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VOLUME VPL PUBLISHED EVERY SUNDAY A THURSDAY ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 1937 NUMBER FIFTY
Roxboro Building Amounts To
Over *BO,OOO Since Jan. Ist
Contractors and laborers have
Been Busy And Prospects In
dicate Mach Work In Future;
County Figures Not Included
Seal Estate Market Very Active
Recently
Contracts for Building in Rox
boro have run well over SBO,OOO
since the first of the year. This lar
ge figure very soundly reflects the
growth of Roxboro as regards build
ing. It is safe to say that right now
•over $30,000 more will be spent for
building in the city limits within
the next two months.
None of the above figures include
any building that has been done'out
of the city altho there has been a
boom in rural building as well.
In the past six months much real
■estate has changed hands. Some lots
have been sold two or three time's
in sixty days and real estate here is
finding a real market.
Practically every contractor in
Roxboro has been very busy. This
does not mean that you can’t get
work done for such is not the case,
but all laborers have been very
busy.
In addition to the above, the paint
ing contractors have had their for
ces busy painting old buildings as
well as new ones. Everything points
to progress and from the looks of
things now Roxboro is leading the
field.
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GOLF HAILS NEW CHAMP
Detroit, Mich.—While 10,000 spec
tators held their breath, Ralph Gul
dahl pulled a comb from his back
pocket, ran it through his hair and
then sank a putt on the Oakland
Hills course that won him the Na
tional Championship with a score of
281, lowest ever carded for the
event. Sport gossip is to the effect
that the championship is worth
$50,000 in royalties, endorsements,
•etc.
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Dr. Thaxton
Acquires Good Bull
Came From Outstanding Herd
In Virginia
Dr. B. A. Thaxton, of Roxboro, has
acquired a three old bull
from one of the outstanding herds
of Virginia.
So far this bull has not been nam
ed, but it is understood that he
comes from the finest Jersey stock.
He will be kept at Dr. Thaxton’s
farm on the Greensboro road. Visi
tors are welcome to stop and look
him over at any time.
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THE WEEK IN BUSINESS
National City Bank of New York
and the National State Bank, of
Newark, N. J., both celebrated their
125th anniversaries. The former,
with resources of $1,904,800,000,’
ranks third in the country .... Le
high Valley Railroad announced to
*,OOO workers, "it is no longer pos
sible for this company to continue
any contributions to the relief and
group-insurance plans.” The reason
given was heavy taxes incurred by
the Railroad Retirement and Social
Security acts Dull days on the
New York Stock Exchange were re
flected in the sale of a seat for $85,-
000, lowest price in? two years. They
once sold for $600,000 Leaders
in the production of rayon since
1915, this country was unseated by
Japan last year, with 25 per cent of
the world output ...... Socony-Va
cuum Oil Company sold privately
to a group of insurance companies
$75,000,000 eighteen-year debentur
es, largest new financing since 1929.
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r GEORGIA STAYS DRY
Atlanta, Ga.—By a vote c 4 10?,-
929 to 94,652, Georgia retained, its 23-
year-old prohibition law. ’ Liquor,”
remarked State Rep&seqlatlvc
Spencer M. Grayson, "publicly has
no friends, and privately it ha* no
enemies.”
BerconijMto
COMMISSIONERS TO
MEET MONDAY A. M.
Will Act As Board of Equaliza
tion And Review. No Revalu
ation Will Be Made
The county commissioners of Per
son County, D. M. Cash, F. T. Whit
field and F. D. Long, will meet in
Commissioner’s room in the Court
house, Monday, June 21st. at 10 a.
m. to act as a Board of Equalization
and Review.
The purpose of this meeting will
be to hear complaints from owners
of real property concerning the val
uation of this property as it now ap
pears on the tax books. If the owner
shows that there is an inequality
about the valuation of the proper
ty it is probable that an adjustment
may be made.
No general valuation will be made
and definite proof must be submit
ted showing that the valuation is out
of line before any change will be
made. The only purpose of the meet
ing is to correct these inequalities.
Once a year the board of commis
sioners meet for this purpose.
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DOCTORS OF SIXTH
DISTRICT TO MEET
HERE JUNE 23RD.
Program Will Be At Roxboro
High School; Dinner To Be
Served At 6:30 P. M.
Prominent Speakers On The
Program
The doctors of the sixth coun
cilor district of the medical society
of North Carolina will meet in Rox
boro on Wednesday, June 23rd. at
Roxboro High School.
Dr. B. E. Love of this city is the
chairman of the committee on ar
rangement and Dr. A. F. Nichols is
president of the Person County so
ciety. 300 members of this society
are expected to be in Roxboro on
the 23rd.
A number of prominent doctors
will read scientific papers on dif
ferent subjects during this meeting.
Below is the complete program.
PROGRAM
Call To Order Dr. B. E. Love
Chairman of Committee on Ar
rangements.
Invocation ... Rev. B. P. Robinson
Roxboro, N. C.
Address of Welcome .. Mayor R. B.
Dawes Roxboro, N. C.
Reading of Minutes
Announcements
SCIENTIFIC PAPERS
Pneumonia Dr. S. C. Spoon
Burlington, N. C.
The Nature of Conversion, Dr. E. H.
Williams (lnvited Guest)
Richmond, Va.
Physical Defects and their Relation
to Grade Repeaters in the Public
Schools Dr. S. V. Lewis
Roxboro, N. C.
Mental Problems .. Dr. J. W. Ashby
Raleigh, N. C.
The Physiology and Pathology of
the Appendix .. Dr. H. A. Royster
Raleigh, N. C.
Diagnosis ond Treatment of Con
ditions Causing a Bloody Diarrhea-
Dr. J. M. Ruffin Durham, N. C.
Following this part of the pro
gram will be different reports and
dinner will be served at 6:30.
JUDGE BEAM TO SPEAK
Judge G. M. Beam of Louisburg,
wiT address (be prrple of tth coun
ty tomo -raw night, Friday. June 18.,
in the Courthouse In Roxboro at 8
a «*»- Judge Beam will apeak agains •
‘County Confjrl Liquor Storm.”
For a number of months he has liv
ed in a eornty where I‘qucr has beer
sold and has first hand knowledge,
of Dm subject.
. The public la cerdlally invited. I
REVIVAL TO BEGIN
ON JUNE 29TH
Longhurst Methodist And Bap
tist Churches To Unite
In Service
The Longhurst Methodist church,
• and the Longhurst Baptist church
will unite in a week of special
evangelistic services beginning June
20th. The first service will be held
in the Baptist church, with the Me
thodist pastor, Rev. Mr. Hartz, do
ing the preaching. The Monday
■- night service will be held with the
- Methodist church, and the preach
i ing will be done by the Baptist
- pastor, J. L. Coley. On through the
i. ertire week the two churches will
i meet alternating between the two
churches. When the services are
[1 held in the Baptist church the Me
s thodist pastor will preach, and when
- they are held in the Methodist
- church the Baptist pastor will
r preach. The choirs of the two
y churches will do likewise; the Me
- thodist choir will furnish the
t music at the Baptist church, and the
Baptist choir will have charge at
e the Methodist church.
The two pastors are looking for
t ward to a most enjoyable feast of
e good old time fellowship between
the two churches, and the deepen
j. ing of the spiritual life of the com
;- munity, also bringing about a more
harmonious spirit between the two
congregations. It is hoped that the
public will take advantage of these
, services, and will attend in large
numbers. The old fashion mourners
bench will be established. The
services will be held each evening
at 7:30 o’clock.
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* GEORGIA PREACHER
1 URGES UQIIOR WAR
B Calls On Churches To See That
“Will Os The People” Car-;
ried Out By Police
Atlanta, June 13.—(AP)A call for
f churches of Georgia to align in a
- movement demanding prohibition
t enforcement or impeachment of of
ficers refusing to “carry out the
s will of the people” came today from
- the Rev. William H. Boring, pastor
3 of Wesley Memorial Method.s
- church.
r Mr. Boring said his call was “the
» first gun” in a movement he hopes
will be state-wide to “insist on law
3 enforcement everywhere.”
One of the first appeals, he de
. dared, will be to Governor E. D.
Rivers as “leader of the Democrats
of Georgia” to carry out prohibition
laws through the state highway pa
trol.
, Referring to Senator Davis S. At
- kinson’s suggestion in Savannah
yesterday that state-owned liquor
i stores be placed in the larger
cities which voted wet in Tuesday’s
' referedum defeat of repeal, Mr.
Bornig said.
“If the legislature does this, it
will violate every form of govern
ment. Democratic included, that
L Georgia ever has known.
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GERMAN STUDENTS DROPPED
Berlin, Germany—" What would ,
! you do,” asked Dr. Willy Hoppe, ,
, Rector of the University of Berlin,
. “if Reichsfeuhrer Hitler ordered you 1
to commit a crime?” “I would re
. fuse,” deolared a challenged student.
“Make a note,” the Rector told his
I clerk; “he refuses to carry out the
; Fuehrer’s orders!"’ The student and <
two classmates were expelled from i
' the University. ]
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SPANISH CHILDREN IN MEXICO j
[ Vera Cruz’, Mexico—Of the 30,000
children evacuated from the war- ■
torn areas of Spain, none traveled
farther than the 500 Basque youngs
ters who have found haven in this '
country. At Havana, Cuba Dictator 1
, Fulgencio Batista - who likes child- 1
■ ren, but hates Reds - sent candy and
, toys to the boat but refused them s
I permission to land.
’ One North Carolina employer
■ with several thousand employees
i reports to the (State Unemployment
1 Compensation Commission that its
labor turnover a period of years has
not exceeded tw* per cent
OSCAR HULL TAKES
BOY SCOUT POST
Roxboro Will Have Eight Scouts
At Jamboree In Washington,
D. C. Next Month
Oscnr Hull, prominent Roxboro
citizo-g, has accepted the post as
scoutkiaster in East Roxboro and
will niter upon his duties in this
field at once. For a number of years
boys Jof scout age in East Roxboro
havejwanted a troop there. For
some treason it has been impossible
to find a man who could do this
work 1 , and the scout council of this
county considers itself fortunate in
finding Mr. Hull who is capable and
willing to work with the young
boys.|
Mr) Hull is well qualified for this
work, he is a graduate of Roxboro
High School, Duke University and
has had several years teaching ex
perience. He is now connected with
the Roxboro Cotton Mills.
At a meeting of the scout council
i Tuesday night it was pointed oul
that Roxboro will have eight boys
, at the Washington Jamboree nexl
month. Roxboro is second high ir
. this in percent. Graham and Haw
River rank first.
Efforts are now being made to find
| a capable man at Longhurst to tak<
| charge of the scout troop in thai
• community. Several prospects wil
; he interviewed this week and it i:
1 thought that the proper citizen car
’ be located.
SCOUTS ARE NOW
HONORARY! FIREMEN
Scouts Will Be Given Training
But Will Not Be Used At
Any Fires
Fire Chief Henry O’Briant was
present at the meeting of Roxborc
Bey Scouts on Monday night and
while there appointed these scouts
honorary firemen. The scouts will
not take part in any fire-fighting,
but will be given training of a fire
man and will be taught all about
fire prevention.
One day in the near future a part
of these boys will be taken out on
the fire truck and taught a few
things about connecting the hose,
use of ladders and other important
items. Mr. O’Briant plans to teach
them everything and when they
grow into manhood they will make
experienced firemen.
All of the scouts were very en
thusiastic about the idea and gave
the fire chief a big hand when he
announced that he was making them
honorary members of the fire de
partment. -
In addition to this Mr. O’Briant
plans many other improvements to
Roxboro’s fire department.
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Thieves Enter Hassans Store
It has been reported that one or
several thieves entered the store of
Mr. A. S. Hassan of Depot Street on
Tuesday night and made away with
$7.50 in cash and a carton of ciga
rettes.
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A PICK UP
Harris & Burns selling out left
over building material from the re
modeling of their store. Anyone who
has a use for this material can se
cure it at a great saving. See their
ad on another page of this issue.
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American Legion Meets Monday
There will be a meeting of the
American Legion, Monday rfter
noon at three o’clock at the Com
munity House.
All members are urged to come
and anyone else wishing to:
FOR RENT
Modem now dwelling. Best lo
cation. Reasonable rent
PRESTON SATTERFIELD
Over Twenty New Concerns
Opened In Roxboro In 2 Years
SEMORA CHURCH TO
ENTERTAIN TUES.
Mr. M. A. Huggins. State Sec
retary Os Baptist Work To
Address Meeting
The Semora Baptist Church, as
sisted by the other churches of the
Semora field, will be hostess for
supper to a large number of leaders
from all Baptist churches of the
Beulah Association on next Tues
day evening, June 22 at 6:30 p. m.
Following the supper a meeting will
be held for the purpose of inspira
tion and assistance in our churches
during the coming months.
It is fortunate for our association
that Mr. M. A. Huggins, State Sec
retary of our North Carolina Bap
tist work will be present to speak
in this meeting. The church offi
cers, Sunday School officers and
teachers, B. T. U. officers, W. M. S.
members, and pastors of all church
es in the Beulah Association are in
vited to be present for the fellowship
supper and inspirational meeting
following.
L. V. Coggins, Associations! Chair
: man of Promotion Committee.
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BALLOTS READY FOR
ELECTION JUNE 29TH.
Voters Will Be Asked To Vote
For County Liquor Control
r Stores or Against Stores
Interest In Election Is Rapidly
Increasing
On June 29th. the people of Per
son county will march to the polls
to vote either for or against the set
ting up and operation of County Li
quor Control Stores. Ballots have
been printed and will be in charge of
R. B. Dawes, chairman of County
Board of Elections.
The ballot reads as follows:
OFFICIAL BALLOT
I. To vote for the setting up and
operation of County Liquor Con
trol Stores make a cross (X) mark
in the square on the left reading.
“For County Liquor Control Stores.”
To vote against the setting up and
operation of County Liquor Control
Stores make a cross (X) mark in
the square on the left reading.
“Against County Liquor Control
Stores.”
IT. If you tear or deface or wrongly
mark this ballot return it to the re
gistrar and get another.
0 For County Liquor Control
Stores.
0 Against County Liquor Control
Stores.
Special Election June 29th. 1937.
R. B. Dawes
Chairman County Board of Elections.
No one knows whether the voting
will be heavy or light. 3,000 votes
would be heavy. 2,000 would be fair
and the chances are that approxi
mately 2,200 people will vote.
Everything depends upon the amount
of work that is done. Interest is
rapidly increasing each day.
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RICH AMERICAN ARRESTED
Moscow, U. S. S. R.—James H. R.
Cromwell, husband of Doris Duke,
“richest girl in the world,” was de
tained for nearly two hours by sec
ret Soviet police for taking pictures
in front of his hotel and the U. S.
Embassy next door. He was releas
ed only when development of his
films proved their harmlessness.
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FRANCE FINANCES SHRINK
Paris, France—From a total ctf
$160,200,000 immediately after the
floatation of a larger defense loan,
French Treasury balances dropped
to $13,300,000, causing marked
weakness in French currency. It is
asserted that the Blum government
will need nearly a billion dollars in
new loans before the end of the
year.
EIGHT PAGES
TODAY
Today’s Edition Os The Times
Justly Called “Progress Edi
tion;” Concerns Have Been
Pleased With Business And
With Living Conditions
Progress Is Evidence Os Faith
In City
This edition of the Person County
Times has been given the name of
“Progress Edition.” This name is
well deserved because a large part
of the paper has been turned over
to concerns that have recently open
ed in Roxboro and have become de
finitely established in this city.
These firms have contributed much
to the progress of Roxboro and Per
son County and have helped in more
ways than one to make Roxboro a
larger city.
A recent survey of this city proves
that over twenty new concerns have
opened in Roxboro in the past two
years. More than thirty concerns
have gone in business in Roxboro
during the last three or four years.
Roxboro is, of course, proud of all
the old firms that are doing business
here and have been doing business
here. They, too, have made this com
munity a better place in which to
live and do business and the people
of each community are proud of
these concerns.
All of the firms that have opened
have been well pleased with their
business and they believe that Rox
boro will continue to grow. They
would never have opened here if
they did not know that this city
was one of the most progressive in
the state and a good place for those
connected with the business to live.
As each firm opened Roxboro be
came a larger and more progressive
city. Each firm meant much to the
business life and each firm will con
tinue to help in its own individual
way.
Readers of ths edition are re
quested to look over this paper care
fully and thus learn more of the
growth of Roxboro.
REV. CUNNINGHAM
TO PREACH SUNDAY
Will Be At Presbyterian ChurcK
For Sunday Morning Service
At 11 O’clock
Rev. John B. Cunningham, pro
minent blind preacher of Pamplin,
Va., will be at the Presbyterian
Church of Roxboro Sunday morning
and will preach at the regular 11
o’clock service.
Rev. Cunningham has been in
Roxboro on several occasions and
has preached at this church before.
He is an excellent preacher and all
of his sermons here have been en
joyed by a large number of peo
ple.
The public is cordially invited to
hear him Sunday morning.
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NATION’S INCOME MOUNTS
Washington, D. C. Department
of Commerce figures just released
estimates an increase of $9,000,000,-
000 in the national income last year,
an increase of 16 per cent over 1935.
Placing the total income at $63,800,-
000,000 it was disclosed that of $7,-
400,000,000 increase in income dis
bursed, nearly 5 billions was in high
er wages to labor and 11-2 billions
in dividends.
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THE LABOR FRONT
In his moves to unionize the Beth
lehem and Youngstown steel com
panies, John L. Lewis, leader of the
Committee tor Industrial Organi
zation, ordered out 9,500 miners in
Pennsylvania and West Virginia en
gaged in supplying coal to the tw»
corporations’ mills .... At Ardr
son, Ind., nine non-union autcm'bito
workers were wounded by shotgun
fire, for which six C. L O. o*gsnizeri
■were later arrested .... About 10 *
000 C. I. O. followers are massed 1 1
the vicinity of Monroe, Mich., de
termined to dose a Republic Stect
mill that has been opened by %
gathering of citizens.