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VOLUME IX. PUBLISHED EVERT SUNDAY ft THURSDAY . ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1937 NUMBER FOURTEEN
Audit Os City Books Proves
i. Roxboro Had Successful Year
Ai] Bills Have Been Paid And-
Water Department Is Operat
-1 ing At A Profit; Large Num
i ber Os Bonds Are Retired
And Much Interest Will Be
| Saved.
Decrease of $20,682.74 In Dis
bursements
The firm of Ashlin and Hutch
ings, accountants of Durham; has
just finished an audit of the books
lor the city of Roxboro and reports
that the books were in excellent
shape and that Roxboro has had a
good year. The official year closed
June 30th.
A few of the facts and figures
gathered from the auditor’s report
may prove to be very interesting to
the public.
All bills have been paid to date.
The profit from the water fund
for the year was $15,896.76. $3,652.46
of this money was used to build a
water line. $5,450.00 was appropriat
ed to debt service from this water
fund. The surplus from the water
fund was $6,794.30. Total water re
venue was $34,755.40.
The operating surplus from all
funds combined amounted to SB,-
*49.61.
There was a decrease of $20,682.74
in disbursements from the preceed
ing year. From bonds retired last
year the interest saving amounts to
$4,819.64. Bonds to the amount of
$127,254.55 were cancelled and the
bonded indebtedness of the city is
now at $484,701.12.
Gross operating revenues of this
city amounted to $99,354.36 while
expenses ran to $90,504.75 resulting
in an operating surplus of $8,849.61.
It was also proved that Roxboro
owns quite a lot of property. The
amount of this property was plac
ed at $663,446.75. This includes the
water and sewer system, streets and
sidewalks, school properties, city
hall, fire house, fire truck and other
equipment. The city owes $487,701.-
12 leaving a margin of $175,745.63.
This report proves that Roxboro
is in excellent shape and it looks
like City Manager Jim Harris and
the Commissioners are in line for
congratulations.
EDWARD HARGIS
DIED TUESDAY
Deceased Had Been In 111 Health
For Past Six Months
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Mr. Edward Hargis, 59, hus
band of Mrs. Bertha Hargis, died at
his home in the Allensville section
of this county on Tuesday, Oct. 12
at 8 P. M. Death was caused by com
plications after an illness of six
months.
Surviving him are: his wife, Mrs.
Bertha Hargis, eight children, Mrs.
Joe Edwards, Misses Lillie Hargis,
Leola Hargis, five sons, Obie, Clyde,
Edward, Victor and Joe Hargis, six
sisters Mrs. Neva Clayton, ■ Mrs. J.
Brann, Mrs. S. M Pulliam, Mrs.
Buck McCan, Mrs. J. W Riley, and
Miss Zelma Hargis and five broth
ers, A. N., B. D., J. L., B. M. and
N. G. Hargis.
Funeral services were held at the
home with Rev. Lex Chandler in
charge on Wednesday, 13th at 3 p. m.
Pall bearers were A. N., B. D., J.
L., B. M., N. G. Hargis and Joe Ed
wards.
Interment was held in the John
Yarboro Cemetery.
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American Legion Auxiliary Td
Meet Monday
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' 'There will be a meeting of the Wo
man’s Auxiliary of the American
Xegion Monday afternoon at the Le
gion Hut on Chub Lake Street at
3:00. Officers will be elected at this
meeting. Everyone is urged to be
present _
lerson^dimes
CHAMBER COMMERCE
ISSUES BULLETIN
Deals With A Few Os The Pet
ty Rackets That Have Taken
Money Out Os Roxboro
The Roxboro Chamber of Com
merce has recently issued an at
tractive bulletin '(entitled “Just A
Few of the Many Petty Rackets
That Have Taken Money Out Os
Roxboro.” This bulletin, or pamph
let, lists a number of sphemes or
raqkecs that have bden practiced
upon Roxboro citizens or upon citi
zens of other cities and which have
proved to have very little or no
value.
At this time of the year Roxboro
is always visited by a large number
of schemers who desire to relieve
merchants or individuals of a part
of their money and the Chamber of 1
Commerce is very anxious to put
a stop to as much of this as it pos
sibly can.
Mr. Bane, secretary of the Cham
ber of Commerce, concludes his re
marks by asking the people to re
fuse to sign contracts or purchase
or contribute to any strangers until
the proposition is thoroughly inves
tigated.
REVIVAL TO BEGIN
AT MILL CREEK
Rev. D- S. Dempsey Os Ports
mouth Has Been Secured
To Preach During The
Week
Rev. N. J. Todd, pastor of Mill
Creek Bapitist Church, announced
this week that a revival meeting i
would start at this church on Sun
day, October 17th., at 7:30 P. M. :
Services well be held each evening
during the week at the same hour.
Rev. D. S. Dempsey, pastor of
Jackson Memorial Church of Ports
mouth, Va. will preach at all ser
vices. Rev. Dempsey is an outstand
ing preacher and Mr. Todd believes
that his messages will be well worth
anyone’s time. He is pastor of one
of the largest churches in Ports- ,
mouth and is considered one of the
best in this section. i
Mr. Huell Gentry of the Mill
Creek community, will have charge
of the song service each evening i
and this will be a special feature of ■
the revival.
People from every section of this :
county will probably want to hear
Rev. Dempsey and they are all in
vited.
Wildcat State Reunion Plans
Completed
The Committees working on the
program of entertainment of the
host of North Carolina Wildcat Ve
terans and their ladies to be held
in High Point, N. C., Oct. »4th. to
26th. have completed their plans.
The outstanding features will be
the impressive Memorial Service
at 3 P. M. Sunday the 24th. at 8 P.
M. there will be a reception to Gen.
Mclver and entertainment for the
Ladies at 9 P. M. The Local Legion
and V. F. W. Posts will stage a
Smoker and entertainment for the
Wildcats.
Monday the 26th. at 2 P. M. there
will be a barbecue at 7 P. M. the
Parade and at 8;30 P. M. The Great
I Feature “The Big Apple Dance.”
Brig. Gen. George W. M. Mclver,
the 161st. Brigade General of the
81st will attend. Every Wildcat Veet
ran and his family are cordially in
-1 vited also all veterans are invited to
• meet with the Wildcats,
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5 Deleware derives its name from
J | Thomas West, Lord de la Ware,
once governor of Virginia.
ANNOUNCES CANDIDACY
FRANK W. HANCOCK
Asheville, Oct. 12—Congressman
Frank W. Hancock, of Oxford, to
day announced his candidacy
the Democratic nomination as Unit
ed States senator.
He issued his formal announce
ment in Asheville—the home city
of the incumbent, Senator Robert
R. Reynolds, who has revealed his
intentions to seek re-election.
Rev. Robinson To
Preach At Biscoe
Will Conduct Revival Meeting
There Beginning Sunday
Rev. B. P. Robinson pastor of
Edgar Long Memorial Methodist
church, will leave Roxboro Sunday
afternoon for Biscoe, N. C. where
he will preach during a revival
meeting in that city. The revival
will continue through Sunday, Oct.
24th. and Mr. Robinson will return
to Roxboro on October 25th.
Rev. W. F. Fravick is pastor of the
church at Biscoe. He and Mr. Robin
son have been together in several
revivals prior to the coming one.
An announcement will be made
concerning services at Edgar Long
church for Sunday, Oct. 24th. There
will be no night service this com
ing Sunday.
ATTEND WEDDING
Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Shelton will
go to Nashville Thursday to attend
the wedding of Mrs. Shelton’s neph
ew, Mr. Julian D. Maynard to Miss
Adele Downey. The wedding will
take place at the First Methodist
church at 8 p. m. and will be fol
lowed by a reception at the home of
the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Bruce Johnson Downey.
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BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Cates
of Prospect Hill, a baby girl, date
of arrival Thursday, Oct. 14th. Both
mother and baby getting on nicely.
Wins Prize At State Fair
Mr. Everette Brooks of Prospect
Hill captured third place on his to
bacco exhibit at the State Fair this
year.
Do You Have A Good Book
To Give The High School?
The Roxboro Kiwanis Club wants |
you to give a good book to the Rox
boro High School. The students of J
Roxboro High School need this:
hook. Any member of the Kiwanis
Club will be glad to call for this
book—but if you have two, three
or four books, that will be better
than one, you are asked to give as
many as you can.
This drive for good books for the
Roxboro High School library is
being sponsored by the Kiwanis
'dub. The library is badly in need
[of books and it was thought that
LEGION BOVS WILL
ATTEMPT TO RAISE
FUNDS FOR HUT
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$l,lOO Remains To Be Paid On
Building That Was Con
structed By Members Os
Lester Blackwell Post
| Os This County
Public To Be Asked For Do
nations
The Lester Blackwell Post of the
American Legion will make a drive,
at an early date, for funds to finish
paying for the hut that was recently
campleted on Court Street. The le
gion boys did all the work on this
hut and recently completed it at a
cost of around $2,500. After com
pleting the job they needed about
$l,lOO before everything was paid
for. Now they are going to make a
drive to raise this money and they
have reasons to believe that the pub
lic will help them to pay for their
new home.
Several prominent members of
the local post stated that this was
the first time that the Lester Black
well Post had ever made a public
call for help of this kind and that
they believed that many would res
pond.
The new legion hut is taking a
large part in the activities of the
Person County post and has been
needed here for many years. The
only way that the former soldiers
saw to get this hut was to build it
themselves and that is just what
they did. Many put in several weeks
of work and invested a large a
mount of their own money. Prior
to the time the hut was built the
legion had been meeting in differ
ent places and had never had a
place like they wanted. Now that
the hut has been finished the mem
bers want to finish paying for it.
In a few days members of the
past will call upon the business
men of this city and county and ask
for a contribution. They ask that
you be thinking about the propo
sition and decide now to to be as lib
eral as you possibly can be.
Attempt Robbery , <
At Timberlake
Arthur Hudgins Caught In Stor<
Os Garland Chambers
Sunday Night
Arthur Hudgins, man of
this county was arrested Sunday
night by local officers after being
charged with entering the store of
Garland Chambers of Timberlake,
Hudgins was seen striking match
es in the store about 9:00 P. M. by
Alvin Teague, who works in the
fetore. Teague immediately called
Mr. Chambers and together, they
entered the store and found Hud
gins who had not taken any goods
from the store, but evidently was
attempting to.
Local officers have had trouble
with Hudgins on other occasions.
It is understood that his bond was
placed at SIOO.OO.
the people of this city would be
glad to donate a number of books.
The library committee is compos
ed of S. M. Ford, Gus Deering, J. B.
Snipes and F. O. Carver, Jr. Any of
these men will be glad to call at
your home and get any book that
you care to give.
People of this community are
urged to check their books at once
and decide which book or books
you will let the high school have.
I Then go to your telephone and call
| a member of the Committee or any
member of the club that you might
know.
NEW KIWANIS PRESIDENT ,
W. W. WARREN j
Mr. Warren will lead the Kiwanis
forces of Roxboro during 1938.
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PHILLIP BOWEN BACK I
Mr. Phillip Bowen has returned to ;
his home here after being confined
to the Greenville General Hospital ;
in S. C. for sometime. He is getting i
along fine.
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Keen Interest In
Baptist Revival
Pastor ..Is Preaching Twice
Daily At 10:00 A. M. And
7:30 P. M.
Much interest has been display
ed in the revival meeting that is
now taking place at the First Bap
tist Church of Roxboro and the
pastor, Rev. W. F. West, has de
livered sermons that were very in
spirational and helpful.
The meeting will continue through
this coming Sunday. Services are
being held every morning at ten o’-
clock and each evening at seven
thirty. The morning service lasts
for only thirty minutes.
The song services are in charge of
Rev. J. Howard Young of Knox
ville, Tenn. Mr. Young is well
known in Roxboro where he lived
for a number of years and people
here are always glad to welcome
him back.
All people from this city and
county are invited to attend these
meetings and Rev. West always has
a sermon that is good.
Mrs. R. H. Harris
Wins Contest Prize
Electrical Dealers’ Contest Has
Many New Entries
The judges of the Electrical Deal
ers’ Missing Word Contest announ
ced the second week’s winners yes
terday. Mrs. R. H. Harris, Morgan
Street, Roxboro, N. C.. was award
ed the prize for this district over
hundreds of local entries.
First grand prize for this week’s
event went to William A Hart,
Weaverville, N. C.; the second prize
was awarded to Agnes M. Evans,
Rowland, North Carolina.
The third week’s contest in this
six weeks event is now under way
and participating electrical dealers
report that interest is increasing
daily. The contest is a very easy one
excepting employees of the Caro
lina Power and Light Company,
Electrical Dealers and their imme
diate families. There is nothing to
buy or sell and entry blanks may
be secured without charge, at any
participating Electrical Dealer’s
store, or on the salesfloor of the
Carolina Power and Light Com
pany.
A new contest is presented every
week with a separate list of prizes
offered. Two grand prizes and
twenty-seven district prizes are on
each weekly list.
EIGHT PAGES
TODAY
BILL WARREN IS i
NAMED PRESIDENT
OF KIWANIS CLUB
Served A s Vice-President Dup
ing Present Year And Sec
retary of Club During 1936
M. W. Lawrence, Vice-President
A silver half-dollar decided the
man who would be president of the
Roxboro Kiwanis Club during the
year 1938 last Monday night when
the Roxboro club held its annual
election.
Two names for president were
brought in by the nominating com
mittee—George Currier and Bill
Warren. After the members had vot
ed it was found that these two men
Were tied and upon motion of m
member of the club it was decided
that the election be decided by the
toss of a coin rather than for the
members to have to vote against
either of the two men who were
running. Bill Warren won the toss
1 and was named president for 1938.
I Other officers who were elected
Monday night were M. W. Lawren
ca, vice - president,and F. O. Car
ver, Jr., treasurer. The following
men were named as directors: S. M.
Ford, Thos. Hamilton, Jake Taylor,
Ralph Cole, and Sam Merritt. The
secretary will be appointed by the
l directors.
J. L. Morehead, member of the
Durham Club and Lieutenant Gov
, ernor of this district, was present
at this meeting. He spoke briefly
concerning the district convention
and urged as many to go as pos
sible.
The meeting Monday night was
3 held in the Community House at
Olive Hill School and the ladies of
■ the Lambeth Memorial church had
- prepared a real meal for the Ki
- wanians. Everything was included,
ham, chicken, eggs, sandwiches,
1 pie, cake, coffee and many other
! good things.
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AIR MAIL WEEK IS
OBSERVED IN CITY
K. L. Street Reports That Large
Number Os Air Mail Letters
Dispatched
October 11th. to 16th. has been
officially designated as air mail
week and K. L. Street, postmaster,
stated that many local people were
cooperating by mailing letters via
air mail. The Roxboro postoffice is
keeping a record of the letters that
leave here this week marked “air
mail” and the number may run in
the hundreds before the week is
over.
Since there is no landing field in
Roxboro it is not practical for a
plane to stop here, but all letters
were dispatched to Raleigh where
they were immediately placed on a
mail plane.
Many letters have been coming
to Roxboro this week byway of
airplanes and it is probable that
many more have been received here
than have been sent from this of
fice.
Mr. Street is anxious for the Rox
boro office to make a good showing
and he urges the people to use air
mail when possible and practical
this week.
Clara’s Beauty Shoppe Under
New Ownership
Miss Bettie Belle Yancey and Miss
Ruth Jefferson are now owners of
the Clara’s Beauty Shoppe. These
young ladies have operated the
Beauty Shoppe for Mr. Elder, a
Durham man, for several years.
Several weeks ago the shoppe was
’ remodeled and the latest equipment
i installed. The capability of thesa
t two ladies to serve you has already
i been proven. You know that you
are always welcome at Clara’s.