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IF YOU WOULD KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON AROUND YOU READ TH> PERSON COUNTY TIMES—IT- IS A PAPER FOR AI.I. THE PEOPLE OF PERSON AND ADJOINING COUNTIES.
VOLUME IX. PUBLISHED EVERY SUNDAY & THURSDAY ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1937 NUMBER FOURTEEN
jNEWSI
| Bp WEEK
Foster Gilroy
CHINESE LINES BROKEN
Shanghai, China—Determined ef
forts on the part of Japanese in
vaders for a week to break the
Chinese lines north of here result
ed in slight gains. In England the
Irtish Labor party demanded act
ion by Parliament on the question
«f Japanese aggression voting in the
meantime a national boycott of Jap-
products. Reports from Tok
yo reveal official unrest at Hie
worldwide condemnation of Japan’s
Indiscriminate slaughter of non
combatants.
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DISTRIBUTION OF NATIONAL
i -r 'ir. ; WEALTH
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Washington, D. C. Os $63,799,-
€00,060 .national wealth produced in
1936, 14.5 per cent went to the Gov
ernment from these main sources of
national income:
Agriculture’ - 9.4 percent.
Mining - 1.8 per cent.
Manufacture - 23.0 per cent.
Service - 12.2 per cent. .Jk:-
Labor received 66.5 per cent, about
1 per cent gj|oi3t than in the pekk
year of
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OIL TRIALS SyARTED
Madison, Wise.
viduals, 23 oil and three
trade publications arfrkjja trial in
the Federal ehliiijggFWith con
spiracy under the SjjgjMßk Anti.
Trust Act for lix and
maintain through artifigjp, means
high gasoline prices the
Midwestern States. The Govern
ment has called more than a hun
dred witnesses to support its claims.
WINDSOR PLANS U. S. VISIT
Paris, France True to his pro
mise to inform the newspapers of his
plans, provided he was accorded a
certain degree of privacy on his
honeymoon, the Duke of Windsor
announced formally that he and his
Duchess, former Wallis Warfield of
.. Baltimore, would visit the United
%&tes, probably before the end of
the year. His expressed purpose is
to study American housing condi
tions, following a preliminary visit
to Germany for the same purpose.
KUSH OF FOREIGN GOLD
Washington, D. C. Between
January, 1935, and June, 1937, for
eign capital to the value of $3,551,-
147,000 hgg flowed into this country,
either for investment in American
securities or as a movement for
safety on the part of European
holders. The U. S. Treasury estima
tes the influx of “hot mtux" from
abroad reached
SPAjiteH HIERARCHY
TOTS -si
New York City - In Answer* to
the
the tpiutf of Pydtoe
. tant clergymen, educaton yiRRMR
men, InclpMu. a bishop of thß Me
thodist 6f the
Episcopal faith,
ply charging the Spanish prelate#
with “open the princi-
TIMES’ SUNDAY MORNING EDITION
Person County Times
Mrs. J. C. Johnson, Jr.
Named Winner '
Awarded Prize In Electrical
Dealers’ Missing Word Event
With thousands of entries receiv
ed from all sections of the Caro
linas, judges of the first week’s en
tries in the Electrical Dealers’ Mis
sing Word Contest faced a studious
task in selecting the winner of the
first and second prizes as well as
those entitled to the twenty-seven
district awards for skill and origin
ality in completing the “missing
word” statement and unfinished
sentence on the entry blanks. The
filrst prize for the initial contest,
which was based on the subject of
Electric Refrigeration, was award
ed to Mrs. Hattie Belle McCormick
of Asheville, N. C. while the second
prize was given to Mrs. J. W. Eam
ey of Hartsville, S. C. The prize for
this district was awarded to Mrs.
J. C. Johnson, Jr. of Morgan Street.,
Roxboro, N. C. The Electrical Deal
ers’ Missing Word Contest continues
for six consecutive weeks with a
new contest each w’eek with new
weekly prizes. The first prize con
sists of the choice of an Hi-Speed
Automatic Electric Range, Electric
Refrigerator, Automatic Electric
Water Heater or an Electrical Ap
pliance Ensemble. The second prize
for each week’s contest is the choice
of an Electric Washing Machine,
Electric Ironer,, Electric Radio or a
j J^ight^nsambie.
ROXBORO MARKET
HOLDS GOOD PRICE
Large Break Expected Monday
Morning And On Other Days
This Week
The Roxboro Tobacco Market
has sold 842,830 pounds of tobacco
$220,395.01. This gives Roxboro an
; official average for the [year of
. $26.15 which is considered an ex
. cellent average for any market.
It is understood that Roxboro mar
ket is far ahead of last year in
pounds sold for the same number
of days and the price is also much
higher.
The Market almost blocked last
, Friday, but buyers manage to finish
| the last house with three minutes
, to spare. At first it was thought
[ that it would be impossible to fin
, ish over three houses. Now the mar
ket is clean and ready for a big sale
Monday.
Local warehousemen expect a
, quarter million pounds Monday un
’ less rainy weather prevents many
. from coming. Had it not. been for
three wet days last week the market
would probably gone many pounds
a million, for the season. Many be
lieve that the market will sell 750,-
000 poufads of tobacco this week.
■ Billy Harris Picks The Winners
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! Roxboro, Oct. B—Billy Harris,
• football fan of Roxboro, picks—
i Duke over Tennessee
. N. Y. U. over Carolina
i Davidson over V. M. I.
. State over Furman
i Stanford over U. C. L. A.
[ Georgia Tech over Kentucky
, Georgia over Clemson
Army over Columbia
*|loW, how did Billy come out?
J MR. AND MRg, T. C. BROOKS
| Mr. -tad Mrs.Q- Brooks and
biks. Daisy Brooks have moved into
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■ Roxboro Lost First Game
- bill the first
- game of the seasonal-Hillsboro on
l Friday afternoon, sflSfcr&e. litis
game was played in Hillsboro.
PUBLICITY OF MANN
GETS GOOD RESULTS
Publicity Head Os Duke Gets
Excellent Results
Ted Mann, head of the publicity
department of Duke University,
has had a lot to say about the Duke
football team recently. Now whether
Mr. Mann believes all that he said,
or wrote, is hard to tell.
There is one thing certain—he had
the people on the way to Durham
yesterday. Traffic on the Durham
road was about as heavy as it was
going to the county fair last week
and even the Duke supporters were
afraid to talk above a whisper. Mr.
Mann had painted a sad picture and
it took a man with much courage
to believe that Duke had any chance
at all to hold the score down.
Many had tickets, many had none,
but all were determined to see the
game even if they had to climb the
fence. Some left early in the morn
ing and Mayor Dawes on Friday
had planned to leave around break
fast time. You see the mayor had
been selected as a judge of the
floats in the parade.
It was reported in Roxboro that
a number of people were going to
get a free pass to the game on the
strength of knowing Mayor Dawes.
No one knows how they came out.
People in this county like their
football and they do not miss many
games after the real season gets
started. Yes—they bet a little mo
ney.
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Christmas Goods
Arriving At Stores
Merchants Expect One Os Best
Years That They Have Ex
perienced
Christmas is only 64 shopping
days away, but holiday merchan
dise is arriving daily as merchants
prepare for what they predict will
be one of the best Christmas shop
ping seasons experienced here in a
number *of years.
Holiday merchandise will soon be
put on display and in a short time
people will begin to buy “Santa
Claus.”
The official buying season for
Christmas will not start until around
the, first of December. Many items
will b&Sg|sale around Thanksgiving
andYign&jiow you can tell that the
Santa to be very
libq^jjlpjp
The-Christmas card business is
expected to be even larger than it
ever has been «nd right now the
boys at the postoffice wonder how
they will ever get through.
Do your Christmas shopping early.
Six upright silos have been con
structed by Buncombe County farm
ers within the past few weeks.
ALONG THE WAY- ALL APPEARS
TO BE QUIET - NO NEWS
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Since out so well with
our football predictions last Satur
day it might be a good idea t 0 try
it again. Last Saturday’s games
were not so hard and the chances
are that the table will turn this
week.
We are picking our teams on 3|ri
dayv night and so you can now see
hptilNjre came out. -
picked Army over Columbia,
'experts say we are wrong here;
Duke over Tennessee, but Ve are
almost tempted to turn it around the
tfther Way; Notre Dame over 111-
.Georgia Tetjk over Kentucky;
Nort*#hrolinato|*r N. Y. U.; Cor
nell over Prinawon: Fuman over
N. C. State; wSxe Forest over Ers
kme and -V. M. I over Davidson.
Perhaps we missed them all, but
there’s .a lot of fun guessing. If you
have- any predictions as tp the
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PROMINENT LADY
DIED FRIDAY P. M.
Mrs. C*T. Willson Died About
Two Weeks Later Than Her
Husbjmd; Funeral Services
Jleld At Home In
i Roxboro
Mrs. Jessie Willson, 73„ wife of
the late |c. T. Willson, died at her
home on South Main Street at 12:45
o’clock "Friday. Mrs. Willson had
been in declining health for the past
several Weeks and became seriously
ill following the death of her hus
band who succumbed about two
weeks ago. Death was attributed to
ongina pectoris.
Surviving are one daughter, Mrs.
J. H. Hughes and one son, F. H.
Willson, both of Roxboro, two broth
ers, Jack Howard, of Oxford and W.
W. Howard, of Durham; and two
sisters, Miss Bessie Howard, of Rox
boro ancDMrs. Nat Baird, of Oxford.
FunerqjJ services were held from
the home in Roxboro at 3;00 P. M.
Saturday. Interment was in Burch
wood Cemetery and the officating
ministers were Rev. W. F. West and
Rev. Thos. Hamilton.
Active: pallbearers were Joe Kir
by, Frank Howard, Dr. R. E. Long,
and H. W. Newell.
Serving as honorary pallbearers
were: N. S. Thompson, E. D. Aus
tin, Dr. B. E. Love, George W.
Thomas, Dr. W. R. Hambrick, A. S.
deVlaming, J D. Perkins, Dallas
Long, J. W. Montague, Sr., G. W.
Gentry .Jprank Hester, W. I. Newton,
W. T. Pass, R. L. Wilburn, W. R.
Woody, N. Lunsford, Norman
Street, Dr. H. M. Beam, Dick Bul
lock, and Robert Burch.
Flower bearers were members of
Mrs. Willson’s Sunday School Class.
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REVIVAL SERVICES
BEGIN THIS MORN.
Preaching At Baptist Church
To Be By Pastor, Rev. W. F.
West
Revival services start this morn
ing at the First Baptist Church of
Roxboro, and will continue through
next Sunday. Services w)ill be held
twice daily, at 10 A. M. and 7:30 P.
M. Morning services today will start
at eleven o’clock. After today all
morning services will last for only
30 minutes.
Rev. W. F. West, pastor of the
church will preach during the re
vival. Rev. J. Howard Young of
Knoxville, Tenn., will have charge
of the singing.
The morning services will be
made short in order that all who
care to attend may do so and not
lose much time from other duties.
The public is invited to all ser
vices.
games next Saturday you are in
vited to send them by Thursday.
People in Roxboro feel right
proud of the way the market is do
ing. All the farmers are beginning
that this market is going
to- the top this, year and stay there,
■who was it tiujjt said, Roxboro would
heed a liquor store to build the
market? Roxboro is doing fine this
year and there is no such animal as
a liquor store.
“Along the way” one sees many
things of interest. The Critcher
building on. Court Street is rapidly
taking shape. More houses are go
ing up in the city and county. Busi
ness is reported to be better and
the Person County Fair officials re
plrt a successful fair.
A word of Warning. Do not at
tempt to buy half interest in any
pocketbqoß filled wins money that
has just been found.
Dr. Flowers To Speak Before
Duke Alumni Asso. Nov. 19
JUNIOR ORDER TO
SPONSOR CONTEST
Statewide Oratorical And Essay
Contest With Senior Boys
And Girls Eligible
Victor R. Johnson, of Pittsboro,
State Councilor, announced that the
State Council Junior Order United
American Mechanics of North Caro
lina will sponsor an original ora
torical and original essay con
test on the subject of Americanism;
the oratorical contest open to every
Senior High School boy and the es
say contest open to every Senior
High School girl in the State. He
says that the State Council will
give a medal to the boy delivering
the best oration and a medal to the
girl delivering the best essay in
each of the twenty eight districts in
the State. There will then be given
a tuition scholarship to the boy who
delivers the best oration and the
girl who delivers the best essay in
the final or statewide contest. Said
scholarships are for the 1938-39
scholastic year and have been do
nated by the University of North
Carolina and Meredith College res
pectively.
The preliminaries to select the
representatives for each of the High
Schools will be a public contest open
to every High School Senior and will
be held on November 11th. in the
different High Schools. These win
ners will compete in a public con
test to be held at some central point
in each of the twenty-eight dis
tricts of the State on Tuesday be
fore Thanksgiving, November 23rd.
Each winner in the oratorical con
test and essay contest in the twen
ty eight districts will be given a
medal. On February 22nd. the win
ners of the 14 Districts in the Eas
tern part of the state will have a
public contest in an Eastern city
nearest the center of this territory
and on the same day the 14 Districts
in the Western part of the State
will in a city nearest the center of
that territory have a public contest.
The winner in the oratorical and
the winner in the essay contest in
the 14 eastern districts and the win
ner in the oratorical and essay con
test in the 14 Western districts will
compete for the final award which
will be a tuition scholarship at the
next State Council of the Junior Or
der United American Mechanics to
be held in Charlotte on the 23rd day
of August, 1938.
The contestants will be judged on
composition, memory and delivery
and by three distinguished judges.
Mr. Johnson says that the Junior
Order which has already fought for
public education and the principles
upon which our great government
was builded, realizing the need of
greater training in public speaking
and the perils which face our go
vernment,think this a good oppor
tunity to acquaint the public with
these dangers and to develop self
expression.
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JAPS USING POISON GAS,
SAYS CHINESE EMBASSY
Washington, Oct. B—The Chinese
embassy accused Japanese forces to
night of using poison gas “in a des
perate effort to crush the Chinese
defense” in the Lotien sector near
Shanghai.
An embassy statement said “poi
sonous symptoms” it ere evident in
an analysis of 50 Chinese soldiers
altoeted! cm. Oct. 6.
“The of the Japanese is
to use the poison gas camouflaged
with sneezing gas,” the statement
added. .
Rockingham County is boasting
of an exceptionally good lespedeza
drop this season, with practically all
farms laving a nice crop of hay.
EIGHT PAGES
TODAY
Former Students Os Trinity;
And Duke Will Gather On
This Date For Banquet,
Speech And Business
Will Probably Meet At Com-?-*
munty House
Dr. R. L. Flowers of Duke Univer-
Ity will speak before the local chap
ter of the Duke Alumni Assiciation
on Friday, November 19th. at 7:30
P. M. Russell Murray, president of
the local chapter, stated that the
Community House would probably
be the place for the meeting. Altbo
Dr. Flowers may find it impossible
to be in. Roxboro on that date he
believes now that he can be present.
Approximately forty or fifty for
mer students of Trinity College and
Duke University are expected to be
present and all who now reside in
this county are invited to attend
this meeting.
Dr. Flowers is one of the most
popular men who ever taught at
Duke and every pesron, who ever
attended this school knows and likes
Dr. Flowers. President Murray con
siders the local-association very for
tunate in being able to secure his
services.
The Person County Alumni As
sociation meets every year and a
good program will be planned for
this meeting. After the banquet and
speeches members of the association
will elect officers for the coming
year.
More details concerning the meet
ing on November 19th. will be an
nounced at an early date by the
president of the Person County
Chapter.
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W P A EXPECTS TO
INCREASE WORKERS
J. A. McGeady, District Super
visor To Confer With Ra
leigh Officials
Although local WPA rolls have
decreased steadily during the past
several months, it will become
“necessary” to increase the quota
with the coming of cold weather,
it was announced last week
In this connection, James A. Mc-
Geady, Durham local district super
visor of WPA projects, said he plans
to confer with state authorities at
Raleigh soon in an effort to in
crease the local quota.
McGeady is supervisor of the dis
trict embracing the following 11
counties:
Durham, Person, Granville, Cas
well, Orange, Alamance, Chatham,
Wake, Vance, Franklin and Warren.
McGeady Friday morning called
attention to the large number of
WPA workers who found private
employment during the summer
months.
“Some of these fellows, who were
employed just for the summer, will
be coming back to the WPA this
fall and winter. We’ll just have to
make room for them,” the super
visor stated.
The district has been operating
under its full quota, about 1,850,
the last two months. Prior to that
time, however, the' quota dropped
steady during the summer months.
“PLAIN PEOPLE” OPPOSE NEW
ORDER
Lancaster, Pa. Because one
room schools were “good enough
for their fathers," Amish and Men
nonite taxpayers are boycotting the
$112,000 PWA building erected to
replace ten little red schoolhouses.
The two sects do not believe In
debt, and threaten to carry to the
Supreme Court their objection to
being saddled with a Federal lien
for a school that they do not favor*