.
On Tuesday Ca-Vel will play the
Oxford CCC Camp at 8:00 p. m.
in the gymnasium.
EC ATKINSON
TELLS OF FLOOD
IN LOUISVILLE
Spent Last Saturday and Part
of Sunday In Flooded City
Speaker at Kiwanis
E. C. Atkinson, Manager of Joy
ner Chevrolet Co., was the main
Speaker at the Roxboro Kivfenis
Club last Monday night. Mr. Atkin
son had just returned from Louis
ville, Ky., having spent Saturday
and part of Sunday in that city.
Mr. Atkinson stated that it was
impossible to actually describe con
ditions as they existed in that city
even as early as last Sunday. A
large part of the city was flooded
by water and thousands of people
were without shelter except what
was being furnished by the city.
Hundreds of homes were covered
wjrth water and many places of
business were completely destroyed.
Drinking water was scarce and all
people were urged to use telephones
as little as possible.
His discription waS' very inter
esting and caused all who heard it
to realize even more than before
the seriousness of the situation.
FINAL RITES HELD
FDR MRiSTANFIELD
Services Held at Bush Arbor
Primitive Baptist Church
Burlington, N. C.-Mrs. Nettie
Baynes Stanfield, 73, of route &
Burlington, died at home of her
daughter, Mrs. G. E. Stanfield, of
Burlington oqNfctnriay, .January 17.
at IQ o’clock, after an illness of
pyontwo months. She was the wi
dow of S. M. Stanfield arid -was
born in Alainance county.
Funeral services Were held at
Bush Arbor Primitive Baptist
church, in Caswell County, Monday
afternoon with Elder Curry King
and Rev. P. T .Worrell in charge.
Interment followed in the church
cemetery. Mrs. Stanfield was a
member of the church.
Surviving are eight daughters,
M!rs. L. S. Richmond, Mrs. G. E.
Stanfield, and Mrs. D. B. Day of
Burlington; ’ Mrs. O. N. Morgan,
Greensboro; Mrs. J. W. Stanfield,
Prospect Hill, Mrs. L. B. Aldridge,
Saxapahaw; Mrs. D. O. Chandler,
Yanceville, route 2 and Mrs. I. S.
Aldridge, Burlington, route 2; two
sons, Ira S. and S. Monroe Stan
field, Burlington, route 2; one sister,
Mrs. J. B. Stanfield, route 3, Me
bane; two brothers; H. L. Baynes,
route 2, Mebane, and L. S. Baynes,
High Point; 39 grandchildren and
one great-grandchild.
o
Continuous rains show the need
for clearing streams and otherwise
providing for better drainage
throughout North Carolina, report
thoughtful farmers.
Standard Oil Co. Entertains At
Elaborate Banquet Last Night
Approximately Seventy-five Present for Affair in Community
House; Program in Chgjfgd df R* M. ALLEN of Raleigh.
Several Local Men Speak
The Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey entertained a large
number of service station proprie
tors and local citizens of other
trades at an elaborate banquet last
night in the Community House at
Roxboro.
The Standard Oil Co. has recent
ly acquired the service stations that
have been operated by the Person
.Oil Co., having bbught out this
concern, and this banquet was to
welcome their new concerns and
in honor of those who had been
distributing Standard products.
The meal, a delightful affair,
consisted of tomato juice, a salad,
trukey with all the side dishes, ice
cream and cake and coffee.
Approximately seventy-five were
present for the affair and all had a
royal time.
The program was in charge of
Mir. R. M. Allen, district sales man
ager of Raleigh. Miss. Peggy Whit
ten, Roxboro, was first on the pro
gram. She entertained those present
with a song and two dance num
bers which were extremely good.
Mayor R. B. Dawes welcomed
those; present and spoke for a few
SLAUGHTER TO GO
f WITH CARDINALS
■ * -
(leports That He Was Outstand-
I ing Player in South Atlantic
Enos Slaughter, a local lad, form
er outfielder of Ca-Vel, in the Cen
tral State league, will get a try-out
With the St. Louis Cardinals in
their spring training camp this
year. Slaughter went to Columbus,
Ga. from Martinsville last year,
arid had a great season with the
Red Birds. Reports are that he was
9the outstanding gardener in the
South Atlantic, and finished the sea
son with a .325 batting average,
despite the fact that he failed to
find his batting eye until almost
mid-season. He was sent to Crack
er State outfit on option from Co
lumbus, Ohio, and the American
Association Red Birds are said to
have recalled him at the end of the
season. The Cardinals are sorely in
need of left handed batters, and
dispatches from St. Louis say that
Slaughter will not only get a try
out at Daytona Beach this spring,
but will be given every opportunity
to land a place on the squad.
Slaughter proved to the satisfaction
of Cardinal scouts last year that he
was what it takes to wallop the ball,
while being fast and possessing a
good arm for outfield patrol duty.
EVENING CLASSES
FINISH WORK
AT PROVIDENCE
Forty Seven Farmers Attend
Classes During the Past
Two Weeks
Forty-seven farmers attended the
evening classes conducted at Pro
vidence during the past two weeks
by A. G. Bullard, teacher of agricul
ture at Bethel Hill High School.
“These meetings were the best
attended and more interest was
shown than any meetings during the
past seven years,’’says A. G. Bul
lard. As a result of these meetings
several farmers are planning to
use the following practices in their
1937 farm program: Burn plant
beds, boil old plant bed covers,
clean tobacco seed, treat tobacco
seed, turn under cover crop for to
bacco, use 4-8-3 plant bed fertilizer,
use recommended fertilizer for to
bacco crop, top and sucker mosaic
tobacco plants separate, turn to
bacco stubbles as soon as harvest
ing has been completed, terrace a
part of the farm, turn under a le
gume crop, practice a crop rotation,
iptycQce contour tillage, fend rise
certified seed.
The following members attended
all of the meetings: J. H. Shotwell,
E. M. Young and Arthur Wrenn.
minutes. He assured all that it look
ed like only a matter of time before
the road to Greensboro would be
improved the remainder of the way
thus making more traffic through
this section.
Mr. J. A. Long was the next
speaker on the program. His talk
was very good and full of humor.
Mr. Long told of some of his ex
periences with the first automobile
that was ever used in Person Coun
ty. He also paid a high tribute to
Standard Oil Co.
Other Speakers were Jack Bane,
Secretary of the Roxboro Chamber
of Commerce, and S. B. Winstead,
President of the Roxboro Kiwanis
Club.
Officials of the Standard Oil Co.
of New Jersey who were here for
the meeting were R. T. Hammett,
Charlotte, N. C., Merchandising
mgr.; B. C. Allen, Charlotte, N. C.,
Advertising mgr;; R. M. Allen.
Raleigh; N. C„ district sales 'mgr.;
George A'-Nfewman, Charlotte, N.
C., in charge of specialty sales;
G. G. Atkins, Henderson, N. C., gen
eral salesman.
ROXBORO MARKET
HAS SOLD 3,966,020
POUNDS OF TOBACCO
Official Average is Now $24.13;
Market May Sell As Much As
Last Year
The Roxboro Tobacco Market has
sold 3,966,020 pounds of tobacco
through Wednesday of this week
at an official average of $24.13.
This market has an excellent chance
to sell as much as it sold last year
which was four and half million
pounds.
A majority of the tobacco mar
kets over N. C. and Virginia will
sell many pounds less this year
than last year. This is due to the
short crop over all tobacco pro
ducing states.
[Roxboro has every reason to
be proud of the fact that it has
kept pace with last year but this
market is capable of selling many
more pounds of tobacco.
It is understood that the chamber
of commerce will start to work
early on the tobacco market for
1937-38 and good results may be
expected.
BEULAH BAPTIST
UNION MEETING
Fifth Saturday Union of Bap
tist To Be Held At Providence
Church. Person County,
Next Sat, At 10:00 O’clock.
, Next Saturday morning at ten
o'clock, the first Fifth Saturday
Union Meeting of the Baptist of
Bulah association, and Baptist
churches of near by Associations,
will be held at the Providence
Baptist Church, near Roxboro, on
the Virgilina road. It will be the
first of such meetings to be held in
this part of the state. Some of the
eastern Associations have been
having some meetings for many
years, and it is hoped that this is
the beginning of such meetings
that will continue throughout the
coming years.
Providence church counts itself
happy to be the host church for the
first of such meetings. It is hoped
that all the baptist churches of the
surrounding associations will be re
presented by a large delegation.
The following is the program that
will be featured at next Sunday’s
meeting:
10:00—Devotional—B. B. Knight.
10:15—Organization.
10:30—The value of a Fifth Sat
urday Union Meeting—J. L. Coley.
11:00—Association Sunday School
Work—V. E. Duncan, Supt.
11:45—Miscellaneous.
11:55—Sermon—W. F. West.
Subject: “The Present Day
Offensiye Os The Anti-Christ.
12:30—Adjourn for lunch.
Afternoon Session
.. I:so—Devotional, by R. K. Young.
2:oo—New Testament Deacons,
N. J. Todd.
2:2o—The Curse of Worldliness
in the churches, C. E. Sullivan.
2:4o—Consecration, L. V. Cog
gins.
3:oo—tThe Power of a Consecrat
ed Woman in the Church, By Mrs.
R. L. Wilburn.
3:20 The Curse on the Liquor
Traffic, and the best way to fight
it. To be stupplied.
4:oo—Miscellaneous.
Adjourn.
0
Miss Nanney Resigns
Miss Lockey Nanney, who has
been with the Person Co. health de
partment sinqe ]|ast October, has
tendered her resignation to the
officials in charge of the health
department. •
It is understood that she has ac
cepted a simular position in Rob
binsvillo, N. C.
' o-
BETHEL HILL P. T. A.
WILL MEET
Thfe Bethel Hill P. T. A. will hold
its regular monthly meeting on
Monday night, Feb. 1 st, at 7:30
o'clock 1 in tihie school auditorium.
All parents are urged to attend this
meeting. - Egch grade is taking part
in a contest to see which grade will
have the largest per cent of parents
present. interesting program has
been planned. Attend P. T. A. and
help your child win.
—... ..... , o
Advertise In The
Penes County Ttmee
r 12 PAGES I
TODAY I
MUCH INTEREST IN
TIMES FREE GIFT
Many Delighted with the Beau
tiful Pen-Pencil Sets Free
For Short Time With
Each Subscription
The large number of subscribers
coming to the Time’s office the past
few days to take advantage of the
subscription premium offer being
made for a short time have been
delighted and somewhat amazed at
the beauty, durability and splen
did writing of the pen and pencil
sets they have received as a free
gift. Delighted with the gift and
amazed that this newspaper is able
to award such a worth while pre
sent with the payment of only a
one-year subscription at the regul
ar price.
The explanation as simple. The
Times is anxious to clean up in a
very short time a number of sub
scriptions now due or past due and
to add several hundred new sub
scriptions. In order to accomplish
this very quickly we have gone to a
great deal of expense to provide a
premium that is needed daily by
everyone, a premium that can be
used by any and every member of
the family, especially valuable to
children in school.
The sets we are offering will
prove satisfactory for every writing
occasion. The pens are guaranteed by
the manufacturer and may be re
paired or replaced should such prove
necessary. These are the reasons
why practically everyone who has
had the opportunity to call at this
office and see the display have ob
tained a set.
Can Receive Set by Mail
Subscribers living at a distance
and those finding it inconvenient to
call at the Times’ office, may mail
their subscription to us while this
offer is effective and the set wall
be mailed to them or to anyone de
signated. Just add five cents extra
to your remittance to take care of
the postage.
Offer For Limited Time
The remarkable subscription pre
mium offer is made for only a short
time, expiring Thursday, Feb. 18th.
Make it a point the very next time
you are in town to drop by the Ti
mes’ office and obtain a set. Re
member, you get a set absolutely
free by merely paying one year’s
subscription at the regular price of
SI.OO
0
WOMAN’S CLUB ; .
EXTENDS INVITATION
The Woman’s Club is extending an
invitation to all of trie women of
Roxboro to join the Club. The dues
are one dollar per year. At this time
of the year the report to the State
Federation goes in and the Woman’s
Club would like to have a large
membership to report. is
urged to pay her dues at this time.
o
RATES ON MONEY
ORDERS FOR RELIEF
On October 12, 1936, the Wes
tern Union Telegraph Company
put into effect a low flat rate on
gift money orders amounting to
$25.00 or less. The flat charge fori
a gift money order within the
United States i& 50 cents when the
amount to be wired is SIO.OO or
less, and 65 cents when the amount
is $lO.Ol to $25.00.
The local WU manager states that
the above low flat rates will also
apply on gift money orders cover
ing flood relief contributions.
0
Contribution To Flood Sufferers
Contributions to the Red Cross
on last Sunday for flood sufferers
from four Baptist churches totaled
$41.58..
These contributions were as fol
lows: North Roxboro Baptist church,
$15.15, Providence Baptist church,
$15.76, Antioch Baptist church,
$5.67, Ca-Vel Baptist church, $5.00.
Rev. John Cooley is pastor of
these churches.
0
Carter-Day
Dr and Mrs William Alexander
Carter announce the marriage of
their daughter Lillie Mae to Mr.
Coy Edward Day on Monday, Jan.
25, 1937 at Weldon, N. C.
o
Lettuce beds in New Hanover
County have made excellent growth
though farmers are reluctant to safe
the plants for fear of future cold,
weather.