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iSfifi DRIVERS HAVE
LOSftICENSES IN
PERSON COUNTY
, ’ffetal Os 10,303 Drivers’ Licenses
Have Been Revoked In N. C.
Since Law Went Into
Effect Nov. 1,1935
May 17—A total of 10,-
9HB drivers* licenses have been re
|ifflked since the law went into es-
November 1, 1935, through May
i|K 1987, of which at least 95 per-
Xjgrfnl have been revoked following
HjßfovictionS for drunken driving, it
l|ijF&p. announced here today by Di
(Pfiictor Arthur Fulk of the highway
H’'ipfety division of the department
revenue. Os this number 9,592
!■■&* residents of North Carolina,
fKflle 711 were either from other
.{ states or their residence not design
ated. Hie total number of revoca
tions and suspensions amounts to ap
| period, Fulk said.
The 9,592 revocations of drivers’
licenses within the state has been
broken down by counties, This
shows, of course, that the more
pogiulous counties have the larger
Humber of convictions for drunken
. driving, and hence more revoca
tions of drivers’ licenses. The ten
Counties with the largest number of
are as follows:
Guilford, 654; Mecklenburg, 572;
Forsyth, 419; Wake, 341; Buncombe,
818; Cabarrus, 272; Robeson, 250;
Rowan, 223; Cumberland, 200 and
jPitt, 198.
- All of these ten counties are so
called “dry” counties and are not
yet included among any of those
which have county liquor stores.
Person County has had 60 revoca
-wttons since Nov. Ist., 1935, which
is a fair record altho many counties
have had less.
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; OLD BELT FAVORS
NR A STANDARDS
Two-State Group Advocates Re
turn Os Law Eliminating
Unfair Practices
Winston-Salem, May 18.— The
Virginia-North Carolina Warehouse
Association, in annual session here
today, advocated a return to NRA
standards eliminating unfair prac
tices.
Between 50 and 75 ■ members of
the association, which embraces the
old belt, went on record as empha
tically opposing the unfair meth
ods of some warehouses in using
‘trade men’ and ‘truck hauling’ in
an effort to get the business.
It was the consensus that these
unfair practices can be eliminated
only by unanimous action by ware
houses in all the tobacco-marketing
states. To enlist other warehouse
associations in a cooperative pro
gram. President E. J. Davis, of
Martinsville, Va., appointed the fol
lowing committee, which is to re
port at the next. annual meeting:
C. D. Bryant, of Danville, chair
man; Mr. Yancey, of Kenbridge;
E. A. Dejarnette, of South Boston;
M. R. Gass, of Winston-Salem; and
E. J. Davis, ex-officio.
The association also passed a re
solution requesting the markets in
the old belt be opened at the same
time as markets in the middle belt.
The warehousemen were unani
mous in expressing concern over
the loss of business to the middle
belt markets, which ordinarily open
two weeks earlier than the old.
President Davis was empowered to
appoint a committee which will
make a formal protest to the U. S.
Tobacco association when it meets
to set the opening dates.
Mr. Davis presided and Everette
D. Matthews ,of Winston-Salem, of
ficiated as secretary-treasurer, at
the annual meeting.
< The warehousemen talked shop at
great length, then reelected the in
cumbent officers: Mr. Davis, presi
dent; H. G. Lea, of Danville, Va.,
vice-president; and Mr. Matthews,
secretary-treasurer.
The next annual meeting will be
held in Danville, Va., it was decided.
President Davis delivered his an
nual mesage emphasizing the im
portance of warehousemen and far
mer working together for their com
jnon interest.
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PUBLISHED EVERY SUNDAY & THURSDAY
TIMES OFFERS APOLOGIES
We are very sorry to state that
' this Sunday’s Times will not car
ry the funny paper.
Last Sunday’s paper stated that
1 the funnies would be here for
this Sunday, but due to the fact
that approximately three weeks
notice is required by those who
print the funny papers, it was
impossible to get them for this
Sunday.
Once again we p(rom,ise—the
funny papers will be in the Times
Next Sunday.
Publishers of Times
PERSON CO. VOTED
VERY DRY IN 1932
Total Os 1,021 Voted Against
Repeal Os 18th. Ammendment
As Compared With 651
For Repeal
Much interest has been stirred up
by the announcement last week of
the fact that a special election had
been called for the purpose of ascer
taining the will of the electors of this
county in regard to whether an al
cohol beverage control store should
be set up in this county.
Over 500 people signed a petition
asking for the election and those
who had charge of it stated that
practically everyone who signed it
was in favor of control.
So far those who are not in favor
of the alcoholic store have made no
public announcement, but a fight is
expected later.
It is rather interesting to note
how this county voted in 1932 when
the issue was for the repeal of the
18th. amendment.
Here’s the vote by precints.
For Against
Repeal Repeal
Allensville 26 95
Ai 18 5
Bethel Hill 4 43
Bushy Fork 47 39
Ceffo 5 17
Chub Lake 18 25
Chandler’s Store 28 22
Cunningham 9 15
Dixon’s Store 7 58
Glenn’s Store 33 45
Helena 31 38
Hurdle Mills 23 21
Long’s Store 7 lT'7
Moriah 12 34
West Roxboro No. 1 53 101
West Roxboro No. 2 157 135
East Roxboro No. 3 84 80
East Roxboro No. 4 79 121
Woodsdale 10 10
Total 651 1021
BOXING TO START
SATURDAY, JUNE 5
Excellent Card Now Being Lined
Up By Promoters for First
Bout
Many people of this section will
be glad to hear that the boxing
promoters in this city have decided
to give the fans another opportunity
to witness good boxing bouts.
Announcement was made today
that the first card of this season was
now being arranged for Saturday,
June sth. and will be staged in the
Winstead Warehouse.
The list of fighters is not yet com
plete, but it is understood that Clyde
Oakley will headline the card. His
opponent will probably be named
next Week. Clyde has decided to
return to boxing after a rest period
of nearly one year. He is in good
shape and wants a good opponent.
It is probable that a few of the
boxers for June sth. will be secured
from Rougemont and everyone
knows whjat the Rougemont boys
have when it comes to fighting.
The complete program will be
announced soon.
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By international treaty, it is il
legal for wlfalers, except natives
with their simple equpment, to
capture gray whales or right whales,
which are in danger of extinction.
NEW POSTOFFICE TO
BE OCCUPIED SAT.
People tJrged To Clean Out Box
es Friday N’ght Which Will
Be Last Night In Old
Building
Roxboro’s new' postoffice will ba
ready for business and occupied
Saturday morning, May 22nd. Mail
will be put up Friday night in the
old building, but if you receive any
mail Saturday morning you w|ill
get it in, the new postoffice.
If you are not a renter and desire
to get a box you can do so right now.
Keys to all boxes will be available
tomorrows Everyone who is now
renting a box will be assigned a
box in the new building which has
511 boxes. It is understood that all
boxese are key boxes, no combina
tion locks.
For the time being postoffice
schedules will remain the same al
tho they may be changed at a later
date.
Mr. E. G. Lunsford of the post
office department is in charge of all
keys and if you want one you are
asked to see the gentleman.
The new building is ready and
after you once get in this building
you will be surprised what a nice
place it really is. Every part is mo
dern and there is about as much
room in the basement as on the
main floor.
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Fish Stories And
Plenty Proof
Regardless of when summer time
comes busy men must go fishing.
H. K. Sanders, farm agent, is a
bout as busy as any man in the
county, but this week he put one and
one together and found that- there 1
was a farm agent’s meeting down
near Manteo and also that the fish
were biting there. Mr. Sanders at
tended the meeting and tended to
the fish. He was afraid to come
home without any proof therefore
he brought back plenty.
G. C. Hunter and Dr. G. W. Gen
try had a hard time finding any
banking or medical business down
near Manteo, but they decided to go
fishing anyway. They did and now
they claim that the fish they caught
more than paid for their time.
The fish were not this long
But all were this long.
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NORTH GOING CARS
STOP _ON LAMAR
Signs Painted On Streets Calls
Cars To Halt At Two Danger
ous Intersections
It isn’t much of a news item, but
its importance is so great that it
is worth more than a mention. Two
stop signs have been painted on La
mar street where this street crosses
Court and Reams Ave. At both of
these places there is a hill and cars
going north are just naturally going
a little faster than if they were on :
a level. Now all cars going north on >
Lamar Street are supposed to stop
when they reach Court St. and ]
Reams Ave.
Several years ago there was a ser- i
ious wreck at the corner of Lamar ;
and Reams Ave. If the car going
north had stopped the wreck might :
have been prevented. But there was
no stop sign there then and the re- i
suits of the collision were tragic, j
Officials of Roxboro are very an
xious that all drivers obey these
signs and bring your car to a stop
at these respective places.
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Swing Billies At Ca-Vel j
Blackwiood’s Swing Billies, stars <
of stage and radio, will appear in 1
person at Ca-Vel school, Friday, 1
May 21st. at 8:oo p. m. If you enjoy 1
real good music you are invited to i
hear the Swing Billies Friday. *
Admission will be 15c for children
and 25c for adults. This engagement 1
is sponsored by the Boy Scout 1
troop number 24 of Ca-Vel.
IMPROVING
O. W. Long, Jr.,,who underwent 1
an operation at McPherson Hospital i
in Durham last week, is getting :
along nicely. His parents expect to. 1
bring him home in a few days. c
ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MAY 20, 1937
STUDENTS VISITED
PERSON CO. FARM
Visited Farm Os J. D- Winstead,
Person County’s Master
Farmer
I j Mr. John D. Winstead, the only
i Person County Farmer to be award
s ed a medal as a Master Farmer and
- an outstanding farmer of this coun
ty, was honored last Thursday when
Professor G. W. Forrester, professor
, of farm management and rural ec
onomics at State College, accom
, panied by Professor S. L. Clement,
in charge of the bureau of agricul
tural economics at the College, and
forty students of the Junior and
Senior Class visited his farm.
These students are being carried
through the state in order to give
the class a practical demonstration
of the things they learn in the class
room.
Mr. Winstead has a 750 acre farm
in the Concord community of this
county. While the students were at
his farm, Mr. H. K. Sanders gave a
brief talk on the general practice
of Mr. Winstead and other farmers
of this county.
Mr. Winstead’s farm was select
ed among the few of North Carolina
farms that were visited by the stu
dents.
Whitt’s Laundry To
Open Monday
J. C. Whitt’s modern laundry will
be open for business Monday, May
23rd., and fast trucks will make a
canvas of this city for laundry.
Tffls hew la'dndry fe'hjcated-mrOe
pot Street next to the Roxboro Lum
ber Co. The building, a new one,
has just been completed and Mr.
Whitt and his force have been busy
for the past two weeks putting in
new machinery.
“All of the equipment,” stated Mr.
Whitt, “is new and modern and
everything has been installed with
the one thought in mind of giving
real service.
Mr. C. P. Day, an experienced
laundryman and former Roxboro
citizen, has been secured as mana
ger of this new laundry.
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DR. WANNAMAKER
TO BE AT ROTARY
Dean Os Duke University To
Speak at Local Club Tonight
At 6:30 P. M.
Dr. W. H. Wannamaker, dean of
Duke University, will address the
members of the Roxboro Rotary
Club tonight at the regular meet
ing at 6:30 p. m. Dr. Wannamaker
has not announced his subject, but
he enjoys a reputation of being an
excellent speaker and all Rotarians
feel that they are very fortunate in
securing him for tonight.
Dr. Wannamaker is coming to
Roxboro on the invitation, of Ed. At
kinson, member of the Roxboro
Club and former law student of
Duke.
Several citizens of Roxboro who
are not members of this club have
been invited to attend tonight in
order that they might hear this
prominent speaker.
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Longhurst Drug Co, Moving
The Longhurst Drug Co., located
in Longhurst, N. C., is moving from
the location that it has always oc
cupied to the building next to Long
hurst Mercantile Co. on the main
highway to So. Boston. The building
that will be used has been vacant
for sometime having last been used i
as a theatre.
Many improvements will be made i
and the drug store will have a much
larger space.
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Caught 11 Rabbits In Roxboro
Mr. R. D. Bumpass was cutting ,
his clover last Tuesday morning,
right in the city of Roxboro. That
night he had rabbit stew. No less
than 11 rabbits were caught in that*
one field.
© NEWS-WEEK
BACK FROM FISHING
Bronzed from a fortnight’s sports
in the Gulf ot Mexico. President
Roosevelt returns to his duties.
MISS ELNORA RAIFF
RECEIVES HONOR
Elected Vice-President Os Adel
phian Society of W. C. U- N. C-
Members of the Adelphian and
Cornelian societies at Woman’s col
lege, Greensboro, N. C., have elect
ed officers for the coming year. Miss
Rachel Nye, of Fayetteville, was
chosen, president of the Adelphians.
Other officers are Misses Elnora
Raiff, of Roxboro, vice-president,
Ruth Chadwick, of New Bern, re
cording secretary; Pirn Hayes, of
Fremont, treasurer; and Adrienne
Wormser, of New York city, inter
society representative.
Adelphian marshals elected from
the senior class are misses Jane
Chadwick, of Schenectady, N. Y.;
Vivian Rothacher of Long Meadow,
Mass., and Elizabeth Peden, of Fa
yetteville. Junior marshals are
Misses Dorothy Ficker, of Green
wich, Conn., and Frances Horner, of
Burlington,.
Miss Fannie Daniel, of Wilson, was
elected president of the Cornelian
society. Miss Helen Parson, of Pike
ville, was chosen vice-president;
Miss Emma Sharpe Avery, of
Greensboro, secretary; Miss Maxilla
Everett, of Scotland Neck, treasurer;
and Miss Grace Sharpe, of Greens
boro, inter-society representative.
Cornelian senior marshals are Misses
Nancy Young of Newton; Helen
Foster, of Asheville; and Rachel
Woolard, of Rocky Mount. Junior
marshals are Miss Helen Cook, of
Plainfield, N. J., and Miss Elizabeth
Snyder, of Garden City, L. I.
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Roxboro Laundry
Expanded
The Roxboro Laundry Co. has ex
panded their present quarters and
are now occupying all of their old
space and a part of the new build
ing that has just been completed
next to the Laundry building.
Mr. Kirby stated that one entire
side would be used for laundry and
the other for dry cleaning thus en
abling the company to specialize
in each respective field.
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MASTER ROBERT MASTEN
GETTING ALONG NICELY
Master Robert Masten, son of Mr.
and Mrs. G. B. Masten, underwent
an operation at Watt’s Hospital,
Wednesday. Robert is having a mi
nor operation on one of his feet. He
is expected to return home in a few
days.
PHILIP BOWEN BACK
Mr. Philip Bowen has returned to
Roxbpro from Cottonwood and is
greatly improved.
Philip expects to be out with the
boys in a short time.
MUSIC RECITAL FRIDAY
The music pupils of Mrs. H. W.
Newell will give a music recital,
Friday night at 8:00 p. m. in the
auditorium of the Central School.
The public is given a cordial in
vitation to attend this reqital. A
large number will take part iri, it
'and all numbers are very popular
with real music lovers.
EIGHT PAGES
TODAY
NUMBER FORTY - FIVE
HNAL RITES HELD
FOR MRS. BREWER
Deceased Was Very Prominent
Lady Os Her Section. Death
Distinct Shock to Everyone
Roxboro and Person County peo
ple were shocked early Tuesday
morning when they heard of the
death of Mrs. John Brewer, wife of
John M. Brewer, prominent farmer
and warehouseman of this county.
Mrs. Brewer died in Watt’s Hos
pital, Durham, N. C., where she had
been taken after contracting pneu
monia about one week prior to her
death. She died at 2;30 a. m. Tues
day.
The deseased was a very promin
ent lady of her community. She was
a member of Lea’s Chapel Methodist
Church and was very active in all
church affairs.
In addition to her husband, she
is survived by five sons, Kelly, Ed
gar, John Wilson, Bill and Robert
Brewer and six daughters, Mrs.
Beth Pridgen, Mrs. Odell Wilker
son, Hannah, Rachel, Ann and Har
ret Brewer, all of Person County.
Final rites were held Wednesday
afternoon at three o’clock in Lea’s
Chapel Church. Rev. M. W. Lawren
ce, her pastor, was in charge and he
was assisted by Rev. Maness.
Active pall bearers were: F. D.
Long, W. G. Rogers, Joe Smith, O.
H. Winstead, and F: H. Carver.
Acting as honorary pall bearers
were Sam Byrd Winstead, Dr. B. E.
Love, Lewis Long, W. R. Wilkerson,
R. C. Hester, T. T. Hester, G. R.
Bradsher, W. L. Pleasants, D. W.
’ Fulcher. H. D. Young, R. B. Griffin,
T. T. Mitchell, I. G. Stephens, Clyde
■ Meadows, Jasper Edge, W. T. Kirby,
D. S. Brooks and J. M. Lee.
Serving as floral bearers were:
Mesdames Ida O’Briant, Albert Per
kins, George E. Harris, J. R. Brad
-1 sher, Lizzie Rogers, R. C. Hester,
; Jesse Carr, C. M. Winstead, Fannie
’ Morton, Eddie Perkins and Miss He
len Graves.
Burial was made in the church
cemetery.
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SCOUTS TO GIVE
PUBLirPROGRAM
Hope To Be Able To Give It On
Main Street On Night of
June 17th.
The boy scouts of this county will
give a public program on Thursday
night, June 17th., and if permission
can be obtained from the city coun
cil they expect to give it right on
Main St. in front of the Courthouse.
The boys will stage cooking con
tests, fire building contest, first
aid and other worthwhile stunts.
Carl Bowen is chairman of this
program and he is assisted by Ben
Brown, both local scouters arid mem
bers of the Person County council.
The local scouts have lately re
ceived a large amount of praise for
the way they handled traffic at
the annual Chamber of Commerce
banquet. Not only did the scouts
handle traffic and help park cars,
but they made their rounds of all
cars every fifteen minutes in order
that nothing might go astray.
On the past Tuesday night the
local scout council met in the office
of Dr. A. F. Nichols and there about
fifteen scouters discussed various
problems that confronted the troops
of this county.
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Might Be Called Perkinstown
J. D. Perkins, Sr„ prominent
warehouseman of Roxboro, has been
very busy lately! (building houses
in the Providence Community near
the Providence Church. Mr. Perkins
has recently constructed five new
l)quses there. He is building one
now, in addition to the five new ones
he owns a large number there that
have been built for several years.
If he continues the good work his
settlement might justly be called.
Perkinstown.
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No Winner For U-Shake-Day;.'
The name of Mrs. Percy Woodall
was drawn as the winner of the U-
Share-Day award of SIO.OO, but the
card of Mr* Woodall has riot been
used up. The amount of money is up
to $15.00 this week at Thomas and
Oakley's Drug Store.