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IF YOU WOULD KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON AROUND YOU READ THV PERSON COUNTY TIMSS —IT IS A PAPER FOR AI.I. THE PEOPLE OF PERSON AND ADJOINING COUNTIES.
VOLUME VHL
NEWS
of the
WEEK
BIG DUPONT EARNINGS
New York City—One figure
brought out by the Government in
its suit against Pierre S. duPont and
John J. Raskob for income tax de
ficiencies of $1,042,318 anid $781,-
795 respectively, has even dazed
Wall Street. Federal accountants
showed that by unloading large
stock holdings at top prices just be
fore the crash of 1929, and putting
the proceeds in the dall-mjoney
market, where interest rates ranged
from 6 to 15 per cent, Mr. duPont
made a capital gain of $35,549,000
in a single year.
•“PRO ’-TENNIS IN BIG MONY
New York City—Figures have just
been made available of the receipts
of the professional tennis tour just
concluded by Fred Perry and
Ellsworth Vines, former amateur
champions. From 299,768 spectators
the gate receipts were $412,181.
After taxes, expenses and promo
ter’s profits, Perry received $91,335
and Vines $34,195.
FEAR FOR POPE’S HEALTH
Vatican City, Italy—Although no
relapse is apparent, those close to
Pope Pius fear that any undue
activity on his part may bring about
the return of complications which
a few months ago caused grave
fears for his recovery. His physician
visits him twice daily.
J. P. MORGAN ILL
London, Eng.—A slight heart at
tack prevented J. Pierpont Morgan’s
appearance in the Royal box at the
coronation of King George and
Queen Elizabeth. The American
financer is recovering at his estate
in Hertfordshire, which adjoins that
of the Earl of Strathmore, father of
Queen Elizabeth.
LONG DISTANCE ALARM
San Francisco, Cal.—Mayor An
gelo J. Rossi picked up his telephone
and was greeted, “this is the Daily
Mirror calling from London; tell us
about the big fire on your water
front.” Mayor Rossi hastily grabbed
another phone and learned for the
first time that his fire laddies were
fighting a $200,000 fire on the docks.
THE CAPITAL WEEK
Washington, D. Q. —Commerce
Department reported gold imports
in April totaling $215,824,506 an in
crease of 15 per cent over the same
month last year Social Secu
rity Board reported 27,051,976 an in
ticipants in the old-age benefit plan
on May Ist Federal Bureau of
Investigation reported major crimes
in 68 cities increased 8,222 over the
70,638 total for the same period last
year, covering the first of the year.
COURT SHOWDOWN DUE
Washington, D. C.—President
Roosevelt’s plan to reconstitute the
Supreme Court will have its first
political showdown this week, when
the Senate Judiciary Committee will
make its final report. For ten weeks
the plan has been aired in public
hearings, and discussed in stormy
Committee sessions. Rumor has it
that the Judiciary Committee stands
10 to 8 against the President but no
confirmation is available.
BOMBERS SHOW STRENGTH
V
Langley Field, Va.— Four of the
army's “flying fortresses” appeared
over eighteen cities on a 1,700-
mile test flight consuming ten-and
g-half hours. The huge bppbars are
aTabdwTthe equivalent of the larg
■■l at hioh-aneed staeib net
senger locomotive.
TIMES’ SUNDAY MORNING EDITION
flersonsMiims
PUBLISHED EVERY SUNDAY & THURSDAY
City Building Permits Since
Jan. Ist. Amount To $ 60,575
Additional Permits that Will Be
Issued At Once Amount To
$9,000. More Building Than
Has Been Seen In Years
County Not Included In Today’s
Figures
s
1 Roxboro is growing rapidly.
1 Sinae Jan. 1, 1937, building, per
• mits issued by J. M. O’Briant,
- building inspector, amount to $60,-
1 575 and other permits that will be
s issued in a few days will amount to
- approximately $9,000. None of these
- figures include any building that
i has been out of the city limits.
r These figures prove that Roxboro
1 has really been on a building boom
t and if all the people build who are
J now contemplating building the
boom will continue.
The extent of building in the
county has probably been much
more than in Roxboro. New houses
, dot the landscape almfost every*
where you look in the county and
t many people plan to build this sum-
I mer.
r Roxboro people are wondering
. now which way the business sec
tion will expand as all the build
‘ ings in the business district are oc
. cupied and many new concerns are
’ trying to get locations. ■: <* ,
The figures mentioned do not in
clude Uncle Sam’s new post-office.
This permit was issued before Jan
uary and was for approximately
3 $40,000.
I NEW POSTOFFICE
i GETS PUBLICITY
Picture Os Building On Front
Page Os Transylvania Times
Os Brevard
; The new postoffice of Roxboro
j has received a large amount of pub
i licity, but last week it received pub
; licity in Brevard, N. C.
t The editor of the Transylvania
f Times of that city requested the
Person County Times to lend him
the cut of our new building. The
picture of the building was then run
on the front page of the Brevard
Times.
Here’s the story—up that way
J certain people, and particularly the
’ editor, are trying to get the people
s to busy themselves and get Uncle
• Sam to give Brevard a new post-
I office. The Brevard paper is run
i ning a number of pictures of other
- postoffices showing the people up
. there what can be done if they all
get behind the project. Hence the
request for our picture.
Roxboro’s new $40,000 postoffice
; looked very good in Brevard, N. C.
: J. B. SNIPES GOES
; TO CONFERENCE
t
| Will Be In The Conference Un
! til Thursday Os Next Week
J. B. Snipes, assistant county
agent, left this week-end' with the
third group of N. C. State College
Extension workers to attend the
t County Agent’s Conference, being
i held at Manteo, N. C. He will be
t in the Conference through Wednes
i day of next week, and will return to
l the county Thursday,
i Mrs. Snipes will accompany her
: husband as far as Rocky Mount
' where she will spend the week with
i her father, Mr. C. G. Proctor.
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• MR. CLAYTON RECOVERING
Mr. Dolian Clayton, who was in
jured in an explosion several days
ago, is getting on nicely at McPher
son’s Hospital, Durham, N. C.
: At first it was thought that his
1 injury would be more serious than
‘ it really is. He is expected home
' soon.
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, David E. Vaughn of Eastwood,
• Eng., eloped with two women while
’ while posing as a clergyman, and
sent to prison.
PERSON REPRESENT’D
AT INSTITUTE FRIDAY
Miss Virginia Brandon On Pro
gram For Short Talk; Work
ers Present From 4 Counties
The importance of training, the
. necessity of having a sympathetic
i attitude and the need of working
> toward some objective were
; stressed in the two-day institute
for works progress administration
i supervisors of women and profes
l sional projects that came to a close
i in Durham Friday.
; Mrs. Beulah Cole, area super
visor, who presided over the con
■ ference, said that the work of train
i ing will continue, with one day a
; month being taken for that pur
i pose in each county.
[ The counties composing the area
are Durham, Orange, Person and
Granville.
’ Speakers yesterday were Mrs.
Florence Lloyd, Durham County
project supervisor; Miss Ada Mc-
Cracken, former WPA area super
! visor; Mrs. Rosa W. Bullock, dis
; trict director; Mrs. Ethel Carr Lips
comb, manager of the district of
, fice here of the North Carolina
state employment service; George
r H. Lawrence, Orange County di
rector of public welfare; Mrs. J. D.
Brooks, Granville county project
supervisor; Mrs. Mable Brittain and
Miss Virginia Brandon of Person
County.
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OUTDOOR ARENA
MAY BE BUILT
Boxing Promoters Talk Os Build
ing Park at Rear Os
Central Service
It may happen or it may not hap
i pen, but it has been reported that
. those who put on the boxing pro
grams are building an outdoor arena
. for boxing and other events of this
\ kind just to the rear of Central
Service Station.
This structure would simply be a
i tall fence around a fair size plot of
ground with bleaches all around an
elevated boxing stage.
Bleaches would be installed to ac
commodate over 500 people and
everything would be lighted for
i events that would be put on at night.
There is nothing definite about
this except that it has been plan
ned. The reason is that from Jan.
to June it is almost impossible to
secure a warehouse for any event
due to such a large amount of fer
tilizer that is stored in all houses.
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After her traffic case had been
adjourned 16 times, Mrs. Edith Van
Loon, of Albany, N. Y., was finally
fined $5 for speeding.
ALONG THE WAY— ALL APPEARS
TO BE QUIET NO NEWS
You are getting your first Sunday
mail from the new postoffice. If you
.re over forty you will probably con
tinue to get your mail from this
postoffice until you pass on to that
other world.
Chas. Holeman has just about
finished moving into his new store.
This store has more floor space for
one story than any other store in
Roxboro. At the present time Mr.
Holeman and Co. are busy arranging
the stock.
Remodeling at Harris and Bums
is about complete down stairs. Work
men will have established a record
here as it has been one of the fast
, est jobs that you have ever seen.
Harris and Burns never closed for
the work.
Everyday finds more people on
the tennis courts in Roxboro; Young
and old are playing tennis and lik
ing it more every day.
One mao remarked that if the
ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA, SUNDAY, MAY 23, 1937
R. H. SHELTON FIRST
TO GET MAIL FROM
NEW POSTOFFICE
I
Made Special Trip On Friday;
p Put His Mail In Box Then
Took It Out Again
The new postoffice is open and
• Dr. Tucker and Co. are doing busi
ness in the new building just like
they had been there for ages.
As far as can be found out R. H
i Shelton was the first to actually get
: his mail from a box in the new
; building. Mr. Shelton took his mail
! from the old box on Friday morn
s ing, carried it to the new building
i and put it in his box. He then lock
■ ed the box and took it out again.
! This procedure might not have been
exactly fair, but it worked and the
• honor goes to Mr. Shelton.
People of this community were
■ busy all last week-end renting boxes
i and getting keys. They all seem very
• much pleased with the new building
and even tho many have to walk a
i little farther they do so with a
1 smile.
If you do not have a box and
. want one you are requested to rent
r it at once. The postmaster is an
■ xious to get everything straight as
■ quickly as possible.
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I ESSO DEALERS TO
HAVE BIG RALLY
t
1 Marketers of Person, Granville,
i And Caswell To Meet Mon.
The Esso dealers of Person, Cas
well and Granville counties will
meet in Roxboro on Monday night
at 7:00 p. m. at Hotel Jones for a
1 big dinner, talks, and a splendid
movie. The program has been de
signed to be entertaining and in
structive and a large number are
expected to attend this meeting.
After dinner a movie will be
shown to all present. The title of this
picture is “Sulphur and Molasses”
and shows the good and bad way of
operating a service station.
Many dealers from the above
mentioned counties are expected to
attend this big meeting. This is the
second banquet meeting that Esso
dealers have had in Roxboro this
year. The first was held in January
and was one of the largest of its
kind to be held up to that time.
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P. T. A. COUNCIL MEETING
IN ROXBORO
A meeting of the Person County
Parents-Teachers Association Coun
cil will be held in Roxboro, June 8
at 8 o’clock in the Central Graded
School Building.
State Superintendent, Clyde A
Erwin and Mrs. N. S. Walker, State
Vice-president of P. T. A. Council
will be the speakers.
We ask all parents, teachers, and
people interested in this work to be
present.
weather remained this warm he was
going to take off his winter under
wear. Our advice is that he had bet
ter wait until June or July. One can
never can tell when a cool snap will
come.
S. B. Winstead, M. C. Clayton, C.
B. Wood, C. H. Oakley and J. C.
Walker left for Washington, D. C.
yesterday. They will visit William
“Chick” Thomas, Champ Winstead,
and George Thomas, but will pro
bably be called upon to pay for their
own meals.
Many Roxbocp boxing Sans at*
tended the bouts in Durham Friday
night Many more are anxious to
have a good card in Roxboro.
All the schools of the county are
out and practically all of the teach
ers were re-elected. There will be
very few changes in this county. So
far no changes have been announced
as regards principals.
FORME PERSON CO.
CITIZEN DIED THURS.
Director Os American Tobacco
Company Succumbs To
Stroke Os Paralysis
Paul A. Noell, a prominent Dur
ham figure for more than four de
cades, died at 10:30 o’clock Thurs
day night at his home, 514 Hollo
way Street, Durham, N. C. He was
71 years old.
The son of W. T. and Arabella
Moore Noell, he was born October
6, 1866, at Mt. Tirzah. He was mar
ried September 26, 1892, to Miss
Lizzie Reade, who survives.
Surviving also are two daughters,
Mrs. P. E. Noell of Timberlake and
Miss Inez Noell of Durham, two
sons, P. E. and A. C. Noell of Dur
ham, and one sister, Mrs. Virginia
M. Speed of Durham.
Mr. Noell moved to Durham in
1886 and soon afterwards became
associated with Capt. E. J. Parrish
in one of the city’s earliest ware
houses. Later he became manager
of the southern leaf department of
the American Tobacco Company, and
for a number of years was a director
of that concern.
In February, 1929, Mr. Noell re
tired from active business. He suf
fered a stroke of paralysis exactly
a month before his death.
Funeral services were held at his
home.
R. A. WHITFIELD HAS
NUMBER OF VISITORS
Officials Os Gulf Oil Corporation
Paid Visit To Roxboro Plant
Mr. R. A. Whitfield, local distri
i butor of Gulf products in this ter
j ritory, had a number of visitors last
Thursday. Six officials of this com
pany paid a visit to Mr. Whitfield
and went over the Roxboro plant.
Those who were here are as fol
lows:
Mr. G. E. Millican, Divisional Sales
Manager, Atlanta, Ga.; Mr. J. A.
Kahlert, Divisional Service Station
Supervisor, Atlanta, Ga.; Mr. S. A.
Hart, Southeastern Carolina Sales
Supervisor, Kinston, N. C.; Mr. E.
J. Halbert, District Sales Manager,
Charlotte, N. C.; Mr. J. S. Crumbley,
Northeastern Carolina Sales Super
visor, Wilson, N. C.; and Mr. G. C. j
Hatcher, Service Station Supervisor,
Durham, N. C.
All pronounced the Roxboro Gulf
plant in A Number One shape.
E. B. iSLETELECTE
MT. TIRZAH PRIN.
Mr. E. B. Isley was elected prin
cipal ot Mt. Tirzah School late
Saturday afternoon by the school
committee ctomp&sfcd of Messrs.
John R. Jones, Ben Glenn and R.
H. Oakley.
For the past four years Mr. Is
ley has been connected with the
Leasburg school and in the sum
mer with Oriental and Dover high
schools. He is from Guilford coun
ty.
Mr. Isley has a M. A. and A. B.
degree from the University of
North Carolina and is considered
an excellent school man.
Mt. Tirzah citizens believe that
they have • secured the services of
a good man to head the school next
year.
CITY MANAGER ILL
Mr. James Harris, city manager
of Roxboro, has been ordered to go
home and remain in bed for a week
or more. This advice, from a phy
sician, has been followed and Mr.
Harris is now at his home in Inez.
His condition is not serious, but
needs a week or so of complete re
laxation.
W. M. S* Meets Monday
The W. M. S. Circles of the First
Baptist Church will meet Monday
afternoon at 3 o’clock as follows:
Circle No. 1- Picnic.
Circle No. 2 - Mrs. Geo. Barrett.
Circle No. 3 - Mrs. C. P. Warmack.
Circle No. 4 - Mis. S. B. Foushee.
EIGHT PAGES
TODAY
NUMBER FORTY - SIX
FARMERS OF PESON
COUNTY BORROWED
OVER $62,000.00
Total Os 265 Loans Made Thru
Graham Production Credit
Association
According to announcement made
by James-Bishop, Jr.,Secretary-Trea
surer of Graham Production Credit
Association, from the offices of the
Association at Graham, there have
been closed during the present
spring lending season, up to May 15,
to the farmers of Person County a
total of 265 loans, aggregating $61,-
677.00, for the entire year of 1936
and represents a substantial increase.
Total loans made through May 15
in the nine counties of Alamance,
Caswell, Chatham, Durham, Guil
ford, Orange, Person, Randolph and
Rockingham, served by the Associ
ation are 1327, amounting to $260,-
312.00 During the full year of 1936,
1230 farmers in these counties bor
rowed from the association $214,-
338.00. There were outstanding on
the books of the Association on May
15 a total of 1342 loans in the sum
of $264,061.00. It is thought that by
the end of the year not less than
1400 loans, aggregating $280,000.00,
will have been closed by the Associ
ation, indicating that a considera
bly greater number of farmers are
becoming acquainted with and tak
ing advantage of the superior credit
facilities offered by their own co
operative financing institution.
It is announced, too, that the As
sociation’s losses during 1936 because
of bad debts were practically neg
ligible, only $90.00 having been
actually charged off.
Many improvements in the serv
ice rendered have been put into
affect during the past lending seas
on. In a large number of instances
one-day service has been given the
borrowers and in all cases loans
have been and are being closed
promptly and without delay. The
extension of credit by the Associa
tion is not confined to any particular
season of the year, but applications
may be filed by eligible farmers at
any time funds are required.
The Production Credit Association
is authorized to make loans to farm
ers and stockmen for all general
agricultural purposes, including
loans for the production of crops,
for the raising of live stock, for
dairy operations, for repairs to farm
buildings and machinery and for
refinancing indebtedness originally
incurred for agricultural purposes.
The rate of interest on loans at the
present time is 5 per cent per an
num.
In each county served by the As
sociation local representation is
maintained, the representative for
Person County being Mr. C. C.
Wilkerson, who is located in the
Thomas and Carver Building at
Roxboro.
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VOICE RECITAL
Mrs. Randolph Chitwood will
present two of her pupils, Mrs. Ed
Long and Mr. Bill Morgan, in a
joint voice recital at the Baptist
Church Friday. May 28th, at 8 P.
M. Mrs. Chitwood will also appear
on. the program, and will be assist
ed at the piano and organ by Mr.
Lynwood Carver. The selections for
this program are varied in scope,
and for the lover of good music, a
treat is in store for you. The public
is cordially invited.
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OFF ON FISHING TRIP
Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Gill of Lynch
burg, Va., Miss Gladys Haile of
Greensboro, N. C. and Mr. Daisy
Hugh Day of Roxboro, are spending
several days in the Cumberland
Valley of Virginia on a fishing trip.
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District Meeting Os Junior Order
>Qn Monday, M»y 24th., there
will be a district meeting of the
Junior Order at Longhurst N. (X
This meeting will begin at 6:00 p. m.
and lunch will be served at 7:00 p
m. All members of the Longhurst
Council ar* urced to bo Dresent, *