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IF YOU WOULD KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON ABOUND YOU BEAD THF PERSON COUNTY TIMES-IT IS A PAPER FOB ALL THE PEOPLE OF PERSON AND ADJOINING COUNTIES.
VOLUME IX. PUBLISHED EVERY SUNDAY & THURSDAY ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JULY 22, 1937 NUMBER FOUR
CLAUDE WILBORN
GETS OFFER FROM
CLEVELAND CLUB
Scout Made Offer That Was Re
jected Last Monday; May
Sign-up Next Year.
Claude Wilborn, who plays cen
ter field on the Collins and Aikman
ball team, had an offer from Cleve
land ball team of the American
league last Monday, but did not ac
cept the offer.
Prof. Earl Holt, of Oak Ridge
Military Institute, accompanied a
Cleveland scout to Roxboro on this
■day and together they sought Wil
born and the scout made the offer.
It is not known what the terms
were.
Both Prof. Holt and the Cleve
land scout had seen Wilborn play
and both were impressed with his
actions on a ball diamond.
Prof. Holt is well known by a
number of Roxboro citizens who at
tended Oak Ridge. He is a former
big league ball player and at one
time was manager of the Washing
ton, D. C. team. He knows a good
ball player when he sees one.
Wilborn may decide to enter pro
fessional ball next year. For the re
mainder of this year- he will con
tinue to get valuable experience on
the Ca-Vel ball team.
Many expert ball players have
stated that he is a very likely pro
spect and should make the grade
in big time ball.
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Roxboro Gets Space
In N. & W. Booklet
- Several People In Roxboro Re
ceived Book From N. &
W. Railway.
The Norfolk & Western Railway
Company has just published a small
booklet entitled: “Along The Righ
of Way. This booklet gives a very
brief sketch of every town that is
located on the N. & W. line. Only
cities and towns of 100 or more in
habitants are listed. Populations of
those places included are based' on
the last available national census,
taken in 1930.
Roxboro is included in this book
let of information and here is what
is said:
“ROXBORO, N. C., is in Person
County, 664 feet above sea level, and
has a population of 3,657. The man
ufacture of lumber, petroleum pro
ducts, fertilizer, Turkish towels, cot
ton yam, plush and velours, and
grain products are industries of the
town. Roxboro is a market for to
bacco grown in this region. Live
stock and poultry raising are de
veloped on a commercial scale.”
Several of these small books have
been received by people in Rox
bono and altho the population of
Roxboro is over 5,000 there is no
room for complaint as this was the
1930 census.
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FUTURE FARMERS AT
STATE CONVENTION
Christe Fox To Compete In
State Judging Contiest.
Four members of the Bethel Hil
chapter of Future Farmers of A
merica, accompanied by A. G. Bill
iard, teacher of agriculture, are at
tending the state convention being
held at N. C. State College this
week.
The Future Fanners of America
is a national organization of stud
ents taking vocational agriculture.
There are over 5000 members of this
organization of North Carolina and
approximately 500 of these boys will
be in Raleigh from July 21 to 23.
-Joseph Hall, Bethel Hill High School
'f -student, is secretary of the state as
sociation.
| In addition to the regular annual
| convention the state livestock and
|r. public speaking contests will be
K held. Christe Fox, having won hon
iLors in the district livestock judging
Bppontest last spring, will compete
Eptith 16 students in the state judging
Kacontest to be held during the con
vention this week.
■lmDelegates representing the Bethel
chapter are: Robert Young and
flerson|Mimes
KIWANIS PICNIC
PLANNED AUG. 6
Preparations Being Made Far
1500 Kiwanians and Their
Families.
aTany SPORTS OFFERED
A schedule of events for the Car
olines district Kiwanis picnic to be
held Friday, August 6, 1937 at Camp
Greystone, six miles south of Hend
ersonville on U. S. highway No.
25, was made public here today by
F. M. Waters, president, of the
Hendersonville club.
Dr. Joseph R. Sevier of Hender
sonville, governor of the Carolinas
district and owner of the girls’
camp, said preparations will be
made for 1500 Kiwanians and their
families and guests from 73 clubs
in the two states. Traffic will be di
rected by state motorcycle officers.
Swimming from, 3 to 5 o’clock
tennis, horseshoe pitching and boat
ing from 3 to 6; a softball game
from 5 to 6; a pageant by camp
girls from 7 to 8; a Kiwanis meet
ing from 8 to 9; and dancing in the
camp pavilion beginning at 9 o’clock
are included in the schedule of
events. • *
The softball game will be played
by picked teams representing North
Carolina and South Carolina, with
the Rev. Tom Johnson of Greer, S.
C., as captain of the Palmetto team
and Dr. E. M. Cunningham of Ashe
ville, N. C., managing the Tar Heels.
Asheville, Tryon, Brevard, Spar
tanburg, Rutherfordton, and Green
ville, all within easy distance of the
camp, are expected to send especial
ly large delegations. Visitors will
bring their own picnic lunches, and
the proceeds of the sale of refresh
ments on the grounds will be devot
ed to Kiwanis underpriviledged
child- work.- —■ -
Camp Greystone comprises sever
al acres on Lake Summit and has a
large dining hall, and pavilion to
be used in case of rain. It is one of
the largest and oldest of the many
organized summer camps for boys
and girls in Western North Caro
lina.
RAY PARISH PRES.
OF BIBLE CLASS
Class Will Hold Annual Picnic
On Aug. 6th At Rock Grove
Church.
Mr. Ray Parrish, young man of
this city and an official of Collins
& Aikman, was elected president of
the Wesley Hambrick Bible class
last Sunday. This Methodist class
is composed of young men between
the ages of twenty-two and thirty
seven. or eight. About thirty are on
roll. Charlie Harris was elected vice
president and Carl Winstead secre
tary and treasurer.
) Mr. H. K. Sanders has been teach
ing this class for several years and
is now assisted by F. O. Carver, Jr.,
Both of these gentlemen are rated
as first class teachers and much in
terest has been created among the
students.
On Friday, Aug. 6th., all of the
members and about twenty guests
will go to Rock Grove Church where
they will be served a picnic lunch
by the ladies of this church.
After this annual picnic the class
members will stage a drive for new
members and they hope to increase
the membership to forty or fifty.
The Wesley Hambrick class was
named after Mr. W. B. Hambrick of
this city. Mr. Hambrick still re
tains an honorary membership in
the class and is greatly interested
in its activities.
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F. S. WOODY PASSES
DENTAL EXAMINATION
Dr. E. B. Howie, secretary-treas
urer of the North Carolina board of
dental examiners, announced that
20 out of 27 applicants for licenses
to practice dentistry had received
passing grades in examinations.
Dr. Spencer Woody was among
the successful applicants. He has not
as yet decided the exact location
that he will practice. At the pres
ent time Dr. and Mrs. Woody are
making their home in this city at
the home of Mrs. Woody’s mother,
Mrs. J. W. Allgood on Webb Street
C. & A. SCOUTS PASS
SECOND CLASS TESTS
Eight At Meeting Monday Night
and All Will Go To Camp
Cherokee Sunday.
Eight scouts from Ca-Vel met be
fore the scout court of honor Mon
day night and were awarded their
second class scout badge. All of
these scouts had met the require
ments for second class and their
meeting before the court of honor
was a mere formality.
Billie Garrett of Roxboro was al
so present and the court of honor
awarded him a first class badge.
There are twenty boys in the Ca-
Vel troop and all of the boys ex
pect to go to Camp Cherokee on
the 25th of this month. All have
uniforms and they are. making fine
progress.
Joe Guffey is the scout master of
this troop and he is receiving wond
erful help from Frank Williams.
Both of these men are deeply inter
ested in scout work and they are
determined that the Ca-Vel troup
shall rank as high as any.
This meeting of the court of hon
or was the last one for this month.
Tiie next meeting will be held a
round the last of August or it may
be postponed until September Ist.
The regular monthly meetings of
the Person County scout council
will be resumed the third Tuesday
of September. During the summer
mbnths the coi/icil has not been
meeting.
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HOUSING SHORTAGE
CONTINUES IN CITY
Chamber of 'Commerce Having'
Large Number of Requests <
For Houses or Apartments.
The Roxboro Chamber of Com
merce reports that in spite of all
the building that has been going on
in this city recently that there is
still a shortage of houses or apart
ments for rent. The secretary re
ported this week that in the past
several days he had calls for eight
houses or apartments and that he
was running into a large amount
of trouble trying to find places for
the new-comers. - -
Observers of this situation are
very frank to admit that a number
of young couples who Ifave been
living with Pa and Ma, but recently
married, are taking some of the
“‘for rent houses,” but this consti
tutes only a small part.
Roxbono is growing about as
rapidly as is possible, but even at
that the growth is not rapid enough
to take care of many people who
are moving to this city.
If you have a house, apartment
or room for rent you are request
ed to file this place with the Cham
ber of Commerce as a large number
of requests come to this office and
Mr. Eane can probably rent your
place at once.
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NOTICE
There will be a very special meet
ing of Longhurst Council Number
570, Jr. O. U. A. M. at Longhurst,
N. C. on Monday night, July 26th,
at 7:30 p. m. There are certain mat
ters of business that must be pass
ed on at this meeting. Every mem
ber is urged to be present.
S. M. MURRAY, D. C.
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SPANISH REBELS INCREASE
DRIVE
Madrid, Spain—Answering the
Government’s redent dride to lift
the siege of Madrid, which occa
sioned heavy Rebel losses in many
sectors, the insurgents launched a
terriffic aerial attack on the Loy
alist lines of 160 planes engaged,
29 were shpt down.
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ROBINSON’S SUCCESSOR URGED
Little Rock, Ark.—Governor Carl
E. Bailey is being urged to appoint
immediately a successor to Senator
Joseph T. Robinson, Democratic
leader in the upper house, who was
buried Sunday. Supporters of the
President’s bill for reorganizing the
judiciary are bringing pressure to
bear upon the Governor to name a
Senator friendly to the court bill,
since the change of a single vote
at the moment might wreck the
whole program.
PARNELL IS NAMED
FAIR MANAGER
Will Have Charge Os Person
County Fair This Year Has
Had Wide Experience
Announcement has been made”of
the appointment of C. S. Parnell,
Mebane, as general manager of the
Person County Fair. Mr. Parnell
has had more than seventeen year’s
experience in fair work, in North
Carolina and Virginia and reputed
to be one of the best known fair
men in the state.
He has had experience in the
State fair as well as having con
ducted some of the largest fairs in
this state and Virginia.
Tfea premium list has been com
pletely revised and in charge of the
advertising is Mrs. R. H. Harris, of
this city.
“The people of Person County
may rest assured of the most enter
taining as well as the cleanest fair
they have ever attended”, says Mr.
Parnell, who tolerates no vulgar
shows, nor off-color concessions to
operate on his midway. He has
fought for cleanliness in the fair
business for the past fifteen years
and as a result shows have come
to realize that they cannot get by
with anything but the best. Mr.
parnell is also Secreary treasurer
of the North Carolina Association of
Fairs, and for the past seventeen
years has been secretary of the Me
bane Six Counties Fair.
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OAKLEY AND HANEY
TO MEET AUG. 6TH
■Four Other Fights -on Same Pro
gram To Take Place on Night
of Aug. 6th at Winstead
Warehouse.
Clyde Oakley and Archie Haney
will meet in the ring once again. The
night of August 6th will find these
two young men in opposite corners
with gloves on ready to battle like
a couple of wild cats for six rounds.
On the last occasion that they met,
about two months ago, Oakley came
away with a close decision. Immed
iately after the fight Haney chal
lenged Oakley to a return engage
ment
On this same card will be the fol
io v/ing fighters:
1. (Four 2-mirlute rounds) —Bill
Winstead (132 pounds) Roxboro. vs.
Robert Pugh (135 pounds) Bethel
Hill.
2. (Four 2-minute Rounds)
Frank Holt (136 pounds) Roxboro.
vs. Clyde Wright (135 pounds) Ca
vel.
3. Four 2-minute Rounds) Joe
King (138 pounds) Roxboro.
vs. Sam Forrester (135 pounds)
Asheville, N. C.
4. 4 (Five 2-minute Rounds) —
Basil Young (158 pounds) Roxboro.
vs. Robert Gammon (155 pounds)
Burlington.
These fights will be staged in the
Winstead Warehouse and the first
one will begin at 9:00 p. m.
There will be two more boxing
programs in Roxboro this year then
the promoters will hold up until
about May of 1938.
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MRS. DAY BETTER
The condition of Mrs. C. E. Day,
who is a patient at Watt’s Hospital
is very much improved today. It is
thought that an operation will not
be necessary.
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NICE WATER COOLER
IN COURTHOUSE
Leave it to A. M. Long to keep
the people of this county as cool as
possible. First he put benches all
around the courthouse lawn for
people to rest on and now he has
placed a water cooler in the Reg
ister of Deeds’ office. This cooler is
kept full of ice cold water and is
free to all.
REUNION TO BE HELD
The Cooper-Compton family re
union will be held July 25, 1937 at
the Malone residence, Prospect Hill,
Caswell-County, North Carolina.
DR. E. M. HEDGEPETH
LOCATES IN CITY
Has Recently Been At Watts’
Hospital; Has Offices Over
Wilburn and Satterfield.
Dr. E. M. Hedgepeth, recently of
Watts’ Hospital, has opened offices
in Roxboro over Wilburn and Sat
terfield, for the practice of medi
cine.
Roxboro’s new physician receiv
ed his education at Wake Forest col
lege and Northwestern University.
For the past several years he has
been at Watts’ Hospital and while
there was able to meet many people
from Roxboro and Person county.
He was born and reared in Stem,
N. C. and comes to this city with an
excellent reputation and many lo
cal friends.
Dr. Hedgepeth and his wife, form
erly Miss Lacy Smith ipf Rocky
Mount, have moved to this city
making their home on South Lamar
Street.
In coming to Roxboro he stated
that he had been very favorably
impressed with the city, county and
the many people that he has be
come acquainted with.
FINAL RITES HELD
FOR E. R. MOORE
Prominent Citizen Os The Tim
berlake Community Died at
Watts Hospital Tuesday
Afternoon.
Mr. Edwin R. Moore, 84, promin
ent resident of the Timberlake sec
tion died at Watts’ Hospital Tuesday
afternoon at 4:00 p. m. Death was
caused by old age and complica
tions. Mr. Moore had been in de
clining health for three years and
had been ill for three weeks.
The deceased is survived by five
sons and two daughters; Jim Moore,
New York City; Alston and Cole
man Moore, now in Europe; Edwin
Moore, Chicago; Lomis Moore, Tim
bcrlake and Misses Cora and Mar
tha Moore of Timberlake. Both, Al
ston and Coleman work for the Dol
lar Steamship Line and at the time
of Mr. Moore’s death their boat
happened to be across the water.
Funeral services were held at
Mt. Tirzah Methodist church at 3:30
p. m. Wednesday. Rev. Black, pastor
of the church was in charge of the
service.
Active pall bearers Messrs Penn
Noell, Garland Rose, Marvin Car
ver, Tom Mcßroom, Percy Reade
and Arthur Carver. Interment was
in the W. F. Reade family ceme
tery.
NEW MANAGER AT A. & P
Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Graham and
son, have arrived in Roxboro where
they will make their home. Mr.
Graham will manage the A. & P.
store in this city. He comes here
from Burlington where he has been
manager of the A. & P. store in
that city.
NEW COMET DUE
Zurich, Switzerland—Astronom
ers have charted the course of the
njfcw comet discovered by Profes
sor Finsler of the University of
Zurich, and predict that it will
reach its maximum brightness by
mid-August, when it will be seen
near the second star in the handle
of the Big Dipper. It will then be
50,000,000 miles from the earth.
ARMY TESTS NEW PLANE
Buffalo, New York—When the U.
S. Army’s new five-seater fighting
plane competes her test flights, Un
cle Sam will have the most formid
able combat plane in the world.
Completed by the Bell Aircraft Cor
poration, the new craft employs
many innovations in design, in
cluding “pusher” propellors behind
the wings to give full play to her
six machine guns, most powerful
armament ever placed in a plane.
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NEW TROTTING RECORD
Goshen, N. Y.—Greyhound, a
champion trotter who likes to eat
cigarettes, hung up a new mile re
cord of 1 minute 59 3-4 seconds on
F. Roland Harriman’s half-mile
track. Sep Palin, veteran driver who
held the ribbons, declared the hrose
could do even better if extended.
EIGHT PAGES
TODAY
F.D. LONG NAMED
MODERATOR FOR
YEAR 1937-38
Other Officers Elected At Prim
itive Baptist Association Held
Last Sat.. Sun. and Mon.
at Bethel HilL
WILL MEET NEXT YEAR
AT ROUGEMONT CHURCH
F. D. Long of this county, was
once again elected moderator of the
Lower County Line Primitive Bap
tist Association at the business meet
ing of the association held last Mon
dajr. Other officers elected at the
‘association were: J. J. Whitley,
clerk; S. F. Faucette, assistant clerk;
C. T. Hall, C. C. Oakley, and Les
ter Williford, finance committee.
The introductory sermon of the
association, that was held at Bethel
Hill high school, was delivered by
Elder J. A. Kfemdon of Durhjam.
The Saturday afternoon conference
was opened by praise and prayer by
Eider S. M. Gilbert of Florida.
Among the preachers who were
present and delivered sermons were
Elders J. D. Fly, Rocky Mount; '
Svlvestos Gray, Kinston; W. R.
Dodd, Danville; H. S. Williams,
Spencer; T. W. Walker, Yancey
ville; J. P. Helms, Roanoke; D. V.
Spangler, Cascade; M. L. Gilbert,
Dade City, Florida; J. S. Stigall,
Calens; W. B. Stadler, Martinsville;
W. C. King, Union Ridge; J. D.
Pulliam, Spray; E. T. Carr, Wilson
and M. B. Martin of Burlington
During the association the church
of Rougemont requested to become
a member of the association and
was taken in.
On Monday morning the associa
tion met again to complete the busi
ness that was before it. Elder J. W.
Gilliam Jpd in praise and pjhayer
ana then the committees made their
reports and messengers to the sis
ter associations were appointed. A
circular letter was approved and at
tached to the minutes and Elder M.
D. Teasley elected as alternate.
The association will meet next
year at the Rougemont church and
Elder O. O. will preach
the introductory sermon.
After the business meeting Mon
day the following Elders delivered
sermons; J. W. Hill, Greensboro;
J. W. Gilliam, Altamahaw; Wright
Clayton, Kentucky; A. B. Baron,
Haw River; •J. W. Wyatt, Martins
ville; T. A. Stanfield, RidgeviUe
and Posey Ashworth, Danville.
ROGERS HAVE GOOD
FIELD OFTOBACCO
About Three Acres On Durham
Road Has Caused Large A
mount of Favorable Com
ment.
One of the nicest fields of tobac
co that is growing in Person Coun
ty this year belongs to Walter and
Roy Rogers and is about three
miles out on the road going to Dur
ham. This field has caused more fav
orable comment than any other field
and it really is a thing of beauty.
The Rogers have already primed
the bottom leaves and they will
probably have some ready for sale
in a few days.
These boys have a reputation for
raising good tobacco and it always
brings a good price on the ware
house floor. If the field located on
the Durham road is an example of
what they will have this year they
will have good tobacco once again.
The recent rain in this county has
certainly helped crops in a big way.
Tobaccfo was not looking so bad,
but it was beginning to burn and
rain was badly needed.
Experts report that this county
has an excellent chance to produce
a better crop this year than last
year and it is thought that the price
will be even higher.
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DR. FRED STONE DIED
IN TUPELO, MISS.
Many people of this county will
regret to hear of the death of Dr.
Fred Stone of Tupelo, Miss, Dr.
Stone was the husband of Helen
Day Stone, once a resident of Dur
ham.
Mrs. Stone’s brother, Mr. W.
Jule-Day of Washington, D. C. has
> gone by plane to Tupelo to attend
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