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CALL 111 We want all the new* of your community. Please call us or send it in. TOC WOULD KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON ABOUND TOU BEAD TH* PERSON COUNTT TIMES—IT IS A PAPER FOB ALL THE PEOPLE OF PERSON AND ADJOINING COUNTIES. VOLUME IX. PUBLISHED EVERY SUNDAY & THURSDAY ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA* SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1937 NUMBER NINE 1 NEWS of the WEEK SPARE HUMAN PARTS New York City—City hospitals that have long drawn on the re sources of the local blood transfus ion bureau, supplying 770 gallons a year from 1,200 donors at $33 a pint, may now call upon the Grafting Donors Bureau for new noses, ears, pieces of cartilege or other needed spare human parts which donors are willing to part with for a price. It is the first service of its kind in the country. TEACHERS FACE NEW TEST New York City—lt has never been a secret that New Yorkers learned to say “thoid” for third, “boid” for bird and “hoyt” for hurt at school, but hereafter all applicants for teachers’ jobs in the city’s high schools must pass an oral test as -well as written, of which a phono graph record is made to answer any protest on the part of rejected ap plicants. WASHINGTON SHORTS Rumor has it that Stephen Early, press secretary to the President, will shortly retire for private financial reasons Only four Republican 'Senators are up for re-election next year, Steiwffer of Oregon, Nye of North Dakota, Gibson of Vermont and Davis of Pennsylvania, so that no large Democratic gain, can be looked for in the Upper House Col. Frank Knox, Governor Lan don’s vice - presidential running mate last year, is being mentioned as Republican candidate for mayor cf Chicago The President sign ed a bill enabling farmer members of Congress to accept Government •crop-control payments. MELLON WEALTH TO CHARITY Pittsburg, Pa.—After the simple funeral of Andrew W. Mellon, Sec retary of the Treasury under three Presidents, former Ambassador to Great Britain and one of the world’s Richest industrialists, his attorney announced that with the exception of SIBO,OOO in bequests to friends and employes, the huge fortune es timated at $200,000,000 would go to the charitable and educational trust Which the multi-millionaire estab lished seven years ago. If the trust is held legally untaxable, the U. S. and Pennsylvania will lose 70 per cent of its value in inheritance taxes. MOSCOW SHOOTS WOMEN Leningrad, Russia—Charged with “systematically poisoning food’’ at a children’s home, two women were shot after conviction by a court martial. Ten government officials also went on trial for “trying to re store capitalism” by discrediting col lective farming in refusing to rota te crops, reducing vegetable plant ings on 3,750,000 acres and planting seeds so thickly that fields could not be weeded. VETERANS’ BILL LOSES Hyde Park, N. Y.—A pocket veto by the president killed a bill author izing the appropriations of a balance of $294,852 in the Treasury for va rious veterans’ organizations to be used in aiding the unemployed or •destitute. The sum represented the remainder of funds accumulated during the World Wars from many sources, and reverted to the general fund because of the. impossibility of returning it to the original donors. Representatives from 20 counties attended the recent farm manage- 1 ment coference in Lincoln County. TIMES’ SUNDAY MORNING EDITION 15 't L* l Scenes and Persons in the Current News I—Mrs. Bibb (Dixie) Graves, wife of Alabama’s governor, whose husband appointed her to the United States senate to fill the vacancy created by the appointment of Senator Hugo L. Black to the Supreme court. 2—Following adjournment of congress, Representatives Maury Maverick (left) of Texas, Knute Hill of Wash ington and John M. Houston of Kansas buy their railroad tickets for home. 3—United States marines load ing their packed sea bags on a truck as they prepared to leave for duty in war-ridden China. CITY’S GROWTH IS SHOWN BY METERS Thirty-Seven New Water Meters Put In By Water Depart ment Since January Ist Building, building and more building. That has been the slogan of Roxboro for the past two years and right now any number of peo ple are preparing to start work on a new house. The water department of this city has installed thirty - seven new me ters since January Ist. and these meters are being used for new houses within the city limits. The meters offer definite proof of the continued growth of the city’s po pulation. Due to the fact that Roxboro is growing so rapidly the city mana ger purchased sixty new meters the first of the year and now he thinks that he will have to order again at an early date. Many houses have been changed around in this city in order to pro vide for two families instead of one and in a number of cases just one meter is used by the two families. Everything indicates growth. FINAL RITES FOR MRS. CLAYTON Funeral Services Held At Grace Methodist Church Yesterday Mrs. Floyd Clayton, daughter of W. T. Cozart, of East Roxboro died on September 3rd. at 10:45. Death was caused by complications. She had been in declining health fpr two years and seriously ill for about two weeks, when death came. Surviving her are: her two sons, Ralph and Russell of Roxboro; five sisters, Mrs. W. L. Career, Mrs. Bob Bay, Mrs. Lester Davis, Mrs. Mose Long, and Mrs. Andrew Clayton, all of Roxboro. Funeral services were held at the Grace Methodist Church on Septem ber 4 at 3:30 p. m. with Rev. C. D. Barclist officiating, assisted by Rev. W. F. West and Rev. Edward Hartz. Pall bearers were: Jim Clayton, Cledith Wilder, J. S. Owen 3, Bd Owens, A. S. Hassan and Robt. Phil lips. Interment was held in the Burch wood Cemetery. Now is the time for western North Carolina farmers to apply lime to their soil. JULY, AUG. FINDS CUPID VERY BUSY Twenty - Seven Marriage Licen ses Issued By Register Os Deleds In County Cupid was fairly busy in Person County during July and August, but not as busy as he often claims to be. Twenty -seven licenses for mar riage were issued by Mr. Will Kir by, register of deeds for this Coun ty. These figures include both white and colored. Friend Cupid is much busier now tnan he was during the dark days cf 1930, 31, 32, and 33, but he still has time to accommodate any cou ple who have the idea that two can live as cheap as one. June is called the month for wed-1 ding, but county figures for this month were not available. It is reasonable to guess that a Irjrge number left thjs county to secure marriage licenses. These fig ures are also not available. i LONGHURST SCHOOL OPENING Longhurst School will open at 9 o’clock Tuesday mprning, Septem-; ber 14th. Parents are urged to have j all children present for the first! day. Parents and friends of the school , are invited for chapel exercises on Wednesday morning, Sept. 15th, at 8 ;45 o’clock instead of on opening , day. j i ALONG THE WAY— ALL APPEARS TO BE QUIET NO NEWS Soon there will be more water pressure in certain parts of Rox boro. Workmen are rapidly finish ing the new water line that is run ning down Lamar St. The job should be completed in three weeks or less. Messrs O. T. Kirby, E. G. Thomp son, D. D. V. Long, Coleman King and C. G. Chandler are expected back in Roxboro tomorrow. Their financial statement is probably not as strong now as it was when they left, but cards from them say that they have really seen things. You might call them “men of the world” now. That field of tobacco suckers on the Durham road near Timberlake now looks like a real stand of to bacco. Early this summer the tobac- SMALL FEE TO BE CHARGED BY CLINIC Health Department To Make Every Effort To Combat- Venereal Diseases The Person County Health De triment announced last week that a small fee of 25c would be charged for each treatment of syphilis dur ng the time that the venereal dis ease clinic is going on. This small fee is being charged in order to en able the health department to secure a part of the money that is spent for medicine. This venereal disease clinic that is being started by the health de partment is an effort to combat all venereal diseases and is a part of a state-wide movement. Only patients I will be accepted who can not af ford treatment at the hands of a physician. Venereal diseases have received much publicity during the past sev eral months and everything is being done to curb these diseases and stamp them out if possible. The clinic in Roxboro will be j started as soon as the health offices ' are moved from the courthouse to the Hall building. I IN HOSPITAL Mr. Z. H. Clayton who has been seriously ill at his home near Mor iah was carried to Brantwood Hos pital, Oxford, N. C. last Saturday morning. Latest reports are that his condition is somewhat improved. co was destroyed by hail. The own er cut the plant down and let the sucker grow. Looks like it might average 20 cents. We w'ould tell you the brand of fertilizer that he used, but that would be free adver tising and we don’t go in for that much. There really isn’t much news “a long the way" today. Everything is very quiet and everyone is waiting for the market to open. Many farm ers are about through curing and the report about the good crop still stands.. A few places in the city will be closed Monday. Labor Day. Among these will be the Peoples Bank, N. & W. Station and probably the post office. Very few special events have been planned. PERSON CO. GETS NEW SCHOOL BUSES 4,100 Vehicles Comprise Largest School Transportation System In United States Raleigh, Sept. 2.—State school of ficials preparing for a record break ing enrollment this fall, had virtual ly completed today the alltment of 4,100 buses which comprise the lar gest school transportation system in the country. Lloyd Griffin, secretary of the school commission, said the buses v/ould “be in the best condition in the history of the state.” A total of 750 vehicles have been bought with in the last year, he added. The re mainder are between four and five years old. . The average daily attendance of North Carolina schools last year was 735,000, an increase of 6,000 over the preceding year, and a new high mark. Griffin said he expected the 1937-38 enrollment to go slightly over the record. Fifty all steel buses will be oper ated for the first time this year for experimental purposes, Griffin said. Gaston and Johnston counties each had been allotted two all-steel buses. The following other counties received one each: Alamance, Alexander, Beaufort, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell Ca tawba, Chatham, Craven, Cumber i land, Duplin, Durham, Edgecombe, i Forsyth, Franklin, Granville, Guil ford, Halifax, Haywood, Hoke, Ire dell, Jackson, Lee, Lenoir, Martin, McDowell, Mecklenburg, Moore, New Hanover, Pasquotank, Pender,, Pitt, Randolph, Richmond, Robeson. Rockingham, Sampson, Scotland, Stanly, Surry, Union, Vance, War ren, Wayne, and Wilson. Roxboro, N. C.—Person County has received her new buses and the new ones as well os the old are ready for service. CO. BUS DRIVERS TAKE EXAMS MON. All Must Pass State Examina tion On Driving Before They Will Be Allowed To Drive Buses All of the school bus drivers of Person County are expected to ap pear before State Patrolman Baxter tomorrow and be examined. The new sate law requires that a bus driver pass this examination before he is placed in charge of a bus. It is thought that this work can j be finished by twelve o’clock if all J of the drivers are on time. There are 39 bus drivers in this county and they are all considered capable drivers. Their responsibility is great and school authorities do not consider a man or boy unless he is taught to be both good and careful. All of the old buses have been re paired and county mechanic John Jones thinks that they are ready for service. Commercial Teacher Secured Miss Mattie Rogers of Abbeyville, S. C. has accepted a position in the Roxboro High school as Commercial teacher. Miss Rogers has had several years experience as a commercial teacher and taught at the Methodist Or phanage in Raleigh for sometime. Philathea Class Meets Tuesday The Philathea Class will meet Tuesday night at 7:30 at the home of Mrs. Oscar Long with Mesdames Robt. Burns and Robt. Jackson as joint hostesses. All members are urged to be pre sent. o JA cooperative shipment of 132 lambs from Mitchell County a few days ago brought top prices of 10 cents a pound. , . ; t EIGHT PAGES TODAY RECENT RAIN DID NOT DAMAGE THE PERSON TOBACCO Farmers Are Busy Curing One Os Best Crops In Recent Years; Roxboro To Sell More Altho no special plans have been made for the opening of the Rox boro Tobacco Market on Sept. 30th. a large crowd is expected to be in this city on that day. It may be that a few events will be planned before the day comes around. Sales dates have been named and the warehouses are expecting heavy sales for the opening day. All of the warehouses have lined up their for ces and many are now in the field talking to the farmers about their crops. Altho Person County was recent ly visited by heavy rains a majori ty of the farmers you see will tell you that their crop was not damag ed to any extent. All have been busy curing this week and they will con tinue their activities in this direc tion for another week or two. A majority of the farmers in this section primed their tobacco this year and they have been doing this for the last three or four years. The crop in this county is expect ed to be much larger than last year and Roxboro expects to sell more tobacco. o V F W AsksF D R To Recall Troops National Convention Also Calls For “Mandatory Neutral ity Legislation Buffalo, N. Y., Sept 2—The Na t onal convention of Veterans of Foreign Wars telegraphed to Pres dent Roosevelt tonight a “demand” that American armed forces be withdrawn from foreign soil. The veterans proposed to make an exception only in the case of “a minimum” of troops needed to pro tect United States Government pro perty. Calling also for “mandatory neu trality legislation” to keep America out of war, the ex-soldiers told the President: “Veterans of Foreign Wars * * * ■>ate war.” The telegram was a verbatim -opy of a resolution adopted late today. | It concluded with an “urgent re quest for a public statement from the President of the United States the President of American foreign policies.” The veterans proposed that citi zens failing to leave war zones be forced to “accept the responsibility” for whatever might happen to them. Veterans adopted the rfcsoiution without a dissenting vote. W. M. S. TO MEET MONDAY The Woman’s Missionary Society and all its Junior organizations, Y. W. A.’s, G. A.’s, R.A.’s, and Sun beams, of the First Baptist Church, of Roxboro, will observe a season of prayer for State Missions, at the church on Wednesday evening, Sep tember 8 at 7 ;30 o’clock. This will take the place of the usual Wednes day evening prayer service. An interesting program has been prepared and all members of the church are urged to come and bring an offering for our State Mission work. CONDITION OF THE TREASURY (For Last Fiscal Week) Receipts $714294,742 Expenditures $99,661,984 Balance 2,891,992,161 Deficit, Fiscal Year .. $348,743,111 Public Debt $87,023^187,75»
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