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CAUL til We went all the news of your community. Please call us or send it in. IF YOU WOULD KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON ABOUND YOU BEAD THF PERSON COUNTY TIMSft-!T IS A PAPER FOB ALL THE PEOPLE OF PERSON AND ADJOINING COUNTIES. VOLUME VUL Trade Day £r Safety Day To Be Observed In Roxboro Saturday Big Safety Parade To Begin At 3:00 P. M. And Wind Its Way Around Business District. Pa rade Will Feature Radio Con trolled Car Operated From 20 to 50 Feet. Occasion Is Being Sponsored By Roxboro Chamber Os Com merce This Saturday, July 3rd., will be observed as Trade Day and Safety Day in Roxboro. The occasion is be ing sponsored by the Roxboro Cham ber of Commerce and is expected to draw thousands of people to this city. Several things to attract visi tors are being arranged. The mer chants of this city have arranged hundreds of bargains for this big occasion and the services of Captain John J. (Wild Jim) Lynch and his “magic” automobile have been se cured. At 3:00 P. M. the big Safety Pa- Tade will begin and wind its way a round the business center of Rox boro. The “Magic” auto will wind its way through the crowded busi- Captain Lynch, ex-cowboy, rodeo ness district and in another car from twenty to fifty feet will be champion, dare-devil, movie actor, flyer and safety crusader. His fin gers will tap away at an ordinary telegraph key, but the “magic” car will obey every tap. It will start. It will stop at the red light and start again. It will make proper right and left turns. It will sound its own horn. In fact the “magic” car will move over the entire route of the parade without a human being inside it or near it in a demonstra tion of safe driving. The parade will start at 3:00 P. M. Millions of people in scores of cities have watched the “magic” car perform since 1931. They have at the itame time listened to “Wild Jim’s” rapid fire advice on how to drive. The only connection between the “magic" car and the machine in which Lynch drives, will be a long thin strand of wire, linked to the (Continued On Back Page) o FALL FROM TRUCK PROVES FATAL TO HM6ERLAKE MAN Roy Edward Tilley, 25, Suc cumbs To Fractured Skull At Watt’s Hospital Roy Edward Tilley, 25, of Timber lake, died at Watt’s Hospital Tues day morning at 8:10 o’clock with a fractured skull said to have been sustained when he fell from a truck near Helena several nights ago. It was reported that Tilley fell off the back - of the truck, striking his head against the pavement. He was carried to a doctor’s office in Rox boro by the driver of the truck, whose name was not learned today. He later was brought to Durham in an ambulance. Tilley was the son of L. D. Tilley and Maggie Gates Tilley of Timber lake, who survive, as do two sisters, Misses Mabel and Mildred Tilley, both of Durham County, and three brothers, Clarence, James and Eu gene Tilley, also of Durham county. Funeral services were held Wed nesday and interment was in the church cemetery at King’s Chapel. o MR. CHEEK CRITICALLY ILL Mr. E. D. Cheek is critically ill at bis home on Oak Street. Mr. Cheek bas been in ill health for sometime but for the past few days his condi tion has become quite serious, o ; Mrs. Gunderson Died Suddenly Mrs. J. A. Gunderson, of 241 Ti tus Ave., Rochester, N. Y., mother of Mrs. Jerry Hester of this county, died suddenly Sunday night Fune ral services were held Wednesday. Mrs. Gunderson died suddenly and it is thought heart trouble was the cause of her death. O' Exponents of evolution overlook ed a point when they failed to point out street car strap-hanging as a: Vestige of the tree day*. fleraotiipimes PUBLISHED EVERY SUNDAY & THURSDAY MANY THANKS Person County Times Roxboro, N. C. ' ! ; Gentlemen: I wish to thank you for the ex cellent job of reporting that you rendered the patrons of our thea tre Tuesday night when you an lounced the election returns over our loud speaker. I understand that in one in stance that you had to go 18 miles in order to get the returns from one precinct. Your service was splendid and deeply appreciated. Palace Theatre Co. By. O. T. Kirby. CURB MARKET TO OPEN IN ROXBORO ON SATURDAY A. M. Projects Will Be Supervised By Miss Lee, Home Supervisor. Farmers Will Have A Large Amount Os Produce On Hand Winstead Warehouse Will Be Used The Person County curb market will open Saturday, July 3rd. in this city at the Winstead Warehouse on Main Street, Miss Minnie B. Lee, Home Supervisor and Resettlement Administrator, stated this morning. Miss Lee succeeds Mrs. P. L. Tho mas, who had charge of this work last year. Miss Lee will sponsor and direct this work. The curb market will remain open throughout the summer as long as the farmers have farm produce to sell. Miss Lee anticipates excellent results this year due to the fact that there is a large supply of fresh ve getables on hand and that many farmers are anxious to sell on this market. All growers and producers of home grown products in Person County have been extended an in vitation to sell on this market. Last year fifty farmers participated in the program and realized $1,100.00. It was also pointed out that this money was spent in this city for staple groceries that the farmers could not produce. Last year the following work was done in the homes of people of this county and this work was super vised by the same department that has charge of the curb market. 1 At least 10 outside sanitary toi lets built. 2 Forty children re-entered school who could not have gone otherwise. 3 Fifty families wtore adequate clothing. 5 Three tonsil extractions were made possible. 6 Necessary form implements were purchased. 7 Twenty pigs purchased. 8 Two cows purchased. 9 At least 10 people received me dical aid and attention. 10 Ten homes were screened. 11 Water supplies were made more sanitary. » 12 Adequate canning supplies pur chased. 13 Orchards restored. 14 Laundry supplies and kitchen utensils bought. 15 At least 15 families were able .to subscribe to local paper. Miss Lee pointed out that many people who sold on the curb mar ket last year were better able to help their families in ways such as have been pointed out above. It was also pointed out that many of these people sold tobacco on the market for the first time after they started* bringing produce to the curb mar ket and this market also kept seve ral families from applying for re lief. Those who helped establish tile curb market this year were S. B. Winstead, prop, of Winstead Ware house, Collins and Aikman, R. B. Girffin, James Harris, Chamber of Commerce, and Mrs. P. L. Thomas. Miss Lee wishes to think all who helped in any way. ■■ 1 • CLOSED MONDAY The Peoples Bank anfd a lafge number of stores will be closed Mon day, July sth. TIMES ANNOUNCED RECTION RETURNS Three Announcements Made Over Loud Speaker At Pal ace Tuesday Night Those who attended the Palace Theatre on Tuesday night had ring side seats as far as election returns were concerned. Through the courtesy of the Per son County Times the management of this theatre was able to give all customers the results of the election as rapidly as they were reported. Three announcements were made over the loud speaker, one at 7:45, one at 8:15, and final results at 9:05. During the announcement the pic | ture was cut off and about one min j ute was required for each announce ment. Theatre patrons commented upon the excellent service that Mr. Kirby gave in this connection and agreed that he was doing everything pos sible to give mlore than moneyfs worth. It is understood that this will be a regular part of the program at the Palace on each election day here after. o HAIL HIT COUNTY WED. AFTERNOON Many Crops Damaged And Some Practically Ruined. Ground Was Covered Hit In Helena And Allensville Section of County - ■ • ■ - ■ -• Person County was visited by a terrific hailstorm Wednesday after noon about one o’clock and from all reports it looks like one entire section of this county running from Allensville and down the Virgilina road was hit. Crops were ripped to shreds and even small tobacco plants were torn all to pieces. After the storm had passed the ground was literally oovered wlith ice and in some places it was over one half nch deep: Many state that it was the worse that they had ever seen at this time of the year. The damage to crops was great and all reports are not yet in. Both corn and tobacco crops suffered in a big way. This was the first hail of the sea son and put fear into the hearts of the farmers. It is one thing that they cannot control and three minutes of hail may run into a loss of thousands of dollars. Even tho the tobacco plants in this county are comparatively small the damage was as great as tho they lad been good size. It is too late to re-plant tobacco and.even if it wasn’t there are no plants available. From now until the crop is har vested hail will be feared on every hot day. o Burns, Gentry & Strum Open Roxboro’s new gent’s furnishing store, Burns, Gentry and Strum is now open for business in the same building that has been occupied by Harris and Burns. Mr. Bums continues with the new firm and both Mr. Gentry and Mr. : Strum are well known having ser ved with Harris and Bums for a number of years. PROCLAMATION .In the interest of safety of the citizens of Roxboro and Person County, while traveling or walking on our city streets or on our high ways; as a memorial to those who hove met a violent death caused by the wheels of traffic, with a feeling of remorse to those who have been crippled for life by the same causes, as a tribute of thanks to those who are respecting the rights and lives of others, by driving and walk ing safely, and as a plea to every human being in our city, county, and state, to do his part in making the streets and highways of North Caro lina safe for everybody: and Whereas the Roxboro Chamber of Commerce is preparing a spec tacular Safety Parade and Trade With Safety Day, I hereby proclaim Saturday, July 3rd, 1937, as SAFETY DAY AND TRADE DAY, and ask that .every .citizen, .business .firm, .institution .and .organization, give every possible cooperation in making TRADE DAY and the SAFE TY PARADE a success that will be long remembered. * R. B. DAWES, Mayor. Roxboro, N. C. •v -.,7 KOKBORO, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JULY 1, 1937 C.R.WOOD GIVES HEPFUL HINTS . ■ ■ - Points Out That Park Should HEte A Supervisor On Hand At All times Mr. C. R. Wood, head of the re creation department of the city of Durham, was present at the regu lar meeting of the Roxboro Kiwanis club , jast Monday night. Mr. Wood addressed the club members on the subject Os pairks and playgrounds and Have all of the members a few helpful suggestions on. the subject. AtHhe present time, the Kiwanis Club, in cooperation with the Ro tary Club, is attempting to sponsor a park in this city. Work has been progressing rather slowly due to the fact that the two clubs are anxious that no mistake be made. Mr. Wood pointed out that one of the first things to do would be to find a supervisor of the park or com" munlty center. He stated that it was very important that all activities be supervised. President Winstead requested Mr. Wood to come back and meet with the directors of bothe the Rotary and Kiwgnis clubs at a future date to be namfcd. o ROUGEMONT BOYS BE AT PALACE ■ 1 - ■■ Big Boxing Program Offered For Monday Night At 9:00 P. M.; Five Bouts In All Have you ever seen five colored beys in a ring, all fighting for dear life, with the understanding irtMf t km one who stays in longer than any other will win a jar of’ money? If" you haven’t seen this you are entitled to the treat of your life. The fifth man is put in so that there will be one odd fighter to crack away at the heads of the others from be hind. All of this and more is being offered in the way of a July 4th. celebration at the Winstead Ware house Monday night, July sth. Four other fights will be on the same program. The main bout will be between Basil Young, 152 pounds, Roxboro, and Lee Laws, 150 pounds, Rougemont. Young is an up and coming boxer and could do a lot in j this game. “Wild” Joe King, 140, Roxboro, will be matched against Baxter Franklin, 141, of Rougemont, This leut will probably deliver as much action as any other on the pro gram. Four of the Boxers for Monday’s program hail from Rougemont, the boxing community of this sec tion. When a boy from Rougemont kisses the mat you may rest as sured that an awful lick was pas sed. The place—Winstead Warehouse— The time—9:oo P. M.—The referee— Ciyde Oakley. -* o 17 ROXBORO PEOPLE TO VISIT NAGS HEAD Roxboro, June 30—Boone Monk, Marie Spencer, Thomas Bumpass, Miss Refca Griffin, Maurice Allen, Miss Amis Montgomery, Pete Lee, Miss Minnie Smith, Gordon Carver, Miss Frances Grant, R. E. Hamlin, Miss Esth(er Walker. J V* King, Miss Frances Critcher, Bob Michaels, and Mr. and Mrs. Tony Duncan will leave Sunday for Nags Head where they will spend the week. Mr. King will enter his speedboat in a race while there. Recount Os Tuesday’s Votes Demanded And Will Be Ordered By Local Board DADDY HEARD DEATH ANNOUNCEMENT A young boy of this city talks in his sleep. Last week he was sleeping in the same room with his daddy when suddenly he sat up in bed and proclaimed twice, “Daddy’s Dead.” His father pinched himself to make sure that a mistake had been made and then dropped off to sleep. PERSON REMAINS IN DRY COLUMN Twenty Two Majority Against County Control Stores. Voting Rather Light Over County 1,091 voters of Person County were l in favor of County Control Liquor f tre, but 1,113 voters were opposed to these stores and Person County remains in the dry column for a ncther three years. Unofficial totals gave a majority it 22 opposed to control stores. This election brought an end to ; a campaign that was rather listless There was not muah aclivity on ; the part of either group and a few if any poll workers were hanging around the voting precincts. i A total of 2,204 votes were cast. ’ ’liis was light by six or seven hun ' dred votes. Ordinarily 2,700 or 2,- BUO people in this county will vote r.n election day. Returns started coming in very soon after sun-down and all pre cincts that could be reached by tele phone announced the results in short order. So great was the in terest on the part of a few that mes engers were dispatched to the pre cincts that could not be reached ever telephone and all results were wrought by nine p. m. Returns by precincts were: For Stores Against Roxboro No. 1 173 199 Roxboro No. 2 222 119 Roxboro No. 3 134 134 Roxboro No. 4 171 124 Bethel Hill 3 63 lelena 29 27 Cunningham 11 8 Chub Lake 37 57 Bushy Fork 67 53 Ai 26 9 Olive Hill ..... 22 107 Glenn’s Store 41 12 Dixon’s Store 11 62 Moriah 9 12 Hurdle Mills 58 15 Woodsdale ’.. 16 14 ( handler’s Store 24 13 Allensville 37 85 Total 1,091 1,113 o TEN DOGS FOUND POISONED WEDN’Y All Died As Result Os Poison In Stomach; No Other Evidence Available Approximately ten dogs died Wed nesday morning in Roxboro as a re sult of being poisoned. The dogs were found early in the morning on South Lamar Street and others were discovered later in the day in bad fchape. All died in short order. Many of the dogs were very val uable and some were rated to be worth a large sum of money. No one knows whether the poi soning was planned, accidental or just how it was put out, but it was the second time this year that this has happened in Roxboro. On the other occasion six dogs died. In one or two instances doctors were called, but nothing could be ac complished. A majority of the dogs were found dead Wednesday morning. It is needless to state that owners of the dogs are looking for evidence as to how all of this happened. EIGHT PAGES TODAY NUMBER FIFTY-TWO Those Who Favor Stores Claim That Majority of 22 Votes Is Not Enough Unless i Votes Are Recounted Interest Running High Over En tire County It now appears that certain citi zens of this county have, or will, de mand a recount of the votes that were cast and counted in Person County on Tuesday of this week when this county voted on the ques t on of liquor control. The majority of votes were “a gainst control.” This majority was only 22 votes. The final tabulation gave - “for stores” - 1,091 - “against stores” - 1,113. Those who are in favor of the stores do not believe that this majority is large enough to be certain that the so called ‘drys” won. Mayor Dawes has stated that he had already received a formal re quest for the recount and that it was likely that the board of elections would grant it. Mr. Dawes is chair man of the board of elections. Returns from the various precincts started coming in Tuesday night be fore eight o’clock and by nine they were all in. Dixon’s Store was the last one to be heard from and a messenger had to be dispatched to get this return. Prior to this time the “Fors” had been leading, but Dixon’s Store changed the tide to the “a gainst” column and left the majori ty of 22 votes. As soon as this re turn was made and announced the cry of recount was stated and con tinued until something was done a bout it. Many wondered why the voting was as heavy as it was at Dixon’s Store. Interest in this election is now at a much higher peak than it was be fore the voting took place. SEVERAL BALLOTS MAY BE KILLED Reported That Voters Did Not Properly Sign Ballot and That It Cannot Be Law fully Counted It has been reported in Roxboro that a number of absentee ballots cast in the election last Tuesday may be thrown out because they were not properly signed. There are cer tain rules and regulations that ap ply to an absentee ballot and re ports indicate that in a number of cases these were not followed. It is not known whether the \btes in question are “For” or “Against” Control stores. Approximately forty absentee ballots were received by those in charge. If there is a recount of the votes it will probably take place at once. Official returns from the precincts were brought in today and were received at the courthouse by the chairman, of the board of elections. Meriritt Reunion Held Tuesday Forty one members of the Merritt family met at the old home place of Dr. Merritt on the Woodsdale road Tuesday afternoon in their an nual reunion. » Members of this family began ar riving about three o’clock and con tinued coming until 5:30. At this time a picnic dinner was served in the yard under the trees. It con sisted of ham, chicken, pickels, pie, cake, tea and many other tempting foods. This reunion is held every sum mer and is looked forward to by members of the Merritt family. o . To Sail On Queen Mary Rev. and Mrs. Al Martin and Miss Emily Bradsher will leave today for New York. Miss Emily Bradsher Will sail on the Queen Mary for England, Tuesday. She will be thou for sometime. o Leaves Monday - Miss Hanriah Critcher will leave Monday for Atlanta, Ga, where she will join the Georgia Ca ravan. She will tour Mexico and the West Coast and is expected to be away about two months and a half..