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IF YOU WOULD KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON ABOUND YOU BEAD TH* PEBSON COUNTY TIMES—IT IS A PAPEB FOB «»■ THE PEOPLE OF PEBSON AND ADJOINING COUNTIES.
VOLUME VDL
JOHN R. HALL
; DIED SUDDENLY
Had Been 111 For Only A Few
Days; Death Caused By
Pneumonia
John R. Hall, 26, popular citizen
of this county and resident of Ca-
Vel, died at Watt’s Hospital, Dur
ham, N. C., early Wednesday morn
ing. Death was caused by pneu
monia.
Mr. Hall had been seriously ill for
only a few hours. He was in fair
health all day Tuesday, but com
plained a little about not feeling
as well as usual. An examination
revealed that it was necessary to
take him to the hospital as a mat
ter of precaution. Even on the way
to Durham he was apparently feel
ing very good. At two o’clock Tues
day night he became worse and died
at three.
Surviving the deceased is his wife
and two children. His father and
mother, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Hall also
survive.
• Funeral services will be held at
the Baptist Church at Longhurst
this afternoon at 4:00 P. M. Rev.
W. F. West will be in charge of the
service.
Active pall bearers will be B. B.
iMiangum, Chas. Wright, Willie
Woods, Bob Whitt, Arch Woods and
Edwin Bowles.
Flower ■ bearers will be Herbert
Allen, Isham Sneed, Paul Milan,
Bennie Blanks, Hermon Clark, Geor
ge Currier, Henry Stephens, John
Banders, Woodrow Milan, Reams
(Long, Archie Wdlker Rufus
Buchannon.
Interment will be in the Burch
wood cemetery annex.
NEW LAW FIRM OF
“BURNS & BURNS”
Messrs- R. P. Burns And A. M.
Burns. Jr. Announced their
Association; Offices In
Thomas Building
Messrs. R. P. Bums and A. M.
Burns, Jr., in this week’s Times are
announcing their association under
the firm name of Burns & Burns
for the purpose of engaging in the
practice of law. Their offices will
be located in the Thomas Building
which has just been completed fol
lowing the fire of last November.
Mr. R. P. Burns is a well known
attorney of Person County, having
been engaged in the practice of law
in Roxboro since 1920. During this
time he served two terms as Mayor
of the town of Roxboro and at pre
sent is the Attorney for Person
County. This position he has held
for the past several years and has
made a splendid reputation in his
office.
Mr. A. M. Burns, Jr., passed the
Bar in 1926. Since that time he has
lived largely in the western part
of the state. He has been employed
by the Wachovia Bank & Trust Co.
in the Trust Department of the Ashe
ville office, his duties there being
the handling of trust estates and le
gal matters. After this he engaged
for several years in the general
practice of law, being a member of
the Buncombe County Bar. For the
past few years he has been Li
quidating agent of the closed state
banks in the mountain area of the
state, among them being the Cen
tral Bank & Trust Co. of Ashe
ville which was the largest finan
cial institution in the state to close
its doors in the bank failures of the
early thirties.
Both of Messrs. Burns are gra
duates of Wake Forest College and
each received his legal training in
the law school of that institution af
ter he had received his academic
degree. They were both reared in
Person County and are the sons of
Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Burns of Rox
boro.
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Woman’s Club Meets Monday
The Woman’s Club will hold its
regular monthly meeting on Mon
day afternoon at 3:00 P. M. at the
Community house. Every one is ur
ged to attend.
Mrs. R. H. Shelton
President
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W. F Welfare, of Snow Hill, Green
County, planted 500 black locust
and 500 pine seedlings last week,
in beginning a program to reclaim
abandoned land.
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PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY, BOXBOBO, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, APRIL 1,1937 USE PERSON COUNTY PRODUCTS NUMBER THIRTY . SEVEN
W © UNIVERSAL NEWSREEL-NBWS WEEK
AN ITALIAN DICTATOR MAKES A VISIT OF INSPECTION OF HIS AFRICAN DOMAIN
Troops of Arab soldiers, serving under the Italian flag in North Africa, lined up to welcome Premier Mussolini upon his arrival at Bengazi, Libya,
where Italy is transforming a once-arid desert into a frnitfnl and prosperous colony. Costly native rugs carpeted the dock on which II Duce
made his triumphal landing. His visit, however, was cut short when the present European crisis demanded his immediate return to Rome.
THOMAS BUILDING
ABOUT FINISHED
Has Group Os Offices As Fine
As Any Ever Seen Any Where
Work ha 6 about been completed
on the Thomas Building on Main
Street of Roxboro. This building
was practically destroyed by fire
last fall and workmen have been
busy restoring it for the past se
veral months.
The first floor has been complet
ed and last week painters were put
ting the finishing touches on the
second floor.
The second floor has been ex
tended back much further than it
was before the fire and Mr. Tho
mas has about twenty-one of the
finest offices upstairs that you have
ever seen. The floor plan is per
fect and all of the offices are nice
large rooms with plenty of light. It’s
really a treat to go up and look at
them. No larger city can boost of
a finer office building and Mr. Tho
mas deserves credit for giving this
city a finer building than it was
before the fire.
P.T. A BANQUET
TO BE GIVEN
{Will \Be Held At Community
House On Friday, April 9th.
A banquet will be given for the
teachers on Friday, April 9 at 6:30
o’clock at the Community House.
This banquet will be sponsored by,
the Parent Teachers Association and
teachers are invited as guests. Pa
rents are also ask to attend.
The parents will be requested to
pay for their plates which are fifty
cents per person. Great plans are
being made for this Love Feast
and it is hoped that every parent
that can possibly come will do so.
It will be a banquet that one cannot
afford to miss and one that will al
ways be remembered. Make your re
servations early. The tickets may be
obtained at the Hambrick, Austin,
'and Thomas Drug Stoije th,roug(h
April 6th.
This banquet is being given near
the end of the present school year
and marks one of the most succes
sful years of the P. T. A. in Rox
boro.
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IN DUKE HOSPITAL
Mr. John Duff Joyner, near Beth
el Hill, was operated on for appen
dicitis on Tuesday MJirch 30, at
Duke Hospital.
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Buys Auto Parts Concern
Mr. Monroe Pleasants has pur
chased the concern that was former
ly operated as Roxboro Auto Parts
Co. and is now open for business.
This concern is located on Depot
Street and he invites you down for
a visit.
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Undergoes Operation
Mrs. R. H. Oakley has returned to
Roxboro after undergoing a minor
oye operation in Durham. She is ro-1
covering rapidly. I
NAMES OF STREETS
BEING PAINTED
Wording is Being Put On Each
Curb At Each Intersection
In Black Paint
At last—Hurrah—Roxboro is get
ting the names of all streets painted
on the curb just above the road at
all intersections. No longer will a
person have to guess at the name of
the street. He can look at the sign
at the street corner and tell the
name of the street.
Bright and Early Tuesday morn
ing, J. V. King was out with his
paint and brush painting the names
of eaqh respective street on the cor
ner. The name was being painted
with black paint on a grey back
ground. It is understood that he
has orders to continue until the en
tire city has been finished.
This is a piece of work that many
people of Roxboro have been want
ing to see done for years and now
that it is being done they silently
rejoice and sing the praises of the
city manager and city commission
ers.
Therte’s no reason for a per
son to get lost here now. Our streets
are named and the name is on the
street.
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Emily Gentry Died
Wednesday
Living in Red Springs, N. C.;
Funeral Services at Brooksdale
Little Miss Emily Marie Gentry,
fourteen-month-old daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Maynard Gentry, of Red
Springs, N. C. died on Wednesday
evening at 7:00 o’clock following an
illness of two weeks with spinal
meningitis.
Surviving her are: her parents
and one brother, Cecil Farrell Gen
try, age 2, her grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. G. A. Daniels of Roxboro, and
grandmother, Mrs|. Effie Adcock,
Granville County, N. C.
Funeral services were held at the
Brooksdale Church on Thursday
afternoon at 5:00 o’clock by Rev.
T. W. Lee.
Pall bearers were: Fred Gentry,
Bradsher Gentry, Arch:|3 Gentry,
and Clifton Adcock. Flower bearers
were: Alma Gentry, Bettie Jeanne
Gentry, Iris Gentry, Lilja Deane!
Gentry, Bobby Gentry, Ed Gentry,
Jr., Robert Gentry, Lindy Ann Gen
try and Dolowayne Knott.
Interment was held in the Burch
wood Cemetery.
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Each Lady To Be Given Prize
At Benefit Party
Each lady attending the Woman’s
Club benefit party at the Communi
ty House Friday evening at 8:00
o’clock will receive a lovely sur
prise package. Make your reserva
tions early. Phone Mrs. B. B. Man
gum, Mrs. R. H. Shelton, or Miss
Claire Harris. Admission will be
25c per person.
Please bring your cards and pen
cils. Card tables and scjaite pads
will be furnished.
ST. MARK’S EPISCOPAL
First Sunday after Easter. After
noon sermon and services. The pub
lic is cordially invited.
Priest-in-Charge
Rev. A. S. Lawrence, Jr.
DR. SHORE WILL
' SUCCEED EARNHARDT
Bishop Kern Announces Ap
pointment of Dr. Shore To
Presiding Eldership
Bishop Paul B. Kern, of Durham,
Tuesday announced the appoinb
• ment of Dr. J. H. Shore, of Rox
| boro, as presiding elder of the Fay
: etteville district of the North Caro
-1 lina conference fat thte Methodist
! church.
Dr. Shore will succeed Rev. D.
. E. Earnhardt, former Durham pas
v tqr who recently was elected presi
■ dent of Louisburg College.
* Dr. Shore has been acting as con
' ference evangelist in Roxboro dur
-1 ing the past year. He also served
during that time as associate mis
sionary of the conference.
For the past several years Dr.
’ Shore has made his home in the
, Olive Hill section of this county.
His friends here have been busy
[ extending congratulations and they
know that he will make an ex
cellent presiding elder.
Before taking up his duties in
Roxboro Dr. Shore served as pas
tor in Hamlet.
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Person Citizens
Interview Governor
Requested Governor Hoey To
Nime R. L. Harris As A
Member Os Highway
Commission
A delegation of Roxboro and Per
son County citizens spent several
hours in Raleigh yesterday inter
viewing Governor Hoey and asked
him to name R. L. Harris of Rox
boro, former speaker of the house
as a member of the highway and
public works commission.
Those who went to Raleigh were
Senator J. W. Noell, Represent
tive Ed Warren, G. C. Hunter, R.
P. Burns, Robert Hester and F. D.
Long.
These men report that they had
a most favorable interview and that
they were highly pleased with the
results.
Ed Warren, representative from
this county, had a petition to the
governor signed by practically every
committee chairman in the house
at the last session requesting the
governor to name Mr. Harris on
this commission.
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Directors Os Chamber Os
Commerce To Meet Friday
The directors of the Roxborio
Chamber of Commerce will meet in
the office of the organization in
[the Thomas Building, Friday after
noon at 5:00 P. M., room 100.
New Chiirch Year Begins At
Presbyterian Church Sunday
9:45 A. M. - Church School.
11:00 A. M. Communion Service.
This service will inaugurate the
new church year.
6:45 P. M. Meeting of the Young
People of the church.
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Contour furrowing versus ter
racing for pasture land will be
tested lhi3 season on'the farm of
A. N. Hunt, of Lexington, Route 3, ;
Davidson County.
COOK BOOK IDEA
NOW FAMOUS
Times Was Honored When “Pub
lishers Idea Exchange” re
printed Ads And Readers
On March 4th. the Person County
Times published its first cook book
edition and many ladies probably
clipped recipes from it.
In the April release of Publishers
Idea Exchange the idea was
published for the benefit of all sub
scribers and several ads were re
printed. The Publishers Idea Ex
change is a njonthly publication
that reprints the best selling ads
for the year for the benefit of other
publishers Who might be able to
sell the same ad or idea. Ads that
were reprinted from the Cook Book
[ Edition were those of the Palace
and Dolly Madison Theatres, Peo
ples Bank, and Thomas and Oakley
Drug Store. An ad of the Person
Motors also made the grade as be
| ing one of the best of the year.
The Publishers Idea Exchange
used a half a page to tell other
newspapers about the Times’ Cook
Book Edition.
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FISHING CALENDAR
IN THIS ISSUE
Tells The Days That Fish Plan
To Bite And Days When
They Refuse
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Coble’s Fishing Calendar, almost
an institution in Person County,
appears in this issue of the Person
County Times. For the past several
year this calendar has been pub
lished and readers of this paper
look forward to getting it every
year.
Coble’s Calendar tells the days
that the fish are supposed to bite
and the days that they will not
bite. This calendar is not mere
guesswork, but is the result of much
scientific research and those who
have used it will tell you that it is
a great help.
Many local people clip the calen
dar and file it for reference. When
they think about fishing they con
sult the guide. If the fish is black,
or a majority of it is black, then it
is time to go fishing. If the fish is
light you are taking a chance—if
your time is worth anything.
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Sunshine Checks Blue Mold
Sunlight is the farmer’s best ally
in protecting tobacco seed beds
from blue mold, according to Dr.
Luthur Shaw, extension plant pat
hologist at State College.
If the weather is warm and sun
ny, blue mold may not spread to
many more seed beds, he said, but
if there are any cool, damp days
and nights, blue mold attacks may
reach serious proportions.
Although the fate of the young to
bacco plants depends largely on
the weather, he said, there are a
number of things farmers can do
to check the disease.
The first thing is to fertilize with
well rotted stalble manure, when
plants are very small, and then
when the plants are larger, apply
tlrnee to five of nitrate of
soda to each 103 square yards of
seed bed. -
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TODAY
HELP WANTED AT
BUSHY FORK SCHOOL
AH Friends And Parents Re
quested To Come On April
6th. And Bring Tools
To Try To Finish Work On
School Grounds
All parents and friends of thef
school are reguested to meet at
Bushy Fork School early Tuesday
morning, April 6th. and bring sho
vels, hoes and rakes. We realize
this is a busy time of year on the
farm, but feel sure the community
wants to complete the work on the
grounds begun in the fall.
Thanks to Mr. Nat Brooks our
road and walk ways have been mar
ked off and with your help we can
get them covered with sand. The
work done last fall by the commun
ity has helped keep the building and
furniture clean during the wet win
ter. Our yard has broken through in
many places and needs repairing
Let’s give one more day and finish
the job we started last fall. In thia
way we will have our grounds in
good shape when* we gather at the
school on the 7th. of May, the last
day of school, to celebrate the clos
ing of our first school year in the
new building and location. *"
We will be able to accomplish
more work Tuesday if we have se
veral trucks to haul the sand. Mr.
F. T. Whitfield has offered his truck
and driver any day you people will
send labor here to load and un
load.
Don’t forget th e date, April 6th.
There are 110 families represented
in our school. Let’s try to have one
person from each of those families.
ROXBORO PEOPLE
ATTENDED CHURCH
EASTER SUNDAY
Many Ventured Out In Spring
Outfits Even Tho Weather
Was Chilly
All of the churches of Roxboro
had excellent congregations last
Sunday, Easter, and it is needless
to say that they all enjoyed ex
cellent sermons.
Many of the ladies, and gents too,
ventured out in their Easter fi
nery even tho the weather was a bit
chilly. It was evident that old man
prosperity was a little stronger in
Roxboro than he had been for the
past several years. Corsages were
plentiful and new clothes showed
all signs of being expensive.
Many people left Roxboro for the
Jwieek-end, but many moire came
here to visit friends and relatives.
The college boys and girls enjoyed
a weeks vacation and returned to
their work on Monday.
With the exception of the Drug
Stores practically every store in
Roxboro was closed on Monday and
the day had all the appearances of
being Sunday.
FRANKLIN KEENE
AT KIWANIS CLUB
Field Representative Os Kiwanis
Reports Roxboro Club In Ex
cellent Condition
Franklin Keeqe, field represen
tative of Kiwanis International, was
a visitor at the regular meeting
of the Roxboro Kiwanis club last
Monday. Mr. Keene helped organi
ze the Roxboro Club over three
years ago and had not been to Rox
boro since that time.
After making a cheerful annaly
sis of the club Monday afternoon
Mr. Keene reported that the club
was in excellent shape from every
standpoint.
After the meal Monday night he
addressed the club rrfembers. He
talked about, the objectives of Ki
wanis arid outlined the work that
Kiwanis clubs should do. During the
time he was talking you could have
heard a pin drop and after ha finish
ed the club members . agreed that
they had heard a talk delivered by
a master of the English language
and a man who believod in helping
others along the way of life. ,