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CALL 111 We went ell the news of your community. Pleese can us or send it in. IF YOU WOULD KNOW WHAT 18 GOING ON ABOUND YOU READ TH* PERSON COUNTY TIMES—IT IS A PAPER FOR ALL THE PEOPLE OP PERSON AND ADJOINING COUNTIES. VOLUME VOL BIGGER AND BETTER HEAVEN PLANNED BY FATHER DIVINE Person May Put SIO,OOO Into A Plot While Others May Put Few Dollars New York, April 29.—Father Divine, bald-pated little Negro “God” to followers throughout the United States and Canada, was far from being subdued by current troubles with the law as he planned today a bigger and better “prom ised land” up the Hudson. Nor did any of his flock at the big mission off Lenox avenue, Har lem’s Broadway, seem worried or lacking in enthusiasm although “Father is going to be arraigned in felony court tomorrow in con nection with the stabbing of a white man in the mission last week. His white secretary, John Lamb, pallid-skinned, soft-spoken and fashionably dressed guardian of the cult’s earthly affairs, discussed future plans to take over hundreds of square miles of unsettled land in the upper Hudson county of Ulster. He said it would be a “coopera tive community,” explaining tlhatl “one person may put SIO,OOO into a plot while others only invest a few dollars, they will all share equally in the proceeds.” Already 25 such enterprises have been started, he said, mostly pur chased by Californians —“in fact, we expect hundreds of Californians to reverse the customary direction of migration by coming east to find a paradise.” There will be no cash weges, and the only rules are unswerving loyalty to “Father,” no smoking, no gambling and no profanity. Lamb predicted it would “set an example for the United States by bringing capital and labor together.” A well-filled hall of swaying Ne gro and white devotees, singing lustily to the music of piano and tambourines, bore witness to Lamb’s contention that the stabbing incident “only intensified the devotion of his angels and other fol lowers.” Big husky bucks crowd around and steely eyed Negro women de mand to know your business if you appear curious. Otherwise “peace” —the greeting heard on everyone’s lips—is the password and you are welcome. Over the door of the big ha'll on the main floor a sign reads “the relaxation of your conscious men tality is but the reconception of God’s intelligence.” The music Wes more like what Broadway is now calling “swing” than the usual spirituals. The singers swing their bodies from side to side to the music. SENIOR PLAY WAS WELL RECEIVED Presented At High School Audi torium Last Friday Evening The Senior Class play “Seventeen” was presented at the Roxboro High School Friday evening and was well received by a large audience. H. K. Sanders, Jr. and Reca Griffin took the leading part and •even severe critics agree that they performed as veteran actors. Nancy Bradsher as an eleven years old girl also received much praise for her acting. Preston Samford had charge of all the stage scenery which was very beautiful and effective. He received a large amount of applause for his good work. The play presented many comical situations and every part was thoroughly enjoyed. —o — The purchase of a thick low-set Hereford calf by Joe Brown brings the total number of calves being fed in Watauga County for the Ashe -yille Fat Stock Show to seven. A thrifty pig demonstration has been started on the County Home Farm in Cherokee County with two registered purebred sows that will .farrow soon. TIMES’ SUNDAY MORNING EDITION flersonjMmes PUBLISHED EVERY SUNDAY & THURSDAY ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA, SUNDAY, MAY 2, 1937 NUMBER FORTY-THREE JESSIE E. ROGERS MAKES DONATION TO COUNTY SCHOOLS Eleven Copies of “Story Os The Constitution” Given Mr. Jessie E. Rogers, former Per son County citizen, now living in Washington, D. C., has made a sple’i did donation to the schools of Per son County. Mr. Rogers has given eleven copies of “The Story of The Constitution” to different schools over the county. He was in this county last Sunday and gave out a few of the books and asked Mr. Wm. D. Merritt to present the others. Each book has the following in scribed in the inside front cover: Given By JESSIE E. ROGERS To The Public Schools of Person County, N. C. In Memory of My Father H. G. ROGERS Given By A Lover OF Person County Mr. Rogers has always had the interest of Person County Schools at heart. He loves this county and this rare gift will certainly mean much to the schools. Mr. Merritt, after going over the book, was well impressed with it. He felt sure that it was a gift that would prove to be of great aid to each school. C W. LATTA DIED THURSDAY MORN. Brother of J. E. Latta Os Box boro; Funeral Yesterday Funeral services for Charles W. Latta, resident of the Wake Forest Highway, were held Saturday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock from tlte New Bethel Methodist Church near Rougemont. Burial was in the church graveyard. The Tar Heel council no. 2 J. O. U. A. M. was in charge of the ser vices at the grave. Mr. Latta died of pneumonia at his home Thursday morning follow ing an illness (of three days. He was born and reared in Orange county, the son of W. C. Latta and Bettie Gates Latta. At the time of his death he was an employee of the Auston - Heaton Company of Dur ham. In 1912 he was married tjo Miss Annie Wilson of Orange county, who survives, as do two sons, William Latta and C. W. Latta, Jr.; one dau ghter, Miss Lucille Latta; three sis ters, Mrs. Sarah Vickers, Miss Mag ga Latta of Durham, and Mrs. Bet tie Laws of Rougemont; six broth ers, W. E. Latta, J. T. Latta, S. C. Latta, F. L. Latta, all of Durham county; J. R. Latta of Grafton, W. Va., J. E. Latta of Roxboro and his mother, Mrs. Bettie Gates Latta of Durham. PIANO CLASS HAS RECITAL WEDNESDAY Medal Awarded To Belle Waff- Staff; Honorable Mention To Harriet Yarbrough And Jean Hester On Wednesday evening Mrs. Vic tor Satterfield presented her piano pupils in a recital. This is the first piano class that Bushy Fork School has had in a number of years. Practically every pupil was a beginner, but the apt ness and facility with which each performed showed that much credit is due Mrs. Satterfield for her ef forts. To the child attending the highes: average in development “of piano technique for the term a medal wa: awarded. This honor went to Belle Wagstaff, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Wagstaff. Honorable mention was given to Harriet Yarbrough and Jean Hester. It is hoped that next term many more pupils will take advantage of Mrs. Satterfield’s instruction. ' Exiled Nobel Winner Arrives in U. S. \ t r I Thomas Mann, renowned German novelist and Nobel prize winner, pictured with his wife as they arrived in New York recently. Mann was forced to leave Nazi Germany. His daughter Erika, who preceded her parents to New York, plans to become an American citizen. ALBERT COATES TO ADDRESS GRADUATES Dr. Stanbury To Deliver Bacca laureate Sermon On Sunday, May 9th. Professor Albert Coates, of the law school faculty of the Universi ty of North Carolina and director of the Institute of Government, will de liver the commencement address at 8:00 P. M. in the high school au ditorium. Mr. Coates is considered one of the best public speakers of this section and is in close touch with high school students over the state. On last Thursday night he delivered a talk before the members of the Roxboro Rotary Club. At this meeting all of the public officials of the county were invited as guests of the Rotary Club. On Thursday of this week, the grammar grades in the high school building will present an operetta at 8:00 P. M. Sunday, May 9th., Dr. Stanbury of Greensboro, will deliver the bac calarueate sermon to the high school seniors. It is probable that all of the churches of Roxboro will des pense with their regular night ser vice in order that all may have the opportunity of hearing Dr. Stanbury at 8:00 P. M. Class Day Exercises will be held Monday, May 10th. at 8:00 P. M. o BISHOP ARTHUR MOORE EDWIN MOUZON SUCCEEDS NASHVILLE, Tenn, May I. The board of missions of the Methodist Episcopal church, South, announced today the selection of Bishop Arthur J. Moore to assume supervision of three conferences formerly htld by the late Bishop Edwin B. Mouzon. The conferences are the Virginia, Baltimore and Western Virginia. All of Bishop Moore’s confer ences comprise the eight Episcopal district, said by the church’s college of bishops to be the largest in the world. Under a plan of Episcopal visita tion for annual conference sessions, adopted by the college today, Bishop Mpore will go to Warsaw, Poland, June 10, to open the Po land conference session. Yes, We Are Going To Give Our Readers A Funny Paper The publishers of the paper have had about five hundred people ask us if the Times would carry a fun ny paper in the Sunday edition. The answer to this is 1 “yes.” Negoti ations arc now under way to have a funny paper in the Times in a very short time. This experiment will be tried for a few weeks in order to get the readers re-action. If the readers like the idea be continued; if not the funny will SENIORS TO ATTEND BANQUET FRIDAY Orchestra Will Be Secured To Play For Dance After Dinner Once again the people of Roxboro are excited about a coming event and this time the senior class of Roxboro High School is in on the party. The seniors have been invited to attend the annual Chamber of Com merce banquet that is to be held in Roxboro on May 7th. At this time the Governor of the State of North Carolina will be in Roxboro and will address all who are present. This banquet will be held in the high school gymnasium and will be one of the largest events ever to be held here. Everyone who care to at tend is cordially invited to purchase a ticket and be on hand. The gymnasium will be decora ted with flags and all the trimmings that should mark a great event. Everything will be ready to receive Honorable Clyde R. Hoey. Immediately after the banquet there will be a dance for all who care to do the light fantastic. A large and good orchestra has been secured and everything points to a big time. o “SOMETHING FOR NOTHING NIGHT” The Tuxedo Billiard Parlor is starting a “Something for Nothing Night.” Details of this unique plan may be found in an ad in today’s Times. A cash prize will be award ed each Saturday night and the amount of money involved will run from SIO.OO up to any amount. You are requested to drop in the Tuxedo Billiard Parlor and register for this prize. o CONFINED TO BED Mrs. J. H. Garrett continues ill at her home five miles south of Rox boro. Several weeks ago she suffer ed with a broken hip and is now suf fering with pneumonia and compli cations. be dropped. Every effort is being made to get a good funny paper and for this reason there may be a little delay. | The edition (of May 17th. will i probably be the first edition to car ry it. : I From time to time different fea tures will be added to the Sunday I Times in order to make it more in i teresting and helpful. Other 1 anneun i cements may be expected soon. TWO CREDIT OFFICES NOW CONSOLIDATED UNDER ONE MANAG’T Roxboro and Yanceyville Offices Os Graham Production Credit Association Under Super vision Os C. C. Wilkerson. Announcement is made by the Gra ham Production Credit Association that, effective May Ist, its Roxboro and Yancey ville offices will be plac ed under the same supervision. On that date, Mr. C. C. Wilkerson, Representative-Inspector, who is a resident of the Bushy Fork section of this county and who has hereto fore been located at the Yancey ville office, will assume charge of the local branch. In future, Mr. Wilkerson will divide his time bet ween Roxboro and Yancey ville, af fording continuous servtice t|o th)e patrons of the Association in the two counties. Mrs. S. D. Kennington, who has been connected with the Roxboro office for sometime as stenographer and clerk, will re main here in that capacity. On May Ist, Mr. K. L. Street, who has been in charge of the manage , ment of the Person County office for the past several months, will server his connection with the As sociation. According to a statement from officials of the Association, Mr. Street has made a most excel lent contact man and representative. He is held in highest esteem by the , Production Credit officers and they . greatly regret losing the benefit of > his services. ! The changes being made by the Association are brought about be-! cause of the approach of the ned of I ’ the current lending season, neces sitating the usual seasonal curtail-1 1 ment and adjustment in personnel | throughout the territory. ! During the present Spring the 1 Graham Production Credit Aissoc ’ iation has enjoyed a very gratifying and substantial incresae in busineee s over that of last year. According to ! figures just released, approximately s thirteen hundred loans, totaling ■ $255,000.00, have already been closed : by the Association in the nine coun ties served, against a total of . slightly more than twelve hundred i loans, aggregating, $215,000.00, in . 1936. It is expected that at least i j fourteen hundred loans, amounting i to not less than $275,000.00, will be j 1 made before the end of the season. , Loans to farmers in Person J county will number approximately t J 325 for some $60,000.00. Definite L figures on number of loans closed 1 and the amounts by counties will | shortly be announced by the As sociation. r The local office of the Graham Production Credit Associatipn has recently been moved into new quarters on the second floor of the | Thomas & Carver Building, on 1 which remodeling has now been > completed. : o i Waynick Accepts Purchasing Post| Former Highway Head Takes 1 Office Today; Salary Will Be Upped To $6,600 t Raleigh, N. C., May I. Capus M. . Waynick, former chairman of the state highway and public works commission, will take his oath to day as director of the division of ' purchase and contract. , Waynick, who is exchanging jobs . with Frank L. Dunlap, will receive $6,000 annually, plus a 10 per cent boost beginning July 1. Dunlap also will take office today, receiv ing $7,500 annually. » Governor Hoey, in a formal statement, said he received pleas ure in announcing that Waynick had accepted the new post, adding that it was at his own insistence that the former highway head had 3 reconsidered after first declining • the offer. o A large number of Wayne Coun ty farmers are treating their cotton r seed with Ceres an this year. Good ■ results obtained by others have con ■ vinced them of the value ol this practice. EIGHT PAGES TODAY THURSDAY NIGHT COMPLETE SUCCESS Estimated That Over Five Thousand People Thronged The Streets From 7 P. M. Until 9 P. M. CITY BRILLIANTLY LIGHT ED FOR EVENT Thursday night, “Window Shop ping Night,” was a great night for Roxboro. The streets were literally on fire with lights, the windows of all stores ablaze, the people were in the best kind of humor and over five thousand people thronged the business district. They went from store to store, they looked in all the windows and registered for all the prizes. They had a grand and glorious time and vrfent home at peace with the world. But some refused to go home un til after 12:00 o’clock. A loud speak er wais furnishing music for the street dance and the men were swinging their partners all over Main Street. The merchants were satisfied, the people who attended the event were satisfied and the Chamber of Com merce secretary must have been more than pleased. It was hard tb determine just how many prizes were awarded, but there must have been close to seventy-(five. All df the winners were not present to get the prizes when the drawing took place but they were claiming them all day Friday and Saturday. One could not describe, with an average pen, just how g<obd thp . windows looked. As the saying goes ;' they were “dressed fit to kill.”" I In a few words—lt Was A Great Event. I l FINAL EXERCISES ■ I AT HEENA HIGH ! .. . • Clyde A. Erwin To Deliver Lit erary Address Saturday Evening On Friday evening, April 30, the [ Grammar Grades will present a pro i gram consisting of playlets and ; choruses. The colored school pre ; sented with its Modern Methods will : j intertain you. Sunday afternoon, May 2, at 3 i o’clock Rev. Albert S. Hale, pastor - j of the First Baptist Church of Hen : derson, N. C. will preach the Bac- [ 1 calaureate Sermon. [. Thursday evening, May 6th., the ■ operetta will be presented. Saturday evening, May 8, the Lit i erary Address by Clyde A. Erwin, State Superintendent of Public In • stitution. i Further details will be given later i for the last two programs. I The public is cordially invited to attend all these programs. LONG,IRADSHER’S j WINDOW FIRST PRIZE II Sergeant And Clayton Wins Second Award While Honor able Mention Goes To Leggetts & T. W. Pass The window judge’s committee of last Thursday night had a hard , time. They could easily see that all of the windows were beautiful and they could see that all deserved to : win some kind of a prize. After looking at all they finally awarded first prize of SIO.OO to Long, Brad -1 sher & Co. Second prize of $5.00 went to Sergant & Clayton and honorable mention went to Leg -1 getts Department Store and T. W. Pass. Thursday night marked the first {occasion that all of the store win : dows of Roxboro were elaborately I decorated and lighted. : The event was greeted by thous ands of window shoppers. ———-o ARCH WOOD BETTER Mr. Arch Wood is much better after being ill at his home on North 1 Main Street for the past two weeks.
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