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‘l' l 1 ■ " CALL 111 We mat all the newa of your community. Pleaae call ua or send it in. IT YOU WOULD KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON AROUND YOU READ TH* PERSON COUNTY TIMES—fr IS A PAPER FOR ALL THE PEOPLE OF PERSON AND ADJOINING COUNTIES. VOLUME IX. PUBLISHED EVERY SUNDAY ft THURSDAY ROXBOBb, NORTH CAROLINA, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1937 NUMBER EIGHTEEN INEWSI jBB WEEK mjL Foster Gilroy PRESIDENTAL FORECASTS Washington, D. C.—An informal canvass of a group of leading poli tical writers in the capital indicat ed a belief that President Roosevelt -would seek a third term, or, if not, that the Democratic presidential nominee in 1940 would be Assistant Attorney General Robert Jackson. All picked Senator Vandenberg of Michigan as the only Republican contender in sight. In a radio talk from Topeka, Kan., Senator Arthur Capper urged Republicans to wage a stiff fight next year for Congres sional seats; that with “great re spect” for ex-President Hoover’s suggestion of a mid-term Conven tion, he doubted that it would “add to the confidence of the people in the party.” Minority Leader of the House of Representatives Bertrand H. Snell favored the Hoover pro ject because “if we are going to have a row, it might as well fee now as two years from now.” NEW BATTLESHIP STARTED Brooklyn, .N. Y.—Assistant Sec retary nf the rnyy-EdKem,'* “ drove the first of 3,000,000 rivets into the keel of the new battleship North Carolina, destined to be the most powerful ship ever built in this country and the first new vessel since 1923. In heavily armored ships begun or authorized, United States now has 4, England 5, France 9, Italy 2 and Germany 5. Japan is unoffically believed to have begun two and Russia three. The taxpay ers of these countries will pay near ly two billions for new battleships and $2,000,000 upkeep each per year. MARX BROS. CONVICTED Hollywood, Cal. —In Screenland’s first suit for criminal copyright in fringement, a Federal jury con victed Groucho and Chico .Marx, radio and movie comedians, of pil fering a radio skit called “Mr. Dib ble and Mr. Dabble.” The Marxes have already paid the author of the sketch $7,500 to settle a civil suit, but now face a possible jail term. ;, ANTI-NAZI MOVE FAILS New York City—Attacking the American naturalization of Fritz Kuhn, leader of the German-A fcierican Bund, Julius Hochfelder, a lawyer, tried to have Kuhn’s cit izenship annulled because of “pagan philosophies” and a desire “to des troy Jews and Catholics.” Federal Judge Clancy, addressing Hochfel der, said, “This whole thing is re volting. When did the people of the United States vest you with such authority? The Department of Jus tice alone has the right to come into a matter of this sort.” Then he threw the case out of court. FINANCIAL RECORDS New York City—The most active October since 1930 closed on the New York Stock Exchange with sales of 51,093,381 shares, a gain of -nearly nine million shares over the same month last year, producing on October 19th the broadest market in the history of the Exchange, dealing in 1,046 issues. In dividends, 888 corporations disbursed $304,- 634,647, the largest for the month in •seven years. At the end of the 10- month period, dividends declared amounted to $3,382,785,000, more -than half-a-billion dollars more than the first 10 months of 1936. TIMES’ SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ' J _V“ '• V-'4 V'ik’V ■. * *• •.'*>* Jersunatimes ! '< TOBACCO CROP IS ABOUT 50 PCT. SOLD Farmers Have Been Well Pleas ed With Prices For This Season It’s just a guess ,but those who are supposed to know say that the Person County tobacco crop is 50 percent sold. The average is bound to run between 45 and 55 and no one knows what the figures are. So far the tobacco growers have been well pleased with the prices that they have received. The aver, age has been higher than last year and the majority had more tobacco. Any farmer will tell you that after spending an entire year with a crop that it is Worth all that it can pos sibly bring. Some people say that Person County produces ten million pounds of tobacco; others say twelve mil lion. Any figure along there is about right and it is the largest single source of revenue that comes to peo ple each year. It looks like there will be “crop control” next year. If there is this county may be cut a little from what was raised this year. APPLE INSPECTORS IN PERSON COUNTY Two Have Been Stationed On So. Boston Highway To Inspect Apples Coming This Way Two afyple -inspectors, "Working under the supervision of the state and federal government department of agriculture, have been stationed on the So. Boston highway about three miles from Roxboro. The two men inspect all apples coming into this county from other sections. They are looking for any spray re sidue that might be dangerous to the public. All apple trucks are stopped, passenger cars or trucks not carrying apples are allowed to pass at once. This inspection was started last Monday and will be continued for an indefinite period. So far very few apples have failed to pass the test and not many have been dis carded. It is understood that all apples are sprayed while on the trees and while this spray is not considered dangerous in small quantities the state deemed it wise to inspect them before they are sold to the public. o Neal Paris Accepts New Position Now With Electric Appliance Co. Os This City Mr. Neal Paris, of Roxboro, has accepted a position with the Elec tric Appliance Co. and has already started to work with this company. For the past several years Mr. Paris has been in the sales department of the Carolina Power and Light Co. Both Mr. and Mrs. Paris have been living in Roxboro for the past two years or more. RETURNS FROM HOSPITAL Mr. Vixen Day of Moriah, who has been a patient in Watts Hospi tal undergoing a very serious oper ation, has returned to his home and is recovering very nicely. Hurt While Chopping Wood While chopping wood last week, Mr. Roger Wilkerson, Sr. received a slight injury on his hand. He was confined to his bed for several days but is now able to be out. o Eight pigs fed by Carey Dudley, Kinston, Route 4, netted him a labor profit of $67.71 in a 4-H project. | Carey fed the pigs a balanced ra tibn for 124 days. Elon’s Triple Threat Back J -•••••• -Tfiji - r v it Elon’s Triple Threat Back Shown above is James Abbitt, j Elon’s greatest triple threat back. ( Abbitt is better known for his long I distance punting, however, than for j his other abilities although he is j one of the best in any department of! Ihe game. Abbitt has kicks of from j NEW ROUGEMONT SCHOOL AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 1 Construction of the new Rouge-! mont school building began Thurs-! day and with no unforeseen lengthy delays the building will be ready for occupancy around February Ist. The building will cost $22,000 and j George Kane is contractor in charge of the project. The new buildings will contain seven rooms, They will be four large classrooms, an auditorium, a lib rary and an office. It will be of brick construction and will contain only one story. o MR. DANIEL HOME Mr. MaXie Daniel has returned home from Watts Hospital after un dergoing several operations. He is much better and expects to be able to perform his regular duties soon. ALONG THE WAY— ALL APPEARS TO BE QUIET NO NEWS Robert Hesteir, popular proprie tor of the Pioneer Warehouse, said that this column, “Along the Way,” was out of order. He said that there was pljenty of news if the writer wasn’t too lazy to go out and get it. Well Bob—there might be something in what you say. Interest is increasing everyday in the Duke - Carolina football game that is to be played on Nov. 13th. The fact that Carolina lost to Fordham doesn’t mean so much as far as this game is concerned. It’s going to be a great game and it looks like everyone from this county is going to attend. What is this we hear about “Old 80 yards on down to his credit this year. His season average is around 45 yards. After watching his performance, | several outstanding coaches have [ stated that Abbitt is the finest kick | er and one of the best backs they j have ever seqn perform. The six j foot two inch 195 pound Roxboro, | N. C. boy is a senior this year. O. Y. CLAYTON LOSES SIGHT IN ONE EYE Mr. O. Y. Clayton, manager of the Roxboro Beverage Co., was injured Thursday afternoon when struck in the eye by one or two small pieces of steel. At the time of the injury j he was working on a piece of ma chinery. After an examination by a local doctor he was taken to McPherson Hospital in Durham. A member of Mr. Clayton’s fam ily reported yesterday that the sight in this eye had been destroyed. DICK WOODY ILL J. J. “Dick” Woody has been confined to his home for the past several days as a result of illness. Oltho his condition is not serious he is obeying doctor’s orders by staying in his bed. Man Winter” being just around the comer. It has been rumored that members of the young men’s garden club have started another idea. They can’t raise a garden in the winter and in looking for some way to beat the high cost of living they have decided to cut trees to burn in their fire places. These boys just refuse to put out money for ordinary ex penses. Do you want to do really worth while? Do you want to do the thing you should do if you can afford it? Will you play Santa Claus to helpless men, wo -1 men and children? Then join the Red Cross this year. One dollar pays the 1 way. ROXBORO MARKET CONTINUES GAIN Average For Last Week Was 29.81 Per Hundred Pounds; Year Average $27.39 Heavy Sales Expected This Week The Roxbdro Tobacco Market continues to gain over last year. Ending Friday night the market had sold 2, 634,770 pounds for an average of $27.39 per hundred. Sales last week were rather light, only 369,016 pounds of tobacco were sold on this market. The average for the week was high, $29.81. So far Roxboro has sold 888,310 more pounds this year than at the same time last year and the crop is about half sold. At the same time last year the average for 1,746,460 was $24.50. Thus it can be seen that this mar ket has gained in price and pounds. By Wednesday night it is thought that Roxboro will be headed into her fourth million for the season. Heavy sales are expected next week and the six million mark should be easily reached. BETHEL POINTS TO ROXBORO GAME, 23 • . Defeated Garner Thursday In A Hard Fought Game By Score Os 26-0 Line Charged Hard And Backs Ran Well Bethel Hill High defeated Gar ner, N. C. Thursday afternoon in a hard fought game by the score of 26-0. Bethel clearly outplayed her opponent and served notice on Rox boro and other high school teams that Bethel was on the way. The entire Bethel Hill line drove hard and the backs drove like vet erans. The Garner line was ripped to pieces and altho the players fought gamely, they could not stop, or come near stopping, the boys from Person County. A number of Roxboro fans were on hand to see this game that was played on Merritt Field at Bethel Hill. Whether Roxboro High scout ed this game or not could not be learned. Bethel and Roxboro meet on Nov. 23rd. and what a game that will be! Both teams have been making plans for the game and both would like to win. This game has about as much rivalry as the Duke-Carolina classic and football fans of this county await the game wtih much interest. Both teams are fairly strong and are expected to be at their best when they meet on Nov. 23rd. o TEA TO BE GIVEN All members of the Roxboro Wo man’s Club are invited to tea on Tuesday, Nov. 9th. from 4:00 to 5:30 p. m. The tea is given in honor of the teachers. It is hoped that all members of the Woman’s Club will be present. o ARMISTICE DAY PROGRAM An Armistice Day program will be observed Sunday night at the Young Peoples League at the Long Memorial Church. The program will consist of Armistice Day songs and a talk by Miss Bowers of the High 1 School Faculty afte(rwhich supper will be served to those present. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT Born to Mr. and Mrs. P. L. Thomas a baby girl on Friday, Nov. sth. at Watts Hospital. Both moth er and daughter getting along nice ly. EIGHT PAGES TODAY ICASWELL CO. FIRST IN MANY WAYS Tom Henderson Comments On Past And Present History Os Historic County \ The following article appeared in the Caswell Messenger last week- It was written by Tom Henderson and should prove to be interesting to our readers. Ed. In the last issue of Carl Goerch's ‘The State’ magazine he is calling for suggestions of “firsts” for which the several counties of the state are noted. I claim for Caswell the lar gest Rotary Club in the world in an unincorporated village. Caswell is the birth-place of flue-cured to bacco, and the homeplace of as silky wrappers as ever grew. A mile from Yanceyville, as the crow flies, is the tombstone of Starling Gunn, a patroit of the Revolutionary War who fired the last gun at Yorktown. In the ancient burial ground of Red House Presbyterian Church lies the bones of Reverend Hugh McAden, distinguished Scottish divine and first missionary to North Carolina. Caswell is the native home of Liz zie Lowndes, .dean of all living North Carolina school teachers. Caswell is -also the home of Dr. Billie Poteat, best loved of all North! Carolina teachers throughout a period of nearly sixty years in the school rooms at Wake Forest College. Cas well is a big part of the foundation woodwork of the cradles of edu cation and finance in North Caro lina. Calvin Graves, Bartlett Yan cey, Bedford Brown and Solomon Lea were among the earliest friends cf education in North Carolina. Her banks at Milton and Yancey ville were early financial institutions, while the “Milton Gazette” was the first newspaper printed in this part of the state. Incidentally, no coun ty ever produced a finer specimen of manhood than William Clullcji Bryant, who yet lives at his home near Milton. In his prime Cullen, seven feet and four inches tall, weighed two hundred and seventy five pounds and was every inch and every pound a man. Judge Cooks Louisburg once adjourned court five minutes to have the sheriff bring Cullen forward that he might get a good look at a real man. Judge Cooks gazed in admiring wonder ment and then drawlingly said: “Young man, you could stand knee-deep in hell and reach up and shake hands with Abraham, Issac and Jacob.” • o Large Attendance Wanted At Joint Club Meeting Program Will Feature Movies And One Short Speech Plans are now being made to have a full attendance from the mem bership of both the Rotary and Ki wanis clubs at their joint boy scout meeting on November 11th. This will be the first joint meeting of the two clubs this year and of ficials are anxious to have a good crowd on hand. The program will be in charge of the scouts and the scout executive, A. P. Patterson. Movies of local scouts in camp will be featured on the screen and it is probable that there will be at least one short speech. This joint meeting in charge of the scouts is being held in order to acquaint the business men of Rox boro with scout work and to prove to them that this organization is worth much time, trouble and ex pense. Mr. Patterson is expected to eome to Roxboro this week in order to complete the plans beforte Thuks-
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