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VOLUME VDL
NEWS
of the
WEEK
MARTIAL LAW IN LABOR WAR
Johnstown. Pa.—While three Presi
dential Mediators struggled to bring
about peace betwden 85,000 steel
workers and the independent steel
mills affected, Gov. Earle, of Pa., de
clared this city under martial law
when the huge Cambria plant of the
Bethlehem Steel Corporation wa@
closed. Corporation officials declar
ed the shut-down was “under dur
ess,” and reserved the right to sue
-the State for any law incurred. It
is estimated that the strikers have
already lost $10,000,000 in wages, and
that their losses are running $500,-
000 a day. In Washington little hope
is held out for Congressional action
In the labor situation.
RADIO PRIEST’S VENTURE
Detroit, Mich.—Too much publi
city has caused a temporary sus
pension of an ambitious commer
cial building enterprise sponsored
by the Rev. Charles C. Coughlin as
a form of endowment for his Shrine
of the Little Flower. The radio
priest’s eccliastical superiors frown
ed on some of the features of the
big structure planned across the st.
from Father Coughlin’s church.
IN MOVIE CIRCLES
New York City—As a result of
10 percent in film rentals, motion
picture theatres are expected to an
nounce a boost in admission prices.
Alleging libel, Vivian Stanley, Geor
gia Prison Commissioner, is suing
producers, distributors and exhibi
tors of “A Fugitive from Georgia
Chain Gang” for SIOO,OOO. .One of
the big four cigarette companies is
•experimenting with a plan to pay
movie theatres for showing stars in
one-minute endorsements of the
brand.
WAR ON BENEFIT SOCIETIES
D, Ci —A jflood of
complaints against societies .clubs
mid other organizations offering to
write “insurance” policies without
State examinations has led to a
nation-wide drive by postal inspec
tors to close up all such fraudlent
associations.
THE WEEK IN BUSINESS
Wall Street brokers continue to
express pessimistice views on the
state of their particular business.
Last Saturday’ sales of 220,950
shares was the lowest in three years
and the year’s total to date is 12
percent under the same period last
year The trailer craze has fallen
far short of the hopes held out for it.
Economists blante under-financed
manufacturers, unable to advertise,
and a growing public resentment to
the trailer for a considerable slump
in sales Association of Sheet
Music Dealers reported gross sales of
$35,000,000 during the past 12
months, a gain of 20 percent, attri
butable, according to the music men,
to a 100 percent increase in piano
sales in 1936 To finance Empire
extensions and Trans-Atlantic ser
vices, British Imperial Airways in
creased its capital to $25,000,000
(400 ptercent), Hhe company wfilli
build 40 new flying boats at a cost
of $9,000,000. Trial trans-Atlantic
flights will begin next week between
Newfoundland and England ... The
first “odd - lot” statistics issued by
SEC showed that the ‘little operator'
accounted for 18 percent of all
Stockl Exchange transactions, that
his average deal was for 25 shares
valued at $1,120.
TELEVISION PROGRESS
New York City—A report by the
Radio Corporation of America is to
the effect that nearly fifty televi
sion sets are’in practical use by the
executives and engineers of the com
pany, and they receive daily broad
cast's from the experimental stations
in the tower of the Empire State
Building.
IfersonlMmes
PUBLISHED EVERY SUNDAY & THURSDAY
Fire Did Considerable Damage
To 3 Places of Business Today
Originated In J. E. Latta’s Dry
Cleaning Shop And Quickly
Spread To Davids. Also
Did Considerable
Damage To City
Coffee Shop
Ca-Vel Firemen Called To Ac
tion and Responded
Quickly
Fire, originating in the dry clean
. ing department of J. E. Latta’s place
of business on Court Street early
this morning, did considerable dam
age to his place, also Davids, and
the City Coffee Shop. In the Coffee
Shop damage was chiefly from
smoke and water. Davids’ also was
damaged by smoke and water but
there was also some fire in this
place.
It is reported that the fire started
in the rear end of Latta’s place and
spread to Davids’.
When the city fire truck arrived
there was a good size blaze in the
rear of the dry cleaning plant and
a large amount of smoke. After the
firemen kept several streams of wa
ter on the two places the blaze sub
sided. Collins and Aikman firemen
responded instantly t|o a call
help and arrived on the scene as
quickly, as possible. Tlpy* greatly
aided the Roxboro firemen not only
in man power but by nse of their
equipment.
Altho the fire was extinguished
in a very short time there was a
considerable amount of damage. The
buildings were damaged in no small
way and the stock in at least two of
the places was left in a bad shape.
At one time it was thought that
three or four buildings might burn.
This fire was the first one of any
consequence since the Thomas-Car
ver Building burned last fall and
: was also the first one to be handled
by the new fire chief, Henry O’-
Briant.
It is understood that the buildings
were insured. It is not known how
much insurance was on the stock
and equipment of the three dam
aged places.
All valuable papers of Davids’
were saved from any damage.
KIWANIS MET AT
PROSPECT HILL MON.
Club Will Visit Over The Coun
ty During The Summer
Months; E. E. Thomas
In Charge
Prospect Hill, the place of fried
chicken, was visited by the Roxboro
Kiwanis Club last Monday even
ing. Approximately fifty Kiwanians
and their wives met at the school
building and enjoyed a meal that
had been prepared by the ladies of
that community.
After the supper President Win
stead took charge and called upon
several who were present for a few
remarks. There was no regular pro
gram.
Approximately 25 guests were
present at this meal.
The Kiwanis Club will visit
around over the county this sum
mer. About every other week the
club will meet in the county. E. E.
Thomas is chairman of committee
on meals and he evidently knows
just the spot to take the club every
time. He never fails to find a place
where the meal is best.
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Mother Os Local Resident Dies
The mother of Carl Bowen, resi
dent of this city, died at her home in
Florida Sunday night. The cause of
her death is not known.
Mr. Bowen was in New York at
this time and left at once for Florida.
It is understood that funeral ser
vices were held Tuesday.
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SHEET CLUB TO OPEN
The Roxboro Skeet Club will be
officially opened Friday Afternoon
at 4:30 p. m. at its new location
across the railroad from the water
tank located between Roxboro and
Longhurst mill. A large crowd is ex
pected out to try their skill.
SAWYER PROMOTES
GOOD CATTLE SHOW
Shows People In Dothan, Alaba
ma How People In N. C. Do
Things Like This
Hugh Sawyer, former Secretary
l of the Roxboro Chamber of Com
* merce, did not forget his Roxboro
f training. On April 13 and 14th. he
j itaged through the Dothan Chamber
l of Commerce, one of the largest and
' best cattle shows that has ever been
* put on in that part of the country.
* During the time that Mr. Saw
yer was secretary of the Roxboro
5 Chamber of Commerce he, with the
help of others, staged a splendid
1 cattle show in Roxboro.
I Reliable reports coming to this
city indicate that Mr. Sawybr is
I making good in Dothan and that he
i is well liked. The account of this
1 cattle show that was given out in
5 Roxboro indicates that everyone was
- well pleased with this program.
Since leaving Roxboro Mr. and
1 Mrs. Sawyer have come into a pri-
C zed possession, a baby girl. Several
5 Roxboro have t visited the
r Sawyers since they moved to Alaba
f ma and all report a royal reception,
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! MINIATURE GOLF
j COURSE SURVIVES
t As Far As It Is Known It Is The
Only One In Existence At
[ This Time
| Several years ago miniature golf
courses held the spotlight in this
county. One found them crowding
. all vacant city lots and even out in
’ the country. Some owners made mo
j. ney and some lost money, but
everyone, who was of any impor
tance, played golf. Roxboro had two
, courses. One in the city and one on
the Greensboro road.
As the years rolled by miniature
golf courses over the country gradu
ally went into the red, financially
speaking, and the courses in the
city were used for other purposes.
Those in the country were plowed
’ up and it has been said many rent
ed the land to Uncle Sam for soil
■ building crops. The interest in minia
ture golf was dead.
Such was not the case with one
of Roxboro ! s courses. The one on the
Greensboro road survived and is
1 still surviving. At the present time
1 it is being operated by the Wade
- Bros, and it has even been said that
* this course is doing a nice business.
‘ As far as it is know it is the only
| one left in the world, but there may
' be others.
This course is in a shady spot right
by the highway and you can play
1 18 holes in solid comfort. If you
7 want to see a “Believe it or Not”
* the Wade Bros, will be glad to show
it to you.
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t HAIL INSURANCE
| It looks like Person C/ounty will
have a good crop of tobacco to sell
| this year. Don’t take a chance by
; not getting hail insurance. You can
’ buy it now and be protected. We
, will be glad to insure your crop
against hail.
See us for any kind of insurance
that you might need. We are ready
I and able to protect you.
Knight’s Insurance Agency
* Roxboro, N. C.
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I
Roxboro’s Theatres Are Cool
Manager Kirby of the Palace and
. Dolly Madison Theatres wants Co
know why the people of this county
need to go to the beaches. He points
out that the Palace is cooled by
Artie Nu-Air and The Dolly by
washed air. Ihen, too, he says you
! can see a good show at either place,
i Mr. Kirby also announces that the
i cashier of the theatres will call ten
‘ people during the week. If you can
I .tell her at once what is playing at
* the theatre you will recieve a pass
for the evening’s performance.
ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JUNE 24, 1937
EXTRA TEACHERS
FOR FOUR SCHOOLS
! GIVEN BY STATE
Free Text Books Will Be Avail
able And Supplementary
i Readers at a Very Small
I Cost To Pupils Over
County
EXTRA TEACHERS ARE
T BADLY NEEDED
Free text books will be available
for the schools of this county next
year, and in addition to the free
text books there will be a large
number hi supplementary readers
that will be available at a very small
cost. Six supplementary readers will
be available for the first grade
students for fifty cents and three
supplementary readers for children
above the first grade at a price rang
ing up to seventy cents. The sup
plementary readers will be available
in all white schools and in the lar
ger colored schools.
The state allotment for teachers of
Person County has been mand and
the grammar grades of the follow
ing schools will get an extra teacher,
Roxboro, Bushy Fork and Mt. Tir
zah. Two extra teachers have been
"given to Person County Training
' School for colored. All of the extra
teachers were obtained as a result
of larger daily attendance in the
respective schools. Last year the
colored school had 160 in the first
year of high school.
Mr. Griffin, County Superinten
! dent, stated that he was delighted to
. get. the extra teachers as they were
; badly needed in these schools.
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Joe King To Fight In
Tampa
Visiting Sam King And Booked
For Fight This Week
Joe King, the slugging 140 pounder,
of Roxboro, has been booked for a
fight in Tampa, Fla. this week. Joe
is visiting Sam King who is a resi
dent of Tampa and was lined up on
a boxing card almost before he ar
rived.
King fights hard and fast and
packs a mean wallop. It is not known
who he will fight or the exact date.
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C. R. WOOD MAY
SPEAK AT CLUB
Expected To Be Present At Rox
boro Kiwanis Club Monday
Night
Mr. C. R. Wood, head of the re
creational department of the city of
Durham, has been invited to speak
at the Roxboro Kiwanis Club Mon
day night. The Kiwanis Club is at
tempting to sponsor a park for small
children and it is thought that Mr.
Wood is in a good position to give
excellent advice concerning this pro
ject.
Mr. Wood has not yet had time
to accept this invitation, but it is
understood that he wants to come to
Roxboro and unless he has a pre
vious engagement he will be here.
Jack Bane, who is also interested
in the park project, is expected to
accompany Mr. Wood to this meet
ing.
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FAST TRACK TIME
Princeton, N. J. —Covering a mile
in 4:07.2, Archie San Romani es
tablished the second fastest mile re
cord in track athletics. Curiously
enough, many fast runners have
suffered leg injuries. Glen Cunning
ham, holder of the world’s record of
4:06.7, had his legs badly burned in
a schoolhouse explosion. William R.
Bauthron, Princeton’s star) runrjer
three years ago, was badly burned
about the legs by high voltage wires
when 12 years old. Joe Mangac of
Cornell fell off a truck and broke a
leg, and a similar accident to San
Romani when 8 years old resulted
in threatened gangrene and a pos
sible amputation.
Dr. B. E. Love Elected President
6th. Medical Society Os N. C.
OLD GOLD GIVES
CORRECT ANSWERS
Not Many, If Any, Roxboro Con
testants Had All The Ans
wers Correct
On Wednesday of this week the
answers of the Old Gold Contest
were released and hundreds of peo
ple of this section rushed to get a
paper and turn to the correct ans
wers. As far as one reporter of the
Times could discover no one in this
County had all of the answers cor
rect.
This contest created a large a
mount of excitement in Person Coun
ty and many people worked long
and hard over the answers. People
would meet on the street and trade
solutions. At night two and three
would get together and work over
the answers until late at night.
Wrappers fgom these cigarettes
sold as high as five cents and a large
number of people save all that they
could get their hands on.
It is understood that all who ans
wered the puzzles correctly will re
ceive a tie-breaking set of 90 puzzles
this month.
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COMMITTEE HUNTS
PARK LOCATION
Probable That Neither Commu
nity House Lot Nor Church
Lot Will Be Used
A Rotary and Kiwanis Committee
composed of R. B. Griffin, Bill War
ren and J. S. Merritt are looking
for a site for the Kiwanis-Rotary
Park. At a meeting of both Rotary
and Kiwanis club committees in the
office of the Chamber of Commer
ce Tuesday night, it was decided
that perhaps neither club had found
the best available lot and that it
would be a good idea to hunt for
another.
Those present for this meeting
were Jack Bane, R. B. Griffin, Geo.
Kanje, Robert Long! Bill Warren,
and Sam Merritt. Three of these
members represented the Rotary
club and three the Kiwanis Club.
The purpose was to try to get the
two clubs together on the park pro
ject in order that their efforts not
be divided along the same line of
work.
The committee will spend two or
three days looking for a better loca
tion and then report back to the
joint committee.
The Kiwanis club had decided to
use the location behind the Primi
tive Baptist Church and the Rotary
Club liked the Community House
lot. Now neither of these may be
used, but a third lot that is yet to
be found.
It is very probable that the Ro
tary and Kiwanis clubs will get to
gether on the project and give Rox
boro a real park.
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BUSINESS BEES
M. G. Johnson, manager of the
Roxboro Drug Co., doesn’t like any
idle land. Just at the rear of his
drug store is a very small plot of
land, too small to do much good, but
Mr. Johnson has three - hives of
busy bees on this plot. The bees are
right in the heart of the city and
they refuse to believe that business
is dull. They are as “Busy as Bees.”
DU PONT WEDDING GIFTS
Wilmington, Del.—When Ethel Du
Pont marries Franklin D. Roose
velt, son of the President, next
week she will receive from Mrs.
Roosevelt a string of perfectly
matched string of pearls, part of a
necklace given her by Mrs. James
Roosevelt, Sr., wWen she married
the President in 1905. She will also
receive from the White House a
complete set of silver, and from the
President's mother, a diamond cres
cent pin. From her Father, Eugene
du Point, she will, among other*
things, receive a framed newspaper
cartoon lampooning the union of two
so widely opposed families political
ly.
EIGHT PAGES
TODAY
NUMBER FIFTY - ONE
Society Met At Roxboro Yester
day And Was Attended By
Large Number Os Doc
tors Over This
District
Number of Scientific Papers
Read And Discussed
Dr. B. E. Love of Roxboro, was
elected president of the Sixth Coun
cilor District of the Medical Society
of North Carolina, yesterday at «
meeting of this district in Roxboro.
Dr. A. F. Nichols of Roxboro was
elected of the
same district.
Sixty-four doctors were present
for the meeting that was held in the
High School building and all report
that the meeting was very success
ful from every standpoint.
Dr. Love called the meeting to
order and Mayor R. B. Dawes, Rox
boro, delivered the address of wel
come. A number of scientific papers
were read by several doctors. “The
Nature of Conversion” was the sub
ject of a paper read by Dr. H. E.
Williams. This paper was discussed
by Dr. J. H. Hall of Richmond. Dr.
S. V. Lewis of Roxboro read a pa
per on “Physical Defects and their
Relation to Grade Repeaters in the
Public Schools.” This was discussed
by Dr. Amzi Ellington of Burlington.
“Mental Problems” by Dr. J. W.
Ashby of Raleigh; discussed by Dr.
J. K. Hall. “The Physiology and
Pnthalogy of the Appendix” by Dr.
H. A. Royster of Raleigh; discussed
by Dr. W. R. Stanford, Durham.
“Diagnosis and Treatment of Con
ditions Causing a Bloody Diarrhea”
by Dr. J. M. Ruffin, Durham; dis
cussed by Dr. Walter Johnson, presi
dent of the N. C. State Medical So
ciety.
Other officers elected were Dr. J.
C. Wilkins, Haw River, vice-presi
dent, Dr. G. L. Carrington was re
elected councilor.
Local doctors who had charge of
arrangements for this meeting were
Dr. Love, Dr. Beam and Dr. Lewis.
Brunswick stew prepared by John
Murphy and Ivey Featherston, was
served to the doctors. The local Co
ca-Cola Bottling Co. furnished Coca-
Cola and the City Ice Co. gave all
the ice that was needed.
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Helena Plays Cedar Grove
Helena will pay Cedar Grove Sat
urday at 3:30 p. m. on its home
ground. Helena has won eight out
of nine starts in thp Tri-County
League Schedule, and will be out
Saturday seeking its ninth victory
while Cedar Grove will be out to
stop them. Helena will send Lefty
Hicks to the mound while Long will
be on the receiving end. Adm. 10-
20c.
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Owen Pass Carried To Hospital
Mr. Owen Pass was carried to
Watt’s Hospital this morning where
he will undergo a minor operation.
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Mr Woody Completes Course
Mr. Spencer Woody completed his
denistry course this year at the At
lanta Dental School and also passed
the Georgia State Board of Exami
nation. It is not known where he will
be located as yet.
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DR. PEARCE TAKING POST
GRADUATE WORK
Dr. Pearce has gone to Philadel
phia to study in the Eye-Clinic of
Pennsylvania State College of Op
tometry. He will not be in his Rox
boro office next Monday the 28th.,
but will be back in his office the
following Monday.
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Action Defended On Person Co.
Courthouse Annex
At a meeting of the board of
County Commissioners of Person
County on Monday of this week the
commissioners voted to defer action
for the present time on the propos
ed courthouse annex.
Mr. Wm. D. Merritt acted as
spokesman for a committee that ap
peared before the commissioners
to protest this project at the present
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