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- CALL 111 W« want all the news at your community. Please caD Os or send it in. IF YOU WOULD KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON AROUND YOU READ TH> PERSON COUNTY TDOMT IS A PAPER FOR THE PEOPLE OP PERBUN AND ADJOINING COUNTIES. VOLUME IX. PUBLISHED EVERY SUNDAY A THURSDAY ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1937 NUMBER TWENTY . ONE Christmas Season To Open Friday Night Leading Business Firms To Tal Shopping: Featuring The Most Attractive And Colorful Street Lighting Display And Attractive Win* dow Lighting Event. With the hearty endorsement of Roxboro’s retail merchants and the promise of active cooperation on the part of the majority of the con cerns in the business district, the Mayor of the town and the Cham ber of Commerce set aside, Friday night, December 3 as “DO YOUR CHRISTMAS SHOPPING EARLY NIGHT.” During the early part of the week a committee of business men in terested in the “DO YOUR SHOP PING EARLY NIGHT” made a can vass of local business establishments and found the merchants enthus iastic towards it. To Do Your Christmas Shopping Early Night and Better Window Display means a great deal more than the brightning up of the streets and stores for a few evenings, de clared Secretary O. L. Bane, as it will undoubtedly have a far reach ing affect in permanently encourag ing our citizens and visitors from surrounding sections in indulging in “DO YOUR CHRISTMAS SHOP PING EARLY NIGHT’ to a greater extent than ever before. People are governed in their buy ing habits by what they see and it ist a well recognized fact that mer chants in lairger cities devote so much time and attention to the dec orating and lighting of their streets and store windows at Christmas time. It is logical that the buying population, of this city, will res pond as rapidly to well planned Christmas window displays and at tractive lighting as those in larger centers. In addition, to the whole some effect upon strictly home folks the attractiveness of a well lighted down town section will prove bene jficial in stimulating, ttyi interests of hundreds who come to Roxboro from outlaying communities to see the street lights, the store windows and to enjoy" the movies or other Christmas entertainment. Everyone in Roxboro and vicinity is cordially invited to visit Roxboro, Friday night, December 3rd. and view our beautiful illuminated streets and inspect the windows of the stores participating in the pro gram. MERIT BADGES r AWARDED Several Scouts Pass First, Sec ond and Tenderfoot Work A number of boy scouts came be fore the Court of Honor Friday pight in order that they might be awarded badges for passing certain scout worje. A majority* of those present were from Joe Guffey’s troop at Ca-Vel. One scout, Clyde Whitt, was from troop 49 in Rox fcoro: Huell Rhew was awarded a ten derfoot badge; Ray Currier and Clyde Whitt, second class; Robert Dickerson, Lawrence Moore and Donald Jones, first class; book-bind ing merit badge, Charles Jones, Lawrence Moore and Robert Dick erson; Capentry merit badge, Char les Jones, Donald Jones, Benny Wright and Lawrence Moore; read ing merit badge, Charles Jones and Lawrence Moore; handicraft merit badges Benny Wright and Donald Jones. CORRECTION Last Thursday’s Times stated that Rev. J. F. Herbert spent Tuesday and Wednesday in Roxboro as the guest of Mr. Norman Street. This was an error as Mr. Herbert was snot visiting in this home. TIME’S SUNDAY MORNING EDITION *■ ' - ' v' • ' % i '■*" . iF&gHvv I / I ■ m •l) Tjl I | ■ ■ I I I / ■ ■/ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ TfllhVil *W |l W ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ I ke Part In “Do Your Christinas Early Night” Will Give Organ Recital Miss Jean Hester, seven year old daughter of Prof, and Mrs. Jerry Hester of Bushy Fork school, will give an organ recital in Leggett’s Department Store window Friday night at 8:00 p. m. Jean is a pupil of Mrs. Victor Satterfield of the Bushy Fork School faculty. The public is invited to hear this talent ed young musician on Friday Dec. 3rd. CIRCLE NO. 5 TO MEET TUES. Circle No. sos the Methodist church will meet Tuesday evening i at the home of Mrs. M. A. Stewart at 7:30. MARQUIS LAWRENCE CHIEF SPEAKER FOR LADIES' NIGHT R. H. Shelton Will Deliver The Address Os Welcome To Visitors On Dec. 13th. Kiwanian Marquis Lawrence has been selected as the chief speaker for the Kiwanis Club Ladies’ Night otrDee. • lOttn "After looking over a field of some eight or ten possible speakers it was decided that Mr. Lawrence, pastor of Person County Circuit, was the ideal man for the job. Lawrence has been in Roxboro for about one year and in that short time he has made a good reputation as a speaker. R. H. Shelton has been selected to deliver the “welcome address” and someone is yet to be selected for the response. Jack Strum will serve as toastmaster . Ladies’ Night and Charter Night is a big occasion for the Roxboro Kiwanis Club. It is the one meeting of the year that no Kiwanian dare miss and it is always a huge suc cess. This year it will be held at the hotel on December 13th at 7:30. In the way of entertainment the club has secured the services of the Duk University Glee Club Quarette. This quartet has a reputation over the state as delivering the “goods.” THANKSGIVING DAY PROVIDED REST Majority Remained At Home And Ate Turkey; Good Crowd At Theatres Altho the day was a quiet one the people of Roxboro enjoyed Thanks giving Day. The stores were closed and so was the bank and postoffice. There was very little business going on with the exception of the thea tres. Both reported good business. It really looked like Sunday and a majority of people remained in their homes for the entire day. Turkey was the big item in many homes at dinner time. Even if tur key meat did sell for thirty cents a pound many peoplje celebrated th occasion by investing in a few pounds. The football game in Chapel Hill claimed a large number, but others decided to wait until Saturday to see the Duke-Pitt battle. Wednesday) hefpnp Thanksgiving proved to be a busy day. The gro cery stores did a good business, barber shops were busy and dry cleaning companies wondered how they would finish. The young peo ple attended a dance in Kaplan Hall Wednesday night. Now it will not come again for twelve months but we can be thank ful every day. , COUNTY BASKETBALL SCHEDULE PLANNED ' i Winners Os Majority Games Will Be Champions Os County League Basketball coaches over Person County are planning to work out a county-wide basketball schedule that will be followed by all teams in this county during the coming season. It has not yet been decided how many games ;w#ll be played but each team will probably play the other teams two games each. Roxboro, Helena, Allensville, Beth el Hill and Hurdle Mills are expect ed to be included in the program. After the season is over it should be on easy matters to select the championship team. Two teams could be tied but that is not likely. Several county schools have al ready started basketball practice and one or two games have been played. Schools having indoor courts are Bethel Hill and Roxboro. Several schools in the county are expecting to have good teams this year and both boys and girls will play. BETHEL HILL ISSUES NEAT BOOKLET “Bethel Booster” Gives All The The News And Contains Many Excellent Articles The “Bethel Booster,” a mimeog raphed booklet is just off the Beth el press and is being well received by readers over the county. The! first edition contains sixteen pages of news, articles and ads. It is well printed and will easily provide one with sixty minutes of good reading. This publication will probably be issued once a month during the school term and will be continued from year to year. Officers are: Editor-in-chief, Jon nie Crutchfield; Ass’t Editor, Clyde Sullivan; Business Manager, Louise J Hall; Ass’t Business Manager, Inez! Gillis; Literary Editor, Emily Gravely; Ass’t Literary Editor, Elsie Whitfield; Art Editors, Mer-j ritt Davis, Nellie Mae Evans, Mar jorie Jones; Sports'Editor, William' Thomas Brandon; Community Edi tor, Carol Leigh Humphries; Pro duction Managers, Raymond Lester, Alfred Shotwell;. Circulation Man agers, Jack Gravely, Riley Whitt. Schools in the country now hav ing papers are Roxboro high school, Bethel Hill high school and Helena ] high. I ALONG THE WAY- ALL APPEARS TO BE QUIET NO NEWS Football for this year has now be come history. Bethel defeated Rox boro and Carolina won the Duke scrap. Bethel has Roxboro’s goal posts and Roxboro has a desire for revenge. Note to college scouts—Earl Stew art is one of the fastest backs seen in this section in a long time. They say he is too fast for his interfer ence and can step with the best of them. Please remember (that you overlooked James Abbitt and now you wish you hadn’t. Note to Roxboro and Bethel Hill —watch out for Helena next year if Helena can retain the services of Ed Bullock. Ed knows football and if he stays there he will probably have a team. He may do something in basket ball this year altho his material is very green. SMALL FIRE AT fROSn STORE Full Os Celluloid Artie led Blazed Up; Much Smoke, Little Fire Roxboro Fire Truck was] called’ to Rose’s store on Main St. Friday night about 7 p. m. when a counter full of celluloid articles suddenly blazed up. No one knows what caused the items to catch, but in a few minutes the entire store was full of smoke. Only chemicals were used on the fire and there was very little dam age except on this particular coun ter and from smoke. At one time the blaze from the celluloid articles reached the ceil ing and it looked like the fire might spread. Such, However, was not the case. A large crowd gathered in front of this building as quickly as the truck stopped and officers had to keep them from crowding into the store. Large fans were used to force the smoke from the store. At one time it was so bad that one could hardly remain in the building. DR. LOVE-ELECTED STEWARD CHAIRMAN Elected At Board Meeting Last Monday Night; A. W. Clay ton Vice - Chairman Dr. B. E. Love was re-elected chairman of the board of stewards of Long Memorial Methodist church at a meeting of this board last Mon day. Other officers elected for the coming year were; A. W. Clayton, ! vice-chairman; E. G. Thompson, ! secretary and W. W. Woods, treas urer. Dr. Love has served as chairman of the board for several years and has made an excellent official. The regular election of steward of ficers comes just before the end of | the year as plans are made for the new year and the budget is fixed. Rev. Lanning, the new pastor of j the Methodist church, is expected •to be in this city by next Sunday j and will probably jipeach at the morning service. VISITS IN ROXBORO Mr. Jessie Rogers, of Washington, D. C., spent the Thanksgiving Holi days in Roxboro. Mr. Rogers stated that he would like to return to Rox l ■ •• . - boro and live here. John Ellington, popular Oxford citizen and a former resident of Roxboro, says that Frank Hancock will defeat “our Bob” by 200,000 votes. John has talked with Han cock, we haven’t. “More lights and better lights” is the Christmas slogan for the city of Roxboro this year. We are in fav or of this, but will someone tell us how* the sponsors got Traynor Mit chell and Ed Atkinson out on the streets trying to raise a part of the money. Put that down as a mys ery. Dewey Bradsher is still mad about his dog that * was poisoned last summer. The one that he has left is not as good on birds as Dewey wants him to be—note to Dewey— Kill rabbits. Times Has Beautiful, Novel Holiday Gift For Its Readers CHURCH DINNER The ladies of Edgar Long Me morial Church will give their annual dinner in the basement of the church. Saturday, Dec. 4, beginning at 12 o’clock. Brunswick stew, chicken salad, ice cream, cake and coffee will be served. Come and get a good dinner and bring a friend with you. GROWERS MUST APPROVE THEIR TOBACCO PLAN Two-Thirds Must Accept Quotas; Provisions For Other Farm Commodities Revealed Washington, Nov. 25—Crop con trol provisions of the house farm bill: Tobacco—Marketing quotas which must be approved by two-thirds of the growers; quotas apportioned on production record of five proceed ing years; penalty taxes of 50 per cent for sale of tobacco above quota limits. Corn—Farmer-approved .market ing quotas which would be impos ed when indicated yields and car ry-over was more than 15 percent a bove normal; penalty tax of 15 cents a bushel for sale of above-quota production; acreage allotments bas ed on production acreage of pro ceeding ten years; loans of from 55 to 75 percent of parity for shortage of excess production to maintain “ever-normal” granary. Wheat—Farmers - approved mar keting quotas when it is indicated the yield and carry-over would be 25 percent above normal; acreage allotments; loans of unspecified a mounts; penalty tax of 15 cents a bushel for sale of above-quota pro duction. Cotton—Farmer - approved acre age allotments on 10-year produc tion base; farmer can sell all cot ton grown on base acreage; penalty tax of 2 cents a pound on sale of production on excess acreage; ds ] well as loss of possible loans, sub sidies and benefit payments. Rice—Domestic allotment acre age basis; farmer-approved market ing quotas when carry - over and: indicated yield exceeds normal ( needs; penalty tax of 1-4 cents a pound for sale of above-quota pro duction. PITT SUPPORTERS STAY IN ROXBORO Due to the fact that there was no room in Durham hotels a number of Pittsburg supporters secured ooms in Roxboro Friday night and left here early Saturday in order to arrive in plenty of time for the Pitt-Duke football game. It has been rumored that one of our visitors was forced to spend the night in our county jail. Perhaps he was a little over enthusiastic, j ATTENTION PLEASE The ad of Roxboro Furniture Co. states that the kitchen cabinet sale starts Dec. 22nd. THIS IS AN ERROR. THE SALE STARTS THIS THURS DAY, DEC. 2ND. EIGHT PAGES TODAY This Newspaper Distributing At tractive Fountain Pen and Pencil Sets During Yuletide Season PACKED IN GIFT BOXES An Absolutely Free Gift to Every Reader Paying Year’s Subscri ption At The Regular Rate The Person County Times has been fortunate, obtaining for its many readers the handsomest, most useful and durable premium gift ever offered free to subscribers of a weekly newspaper. This remarkable gift is a beauti ful fountain pen and pencil in an attractive gift box with a two-color holly lable for addressing purposes. Only after a visit to this office to view the bright and sparkling colors and styles of these sets and try out their free and easy writing quali ties can anyone comprehend what we are really offering in this gift. We are anxious for every reader of this newspaper to come in and see them. The Appropriate Gift There is nothing quite so appro priate for gift giving purpose to every reader of this newspaper as these fine sets and the Times i 3 hapy to be able to make its many readers such a present.. These sets are standard size, well made, write as good as any fountain pen and pencil you have ever tried and they are fully guaranteed. The company furnishing these sets will repair or replace any pen or pencil found to be imperfect on the same srvicing plan used by all pen manu- I facturers. A guarantee slip is in cluded with each set. In Appreciation We are making presentations of this very pleasing gift in order to show our appreciation of the loyal support of our readers for which we are truly grateful. We are also ex tending the same curteousy to others of the community not now on our subscription list but whom we would like to add to our big fam ily of subscribers. Truly A Gift The sets are absolutely free. Just pay $1.50, the regular yearly sub ] scription price, and you can pick out your choice of the beautiful sets on display at this office. If you want more than one set, as many readers will, all that is necessary is to pay $1.50 additional on subscrip tion for each extra set desired. This payment on subscription can be for yourself for as many years as you desire to pay, or for relatives or friends for one or more years. See The Display We invite you to call at the Times office and view the display. Glad to have you do this whether or not you are yet ready to make your se lection. o Sale Os Sellars Kitchen Cabinets Roxboro Furniture Co. is staging . a special sale of Sellars Kitchen Cabinets starting Thursday of this week. With each cabinet that is pur chased the owner will get a 44 piece set of dishes absolutely free. This is service for eight and is one that arty family would like to own. This company invites you to see these beautiful cabinets at a special price.
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