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fa.™ CALL t I • We want all tha news of pour community. Please call ua or send it in. IF YOU WOUU> KNOW WHAT IB GOING ON ABOUND YOU BEAD TH> PERSON COUNTY TIMEB—IT IS A PAPER FOR ALL THE PEOPLE OP PERSON AND ADJOINING COUNTIES. VOLUME g. PUBLISHED EVERY SUNDAY A THURSDAY ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1937 NUMBER TWENTY Farmers Report Large Amount Os Tobacco Recently Stolen ■ Chas. Lawson Lost 800 Pounds i . Monday Night And Haywood 'Foushee Large Amount Sun day Night. KOBBERS LEFT NO CLUES Several Person County farmers have reported robberies of their pack bams in tHe last few! days and two heavy losses were report ed this week. Thieves forced their entrance into the pack bam of Haywood Foushee on the Leasburg road Sun day night and used his own trailer to haul his tobacco to their truck -that was parked on the road. This loss was reported at 800 pounds and there is no evidence as to who did it. Chas. Lawson, Hurdle Mills farm er, reported that someone stole ap proximately 800 pounds of his to bacco Monday night and again no ■one has been arrested and clues aTe few and far between. One or two other tobacco robber ies have been reported in this coun ty. A tobacco thief is hard to catch as he has so many places to dispose of his stolen property and it is very hard to recognize the tobacco on warehouse floor. Recently Officer "Watson caught two in Roxboro when they attempted to sell tobac coco that was stolen in Granville County. Both drew sentences in the state prison. ■ o PHIL SOCIALITES TAUGHT SKEET BY CARL BRADSHER Spent Several Days In Quaker City Last Month And Ladies Consumed His Time Considered Expert Marksman Carl Bradsher, former Roxboro citizen and now a resident of Palm Springs, Calif., spent several days in Philadelphia last month teach ing a number of socialites the art of skeet shooting. The Philadelphia Record in com menting on the visit that Bradsher was to make stated that he was the only professional instructor of this sport and that he really was good. The paper continued— . “Bradsher was bom in North Carolina in the tiny hamlet of Moccasin Gap, now Roxboro. His dad was one of the best shots in the area, and took him into the Held at the age of nine. “His father attempted to guide his son but soon the youngster was 1 outshooting his father and the lat ter realised that young Carl was a natural. Bnrides Palm Springs, he teaches mmally at White Sulphur Springs, I W. Rolling Rock Club, Ligon-j toe; Pa* and Walnut 801 l Farm,! lezincton Ky. i W Last year Mr. and Mrs. H. W. ' Wienheim came from Brussels, Bttgtum, for skeet Instructions' from Bradsher.’’ One of his pet shots is to call “mark” while the shell is still in his pocket and the gun is not load ed. He loads, shoulders and shoots the bird with seemingly impossible speed. o Good Program At Kiwanis Club r * A number of students of Central School gave a musical concert at 'the regular meeting of the Roxboro -Kiwanis Club Monday night. This program, given under the direction of Miss Collins and Mrs. W. W. "Woods, was one'of the best of the year and was enjoyed by all. Gus Deering was the principal speaker of the evening. His subject was “Self-Reliance” and he handled it in a very thorough way. Person County Times BETTER LEARN TO DIAL BTDEC. IST. Manager Morris States That New System Should Be Ready By That Date No Operators To Be Used For the past several weeks work men have been busy installing the new dial system at Morris Tele phone Co. and Manager Morrris an nounced this weejk that the new system should be ready by Dec. Ist. If there is any delay it will not be over two or three days. The new system, with all its machinery is located over the De pot Street office olf the company and is so complicated that it would be hard for any person to explain who was not acquainted with ap paratus of this kind. After the new system starts working there will be no telephone operators. The system does its own work and dials the long distance operator in Durham. For several days other workmen have been busy on the lead line at the comer of Main and Reams Ave. keeping the old system working while the new one is being com pleted. In a few days Mr. Morris expects to have a dial phone working in the company office and those who desire to learn something about dial phoning can go there for in struction and a demonstration. This nest system is one of the best on the market and is as near perfect as it could be. OFFICERS ARREST GARLAND MORRISON Charged >With Breaking And Entering Roxboro Service Station Last Sat. A. M. Garland Morrison, colored, was arrested by local officers Sunday morning changed with breaking and entering Glenn Bros. Service Stat ion early last Saturday morning. Morrison had been working at this station for several days but did not return to work Saturday morning after the robbery had tak en plat*. Proprietors of the station had reasons to believe that he was connected with the affair and had I been waiting for him to show up | for money that was due him. They were also looking for a person with a cut hand as a large amount of | blood had been seen on the service station drive after the robbery. It J was evident that the robber had cut or bruised his hand. Morrison wore gloves when he re turned from Durham for his pay. Two fingers were bruised and one I hand had a blister or some kind [of a bruise on it. I He is now in jail and will be | tried soon. It is probable that he will face two charges, one for the ware house attempt and another for the | service station. | The robber did not get much cash from the station and none from the warehouse. He denies his guilt. REV. WEST ILL Rev. W. F. West is ill at his home on Academy street. He was able to 1 preach last Sunday, but has been confined to his bed since that time. Singing Class To Be In Roxboro November 29th The Oxford Orphanage Singing Class will give a concert in Rox boro at high school auditorium on Nov. 29th at 8:00 P. M. The public j is urged to attend. / I More than 720,000 cases of canned red salmon were produced in Ja pan in 1937. ROXBORO OBSERVES THANKSGIVING Schools And Tobacco Market Closed For Remainder Os Week The schools of Roxboro and Per son County have closed for two days, Thursday and Friday, in ob servance of Thanksgiving. As us ual they will be closed on Saturday. Many of the teachers plan to go home over the week-end returning to this county Sunday. A majority of the stores and other business places are closed to day, but will be open tomorrow. Thanksgiving is being observed over the county and there will be little business transacted. Many are in the fields or woods trying to get a few birds or rab bits and many more are taking in the Carolina - Virginia football game in Chapel Hill. Farmers who had turkeys for sale have disposed of a large num ber this season and many families are having turkey with all the side dishes for Thanksgiving. The Tobacco market will re-open Monday and a large amount of to bacco is expected to be here. U. S. ARMY UNIT STOPSJN CITY Battery Included 77 Enlisted Men And Number Os Of ficers; Here For Several Hours Seventy-soven enlisted members of battery “B” 17th. field artillery, Fort Bragg, arrived in Roxboro last Saturday morning and spent several hours in the city before motoring on to another point. The artillery men were traveling over the state by means of several large trucks and were in charge of Captain C. L. Dasher. The unit, upon arriving in Rox boro, pitched their camp near the high school. Several big guns were included in the equipment on tour. The guns that were here will throw a shell more than two miles and shoot four shells a minute, it was said. A large number of the men set out to' see Roxboro immediately af ter they arrived here and it looked like “war-time” in the city as the boys in the uniforms walked around. This tour was designed as a means of recruiting new members from dif ferent sections of the state. o TIMBERLAKE LADY DIED MONDAY Funeral Services For Mrs. Dor cas Satterfield Held At Home Funeral services were held Mon day morning for Mrs. Dorcas Stan field, 68, Timberlake, N. C., the wife c f the late F. T. Stanfield. Mrs. Stan field died Sunday at 1:05 a. m. Death was caused by pneumonia af ter an illness of eight days. Services were in charge if Rev. Thos. Hamilton and Rev. John Coley. Mrs. Satterfiedd Is (survived by four sisters, Mrs. R. I. Satterfield, Roxboro, Mrs. C. R. Ashley, Timber lake, Mrs. C. H. Allen, Apex, and Mrs. Thomas Clayton, Timberlake. ' One brother, Mr. Otho Tingen, and two grandchildren, Mary Alyce and Dorothy Newton of Danville, Va., also survive. Pall bearers for the final rites were Messrs. Harold Clayton, Earl Satterfield, Roby Barton, W. L. Barton, W. L. Barton, Jr., and Al bon Teague. Nieces of the deceas ed served as flower bearers, and im i mediately following the funeral ser- I vices interment was made in the Tingen family cemetery. This new style of lady filibuster Adds nothing to congressional lustre. GOES TO WELDON ; mm w Wmm InR REV B. P. ROBINSON Mr. Robinson will leave Roxboro next week for Weldon, N. C. where he will serve as pastor of the Metho dist church. Mr. Robinson has made many friends since coming to Per son County and all regret to see him leave. While in Roxboro he preached the gospel truth and was accepted as being a Christian man of unceptional ability. TWO CHANGES IN CO. APPOINTMENTS Rev. B. P. Robinson Goes To Weldon And B. H. Black To Garner; Lanning Comes To Long Memorial Only two changes were made by the in Per son County appointments for the coming year. Rev. Robinson, pastor of Long Memorial, will go to Wel don and Rev. B. H. Black of Mt. Tirzah will serve in Garner. Rev. J. H. Lanning will come to Long Me morial from Smithfield and Rev. E. L. Hill comes to Mt. Tirzah. Other paStors will return to their respec tive charges. Other appointments of interest to people in this section are - Branson Memorial, J. J. Boone; Cedar Grove, S. F. Nicks; Smithfield, O. W. Dowd; Leasburg, D. D. Fraynham, Rouge mont, J. T. Green; Elm City, N. C. Yearby; Yanceyville, W. L. Maness; Fuquay Springs, E. B. Craven; Ay den, T. A. Sikes. Mr. Robinson plans to preach his last sermon before going to Weldon Sunday morning. There will be no night service. It is expected that Mr. Lanning will be in Roxboro the lat ter part of next week. CAROLINA - VA. GAME TO DRAW LARGE CROWD Old Review Thanksgiv ing Rivalry At Chapel Hill To day—Carolina Favored Altho History Shows Scores Mean Little—Virginia Striving For Encore Os Maryland, Navy Performances. • Chapel Hill, N. C. A large crowd of alumni and supporters ex pected here today to see the 1937 North Carplina football team, one of the finest in the institution’s his tory, bring its season to a close a gainst Virginia in a renewal of the Thanksgiving Day classic. Kick-off time is 2 o’clock. The Tar Heels and Cavaliers, the South’s oldest continuous rivals, will clash for the 42nd. time. Altho Virginia still enjoys the top spot in number of victories - 21 against 17 defeats and 3 losses, Carolina has won 9 of the past 10 contests. The Tar Heels will enter the game js favorites, altho scores often mean little when two old rivals clash in the gridiron. History shows that the Carolina- Virginia games always draw well (Continued On Back Page) W. E. Adams Shot Yesterday As He Was Eating Lunch HANCOCK OPENS CAMPAIGN OFFICES First Offices Are In Bank Bldg. In Oxford; Others Will Pro bably Be Opened Soon The Frank Hancock Campaign for United States Senate has really started. A number of offices on the second floor of a bank building in' Oxford have been rented and there two ladies are busy mailing out let ters and campaign literature. The Congressman who is endeav oring to unseat the Junior Senator from North Carolina is having lit tle to say about the campaign. How ever, he used a golf term Monday to convey to friends the idea that he is well satisfied with the pro gress of the campaign to carry the state. “I have gotten a good drive from the tee-off and have the old Sena torial ball in the middle of the fair way,” said Mr. Hancock with a smile that is characteristically his. He sat in his office Monday greet ing all comers, indicating that he will conduct his campaign with a wide-open office— a policy that has been his since he first sought political office. It is thought that other offices will be open over the state in a short tim4 Offices Will probably be opened in Raleigh and perhaps in Charlotte. For the next few weeks Mr. Han cock will be kept busy in Washing ton, but he should be able to come to the state over the week-end. NICKS GETS FIRST METH. APPOINTMENT Elder Told Him Friday That He Was Going Back For Fifth Year Rev. S. F. Nicks, former Brooks dale pastor and now of Cedar Grove, received the first appoint ment of the Methodist Conference that was held in Raleigh last week. On Friday the elders told Rev. Nicks that they were going to send him back to Cedar Grove for the fifth year. Mr. Nicks has a reputa tion of serving all of his charges about as long as the Methodist law allows. Hq Served Brooksdale for six years and the people of that section wanted him back for two more. Th)e popular pastor believes in building churches. He is now build ing his second one at Cedar Grove and even his son, S. F. Nicks, Jr., can hardly keep up with the number that he has built. When questioned Monday Mr. Nicks (Jr.) said that his father had built six or seven, he just couldn’t remember. At tintes Rev. Nicks gets a hammer and saw ancT goes right up on the building with the workmen. He is very popular at Cedar Grove and the people there would have been disappointed hlad the bishop transferred him to some other charge. IN WATTS HOSPITAL Mr. Bertwell Winstead was car ried to Watts Hospital Monday night for an appendicitis operation. He is reported to be doing nicely. NEGRO TO TAKE WIDOW ALONG WITH PASTORATE Houston, Nov. 23.—The Rev. Robert Lee Grundy, 86 - year-old Negro, applied for a marriage license. “I’m taking over the pastorate of my late friend, Rev. William Gil lian, and I’m taking it over lock, stock and barrel,” he explained. He got a license to wed Ella Gillian, 70, his friend’s widow. EIGHT PAGES TODAY Herbert Painter Arrested By- Officers And Charged With Shooting; Adams Carried To Hospital In Durham Bullet Went Through Arm and Lodged In Body W. E. Adams, Roxboro resident of Depot Street, was shot in the left arm around noon yesterday as he was eating his lunch on a pile of lumber at Wm. McKeithan Lumber Co. about two miles from Roxboro on the Durham road. The wound was inflicted by a bul let from a 22 rifle and those who were present state that the rifle was fired by Herbert Painter, a res ident of that section, who calmly walked up and shot. Adams was rushed to a local doctor who dressed the wound and sent him to Watts Hospital in Dur ham. The bullet continued through his arm and lodged in his body. Painter was arrested within an hour by local officers. He has been in ill health for sometime and those who are well acquainted with him state that he probably did not real ize what he was doing. BETHE HILL WON OVER ROXBORO BY SCORE OF 7-0 Roxboro Staged A Gallant Fight But Failed To Have Neces sary Pmfeh At Right Time STEWART SUFFERS INJURY Over 800 football fans saw Beth el Hill defeat Roxboro by a score of 7-0 on Bethel’s gridiron Tuesday afternoon in a final football game for both teams this year. The game, played in ideal weather, was the climax of a fairly successful season for both teams and made Bethel’s season a greater success. The one score of the game came in the final quarter. Shotwell passed to Pentecost and the ball was plac ed in a dangerous position. Pente cost plunged ,over Roxboro’s line for the lone tally of the game. Tin gen went over the line for the ex tra point. The Roxboro team played excel lent ball, but the Bethel boys play ed their hearts out and it was im possible for the Roxboro boys to hold them. The entire Bethel line played well, but Fox was outstand ing. In the backfield Pentecost and Tingen showed uf> to an excellent advantage. On the Ist. kick-off of the second half, Earl Stewart, playing quarter back of Roxboro, suffered an injury of his left arm that caused his re moval from the game. An x-ray yesterday revealed that a small por tion of the bone was chipped off. During the game Bethel passed six times and completed five. They also intercepted four Roxboro pas ses. One substitute was used on the Bethel Hill team. About eight o’clock Tuesday night approximately one hundred students from Bethel Hill slipped over to the Roxboro field and tore down the goal post on one end. They then paraded around the city with a post sticking in the back of the car. It was Bethel’s day and (Continued on Back Page) I Roses 5-10-25 c Store To Be Open Friday Night Our store will be open Friday night until 9:00 o’clock. The store and windows are decorated for the holidays and on display you will find every department more com plete and heavier slocked than ever before. Free: A toy to every child ac companied by their parents. Roses—for quality and variety.
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