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CALL 111 We want all the news of your community. Please call us or send it In. IF YOU WOULD KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON ABOUND YOU BKAP THF PERSON COUNTY TOMMBMT IS A PAPER FOR ALL THE PEOPLE OF PERSON AND ADJOINING COUNTIES. "VOLUME IX, PUBLISHED EVERY SUNDAY & THURSDAY NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 26, 1937 NUMBER SEVEN LUCAS LAMBERTH KILLED AS TRAIN STRIKES AUTO Billy Lamberth And Henry Lamberth in Same Car were Injured, But Will Probably Recover Accident Four Miles North Os Roxboro % ■ ■■ Two persons seriously in-, jured and a small boy killed Mon day morning about 9:30 when a North bound freight train struck the auto in which they were riding about four miles north of this city at a country crossing. Lucas Lamberth, Jr., 13, was in stantly killed as the train and auto -collided and Billy Lamberth, 17, brother of Lucas and Henry Lam 'berth, a cousin, were seriously in jured. Both were carried to Watts Hospital where Henry is suffering irom an injured right arm and Bil ly is being treated for shock and -probably internal injuries. S. T. Gill, engineer of the train, stated the car approched the cross ing from the opposite side of his seat and he was unable to do much -to stop the train until after the ac cident. He stated that he tried to ap ply his brakes. Officials of the train were of the opinion that Lucas was dead when lie was placed in the caboose of the -train. All were brought to Roxboro by this train which backed the dis tance to Roxboro where a local doc tor pronounced Lucas dead. The others were carried to a Durham hospital. The physician, after an examina tion of the boy, said he had received ■a bad injury to the right side of the 2ace and head which apparently caused instant death. There were no broken bones. H. H. Moss, of Roxboro, was ap proaching the crossing from the opposite direction of the Lamberth car when the fatal crash came. He said he saw the local and estimated it to be traveling around 25 miles an hour. He also stated that his car h#d not come into the clearing in time for him to see the - actual xjash. v **’=•■• -■••p*!*-.. . i v Struck Car Broadside "Engineer Gill stated that the clrawhead of the engine struck the •car broadside, hitting the door to ’the driver’s seat. The door showed it had received the heaviest blow Irom the impact. The car was knocked clear of the track approxi mately 20 feet from the crossing. The brothers and their cousin were going to the home of June "Mooney to load the car with junk to sell when struck by the train. Youth Lamberth is the sen of Mr. -and Mrs. L. G. Lamberth, who live «n the Roxboro - So. Boston High way between Ca-Vel and S. P. Gen try’s filling station. In addition to | his parents he is survived by five! -sisters, Mrs. Fred Smith, Mrs. Hen-. Ty Coates, Mrs. H. D. Sanders. Miss j Fannie Lamberth, and Miss Louise Lamberth. Funeral services were held Tues-| .day afternoon at 4:00 o’clock at, INorth Roxboro Baptist church at Longhurst. Rev. J. L. Coley officiat ed, assisted by Rev. Edwin Hartz. Interment was in tty Providence -cemetery. Roxboro, N. C., Thurs. A. M.—The of Charles William Lam berth, 17-year-old Person county youth/, who was critically Injured ‘Monday in an auto-train collision near Roxboro was reported last might by "Watts Hospital attaches as “The same."” His condition Temains grave, they said. Lucas a brother, was killed in the wreck. o - Visiting Here From Florida _ Mr. and Mrs. Walter Williams of 'Live Oak, Fla. are Visiting friends and relatives here* * Mr. Williams is in the tobacco business in Flor ida. Walter said that every body ; was well pleased with the prices this UfrsonMfflims CITY OFFICERS GO HOUSE CLEANING Over Fifty Gallons Os Whiskey Poured Out Monday Afternoon Chief S. A. Oliver and other city officers have not been sleeping at the switch. On the contrary they have been visiting around at quite a few places. The results of their re cent visits brought them a total of over fifty gallons of liquor. Last Monday afternoon was the day selected to get rid of the “illegal possession’’ and Chief Oliver had to call for a little help in pouring it out. Ten brands of A. B. C. liquor were poured down the drain pipe and a large amount of regular Per son County corn went the same way. The odor of whiskey in the room was so strong that it almost made one intoxicated to go in there. This whiskey was taken at various places around Roxboro and had been stored in the city office for several weeks. Not one drop was saved for snake bites as snakes are about ready to vtjithdraw for the summer. Approximately one hour was re quired to open the bottles and jars in order to pour it out. COURT OF HONOR TO MEET MONDAY Number Os Boys From Ca-Vel Expect To Be Present The boy scout court of honor will meet Monday night at 7:30 in the scout cabin on the community lot. This meeting is being called for scouts of Ca-Vel who have a num ber of tests that they would like to pass. Any other scouts who have any work that they would like to submit to the court are requested to be present. This meeting of the court of honor is the first since the local scouts went to camp and will be the last one for thirty days. Members of the court of honor are G. J. Cushwa, C. B. Wood, Carl Bowen and J. S. Merritt. The local scout council, composed of leaders in scout work, will begin their regular monthly meetings in September. From rtow until next summer this group will meet once a month in the office of Dr. A. F. Nichols. o Union Meeting Is Called Off Quarterly Meeting -of Baptist Postponed Until Oct. 30th. Owing to the fact that so many of the farmers are busy housing to bacco, and due to the fact that many of the pastors .are away in meetings or on vacations, the Baptist Fifth Saturday Union meeting has been called off by the Moderator, J. L. Coley, until the 30th. of October. However, the Sunday Association will meet as scheduled, next Sun day. The meeting will be held at the McGregor Memorial Baptist church at Ca-Vel. Rev. V. E. Duncan, the Superintendent, will be in charge, and an interesting program is being planned. It is hoped that all the churches will be represented. NOTICE Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Clayton and family of Johnson City, Tenn. will be at the home of Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Evans, Sunday, August 29th. for the day, any of their friends and relatives who wish /to see them are invited there for the day and bring lunch. They will be here only one day. Louisville, Ky., Aug. 24—Pleading guilty to charges of drunken- bicy cling, William Mattingly, 23, drew a police court sentence today to pay sl9 and serve nine days. His erratic cycling maneuvers attracted police 'attention last night. * % Go. Superintendent Attended Meeting City And County Schools Ready"; For Opening On Tuesday, September 14th. R. B. Griffin, county superintend ent, has returned from Wrightsville Beach where he attended the an nual meeting of city and county school superintendents. A wide range of problems in school administration was discussed and a number of prominent school men addressed the school authori ties at this meeting. Both J. W. Gaddy, principal of the Roxboro schools and R. B. Grif fin, state that everything is ready for the opening of schools in this county on Sept 14th. All of the teachers have been ©- lected and are now ready for duty. There will be several new teachers in this county this year and Mr. grif fin is well pleased with all the fac ulty members. A larger enrollment than l&st year is expected in practically every school. Many new vocational subjects will be taught over the county. There will be eleven vo cational teachers in this county. ' ‘"J NEW APPLIANCE STORE TO OPEN Messrs. G. I. Prillaman And Ray Jackson Appointed Kelvina- ■ tor Dealers In today’s Times is an announce,- men* concerning the appointment of Messrs. G. I. Prillaman and Ray Jackson as dealers for the Kelvina tor line of electrical appliances. The concern will be,known as ‘Electric Appliance Co.” This new concern will have its office and sales room on Main St. in the old postoffice building and expects to be open in a few days. Both Mr. Prillaman and Mr. Jackson are well known by people all over this county and they both extend an invitation to the public to look at their line of appliances. NOTICE There will be preaching at the Union Baptist Church in Roxboro next Sunday night, August 29th, at 7:30. The public is cordially invited. Elder Roy . Monk, Pastor o Squirrel Season Opens Sept. Ist. The season for squirrel shooting opens on Wednesday, September Ist for the month of September only. It then closes just as it did last year and opens again with the season for ether game in November. Hunting licenses will be on sale at the usual places by the last of this week. N. E. Davis, County Warden GRANT THAXTON INJURED Grant Thaxton, colored employee of the city of Roxboro, was injured this week when a piece of steel struck him in the arm. It required the entire time of tw 0 doctors at Duke Hospital one and a half hours to remove the steel. Grant was working on the city water line on Lamar St. at the time of the accident. o Mr. and Mrs. Thacker To Move To Roxboro Mr. L. W. Thacker of Durham, has accepted a position in this city as manager of the meat department of D. Pender Grocery Co. For seve ral years he has been connected with this company in Durham. Mr. and Mrs. Thacker and two children will make their home on Lamar St. BRUNSWICK STEW Thb Young People of Warren's Grove Church are serving bruns wick stew Friday night August 27 from 6 P. M. to 8 P. M. The public is invited. This is tor the benefit of die church. PIfIYGROUND WORK ■GOING FORWARD sgi M«gf Workers On This Project Badly Neteded At Once PKH* on the public park and plnHound for small children of is continuing and in a short tinolS will be completed. park, located on Reams Ave., seen* to be ideal in many respects. ThejjSt is not a large one, but it is shady and partially fenced in. JjHaddition to this it is near the CeiiMjß. of Roxboro where children edsilpsily avail themselves of its Awiall amount of equipment has b*MHblaced on the ground and more wiifile put there soon. Many child tqp|apscovered the place even be fprswlt was ready and there is a j£nH there every afternoon. |«e workers are badly needed aneftose in charge urge any person like to have a part in tjwHfOrk to go down any afternoon or Jferning and start to work. Of ficSjfe forking days are Tuesday anMVednesday afternoons. jMsRt year many more improve- Hiß will be added and gradually tnW»rk will become one of the nic estjjlings in Roxboro. 0 SPY FIRE HAZARDS m ELIMINATED &|St, Walker, Inspector, States v T6at' Conditions Have Im- Over Entire City L. K. Walker, fire inspector, states that conditions over Roxboro as re gards fire hazards have greatly im proved during recent weeks and es pecially since he has started a tour of inspections every Thursday. This inspection tour is designed to eliminate |all sire Hazards and anyone who does not keep his store or grounds cleaned will be warned the first time. If found guilty again they will probably face trial. Mr. Walker is very anxious for all people to cooperate in every pos sible way as he would like to hold Roxboro’s fire loss down to the low est possible point. The inspection tour was recently started by the city commissioners and will be continued. So far it has proved to be very successful. Safety Program To Be Held Local Speakers To Be On Pro- Gram; Place to Be Named Later The Mid-State Safety Council will sponsor a program in this vicinity cn Friday, Sept. 10th. at 7:30 P. M. The place for the meeting has not been selected, but will be in a short Messrs. J. A. Long and B. B. Man gum will make short talks and also Mr. T. A. Wilson, chairman of the Industrial Commission. The public is invited to this meeting. Person Well Represented At Eton College Elon College, Aug 25.—Person County will be well represented at Elon College this time. Four mem bers of the Senior Class are James Abbitt, James Day, James Brooks and Bernice Hester. Others are Cur tis Jones, Randolph Hester, Joe Lee Day, Hall Brooks, Basil Garrett, Joe Blanks, and J. B. Taylor. KILLED BY LIGHTNING Semora, Aug. 24—Struck by a bolt of lightning as she was sitting on the front porch with a companion, Sunday, Alnora Jeffress, 17-year-old Negro girl of near Semora, was instantly killed and the clothes of her companion set afire, it was learned today* Candidates Enter Last Stage of Times’ Circulation Campaign ENGLISH AMBASSADOR SHOT It was reported in Roxboro this morning that the English Am bassador was shot in China either this morning or late yes terday. The report stated that he was riding in an automobile and flying an English flag. This report came over the wire of E. A Pierce and Co., Raleigh, N. C. It was also reported that he was shot by machine gun fire from an airoplane. A blood trans fusion from an American sailor has been given but his condition is very serious. NEW INVENTION ON FIRE TRUCK Simple Device Enables Truck To Pump Water From Tub Or Pond A very simple fire-fighting appa ratus has been added to the fire truck of this city. This device is home-made and cost no money, but it may save thousands of dollars. It is a piece of booster hose that will connect with the fire truck and enable the firemen to draw water from a large tub, pond or anything that has water in it. In other words they. £an fight fire away from the city fire hydrants or where there is no city water line. ■ Prior to the time that this inven tion was put into use firemen had to use the chemical tank when they were too far out to get city water. Now they can use both. About fif teen gallons of water are required to start this suction hose. Altho the device is very simple it will probably see a large amount cf service and means added pro tection to property owners who are away from fire hydrants. CHINATOWN GIVES BIG FUND FOR WAR Chinese In San Francisco Are Cheered By Country’s Vic tories Over Japanese San Francisco, August 22—The 1 jingle of cold cash provided a' strong overtone today to China town’s chorus of jubilation over| “victory news” from Shanghai war front. Leaders estimated the settlement of 17,000 persons had contributed spontaneously about $1,250,000 to ward the Chinese government’s de fense fund and were in the mood to pour real fortunes into the war cauldron. Private cables and “special” re- . ports from the Orient on top of the regular news grist indicating Chi- . rese advances against the Japanese . pried wide open the pocketbooks of he merchant princes. “This is just the cream of the , donations,” said James M. Loo, , manager of a coast-wide paste com pany (Great Western). “Most of it ) came in lumps of SI,OOO, 5,000, $lO,- , (00 and more. “And General Chiang Kai-Shek , (military leader and head of the Nanking government) hasn’t asked for money yet. When he does, , every man, woman and child will give.” Besides the contributions of San Francisco’s Chinatown, largest set tlement of its kind outside of China, reports showed Chinese colonies elsewhere had contributed—Seattle $30,000, Victora, B. C. $20,000. Strange News “Victory news” is strange to Chi nese ears. In the last 100 years China has been getting licked con sistently in its international con (Continued on Back Page) EIGHT PAGES TODAY Contest To End Tomorrow, Aug. 27th., At 9:00 P. M. Contest ants Urged To See AH Pros pects At Once. One Subscrip tion May Cause You To Lose. Plenty Time Left For Large Amount Os Work Tomorrow night at 9:00 P. M. the circulation campaign of the Times will be brought to an end. Some boy cr girl will have won the bicycle and also the movie tickets. Those who do not win prizes will receive a cash commission of 20 percent of all the money they turn in. The race has been very hot and it still remains that way. No one, not even the manager, has any idea who will win. The boys and girls have been working hard this wtek and there is no telling how many votes they have secured. Many candidates had a number of good promises for this week and its up to them to see to it that these promises mature into subscriptions. Candidates are also urged to work day and night as one subscription might be the means of getting a head of your nearest competitor. This new Goodrich bicycle is worth all the trouble that any boy or girl has gone to. It is a thing of beauty and will last a long time. Even tho the contest ends tomor row at 9 P. M., August 27th„ there :s a full day ahead and many sub | scriptions can be obtained at the close. The race is not yet over and the candidates may change places : several times during the day. This little campaign, staged just for boys and girls, has added a lar ge number of new subscribers to the Times’ mailing list, but many more would take the paper if the contestants would • see more people. The time is short and all must get busy. Remember candidates—you must report to this office by 9:00 P. M., August 27th. Better be a few min utes early than late. See your prospects at once and have your report ready. DIVIDED CONGRESS BRINGS GOP CHEER Chairman John Hamilton Hope ful For Party’s Future ■—Others Comment Washington, August 22. The | Republican high command found cheer today in the record of the i home-bound congress and the Democratic split. Here is what some of the lead ers had to say, after taking stock of the first session of the 75th con gress ; Chairman John Hamilton of the Republican national committee— “We have a real chance to gain a substantial number of seats, and if hard work from the precincts and wards is combined with intelligent, forward-looking national policies, I think you will see us riding up nearer the top.” Senator Austin of Vermont, act ing Republican leader of the sen ate—“ From our side the scene pre sents a rift widened by what oc curred in the senate yesterday— namely, the interpretation of the address by the chairman of the Democratic senatorial campaign committee as an edict reading cer tain distinguished senators out of the Democratic party. Their re sentment and difiance showed how great progress has occurred in di yiding of the party.” Representative Martin of Massa chusetts, chairman of the house Re publican congressional campaign committee “When President Roosevelt reached out to gather in the control of the supreme court, he divided his party into rival groups of almost equal strength. The fight which followed resulted in a severe setback to the Presi dent and revitalized the Republican .. (Continued On Back Page) j
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