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TIMES’ SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ’ « i DIAL 45 0 1 We went all the newa of your community. Please cell us or send it in. IF YOU WOULD KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON AROUND YOU READ TH» PERSON COUNTY TIMES—IT IS A PAPER FOR ALL THE PEOPLE OP PERBUN AND ADJOINING COUNTIES. ■ 1 ■ — 1 - ~ VOLUME EL PUBLISHED EVERY SUNDAY & THURSDAY ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA* SUNDAY, JANUARY 2, 1938 NUMBER TWENTY-SEE INEWSI wBwEEK Fostok Gilroy SPENDING CURB URGED Washington, D. C. The Admin istration’s proposal to eliminate the office of Controller General, the only check on outgoing revenue now responsible to Congress, is severely opposed by Senator Byrd, member of the Finance Committee, who points out that such action would give the Executive branch of the Government virtually unchecked control over annual expenditures of about $8,000,000,000. The Adminis tration measure would place ex-! penditures in the hands of the Di rector of the jßudget, answjerable only to the Executive Mansion, (while the ControUesr Genieral, re porting only to Congress, has al ready saved the National Treasury many millions of dollars. PAYROLL TAX MOUNTS Washington, D. C. After Jan uary Ist. the 2 % tax on payrolls for insurance ihcreases to the permanent 3 % provided for in the Social Security Act While officials estimated 1937 receipts at $900,000,000, they would venture no guess as to the possible 1938 income, stressing th® fact that it all de pends upon the employment prob lem. THE WEEK IN BUSINESS For the third successive week, ■steel ingot production remained at 28 percent, Which is generally ac cepted as an indication that the downward trend has been stopped at that level, and that any further movement will be upward ~.. Bank of England reports a circula tion of $2,500,000,000 the largest on record and $175,000,000 greater than a year ago .... Matthew Woll, vice president of the American Fed eration of Labor, in a measured re view of the present unrest, lays the entire responsibility for the pre vailing industrial breakdown to the ruthless and avaricious methods pursued by John L. Lewis and his uncontrolled organizers of the C. I. O. ROAD OFFERS SAFETY Boston, Mass One of the frank est and friendliest bids for new busi ness by a railroad appears in an ad vertisement of the Boston and Maine, announcing “Whoopee” trains for New Year’s Eve routed to cover 25 points in New Hampshire and Massachusetts. “Don’t spend New Year’s Day in the hoosegow,” reads the announcement. “Leave your automobile at home and user our safe Whoopee trains.” SANTA WINGS ALONG COAST Boston, Mass. Continuing a custom he began in 1929, Captain William H. Wincapaw “bombed” 55 lonely lighthouses and fisher men’s outposts with 130 Christmas parcels, dropped from his plane in a two day flight stretching along the upper New England coast He announces that next Christmas he -will need 150 packages to complete liis self-appointed task. - - ■ a ■ Warm water to drink each morn ing and a warm mash at noon will increase egg production among the laying hens at this season, finds Columbus poultry growers. Reported outbreaks of hog cholera in Pitt County caused the county agent to vaccinate 145 animals a-J gainst the disease last week. Jersonipmts Roxboro Tobacco Market To Re-open On January !lth. Market Has Already Sold More Tobacco During This Season Than Was Sold Entire Last Year About 20 Percent Os Crop Remains The Roxboro Tobacco Market will re-open Jan. 11th. All four ware houses will be ready to sell tobac co and a full crop of buyers will be on hand to purchase the offerings. Some people estimate that about 20 percent of the 1937 crop of to bacco in Person county yet remains to be sold. This estimate may be high or it may be low, there is no way of telling just how much tobacco re mains. The Roxboro market has sold a bout four and one quarter million pounds of tobacco which is more than was sold during the tentifre 1936 season. Prospects look good for Roxboro to sell another million pounds of tobacco and there is more than that in the county. This mar ket always sells a greater percent of the local crop after Christmas than it does before Christmas. A large amount of tobacco is ex pected the opening day as many farmers have been busy stripping since the market closed. ECONOMIST ASSERTS U.S. WAGES TOO HIGH Professor Wolman Os Columbia Says Heavy Costs Preventing Home-Building Atlantic City, N. J., Dec. 30—Dr. Leo Wolman, professor of econom ics at Columbia university and one-time head of President Roose velt’s automobile labor board, told the American Economic association today wages are already too high in this country, and might be forced higher through competition between unions. . The economist predicted the CIO and AFOL would continue to “out bid each other” by offering pros pective members higher standards of wages and hours and probably force scales higher if there was a let-up in the present business re cession. He said it was “notorious” that the cost of labor and building materials had reached a point where people could (not afford to build much needed houses. “UTTER FALLACY” “The national administration, and with it public opinion, has never faced the utter fallacy of trying to boost income, output and employ ment by rising costs,” he asserted. “In our basic industries there is danger that continued increases in wage rates may place our cost structure in a disequilibrium posi tion wjith respe|:t to the outside world.” Average wages of factory work ers been from 42 cents an hour to 60 cents since the middle of 1933, he observed. That raised the per-hour income of 9,000,000 people by 57 percent—6o percent including social security. During that same period the wages of soft coal workers went up 99 percent, he said. PASTORS FREED FOR XMAS Berlin, Germany Nazi officials freed from prison 120 Protestant (mutors as a Christmas gesture or dered personally by Chancellor Hit ler, The charges against them still undisclosed officially, will be drop ped. Peanut growers of South Georgia and Florida are buying seed pea nut of the Wilmington Runner type in Washington County, North Caro lina. The nuts will be grown for hog feed in that section. FIRE DOES DAMAGE TO WAREHOUSE Winstead Warehouse Scene of Small Fire Friday After noon A small fire did slight damage to the Winstead Warehouse Friday afternoon around 3:00 p. m. This fire was caused by burning grass at the rear of City Service Station that spread into oil on the ground and from there it went to the side of the warehouse. Altho the fire was spreading quickly not much damage was done. The roof was damaged and several windows were burned and broken. Had the fire happened at night the entire warqhou/se would probably have been destroyed. The Ca-Vel fire truck rushed to the scene but was not needed; only one hose was used and about three firemen took part. LARGE FAIR IS PLANNED FOR’3B R. L. Perkins Busy Making Plans Now For Big Event Next Fall R. L. Perkins, president of the Person County Fair Association, announced last week that he expect ed to have the biggest and best fair in 1938 that has been here in years. At the present time he is trying to get things into shape for this event and expects to devote a large a mount of his time for the next seven or eight months on this one pro ject. Members of the fair association want to get a fence around the fair ground if possible, but right now they havp no statement to make concerning this. One may be made later. Every effort will be made to have more exhibits at the fair next year. Exhibits last year were very good and exhibits in 1938 are ex pected to be better. Last year’s fair was successful from the financial standpoint, that is no money was lost, and now those in charge have decided that if the people really want a fair they are going to get one. COUNCILS MEET MONDAY The Councils of the Per-! son County Young People’s Union will meet on Monday night at 7:30 at the home of Rev. J. H. Lanning. A perfect attendance is desired. ALONG THE WAY— ALL APPEARS TO BE QUIET NO NEWS It’s even after Christmas than you will find during ordin ary times. Many people continue to take a little vacation and they are remaining at ]home taking things easy. C. C. Garrett has implied that he had a nice Christmas, but that he had no food left to enter the New Year. He entertained the postoffice force last week and Copeland in sinuated that the boys had terrific appetites. They even called for two and three servings and then waited for the desert. Messrs. G. I Prillaman and S. B. Winstead left Wednesday for thte Sugar Bowl football game in New Orleans. On the way back they ex pect to visit the Hugh Sawyers in Dothan, Alabama. In'case you have just moved to Roxboro we might SERVICE POINT TO BE ESTABLISHED N. C. Employment Service To Have Representative Here Twice A Week The letter below from the North Carolina State Employment Service was received last Friday. It con tains information that may be of value to many in this county. Mr. J. S. Merritt, Editor Person County Times Roxboro, North Carolina. Dear Sir: This letter comes to you in lieu of a personal visit which we regjret very much being unable to make. Beginning Jan. Ist., as you know, the Unemployment Compensation Law becomes effective as to those persons who may in the future be come unemployed or who have been unemployed as many as eight weeks in 1937. Since it is inconvenient for many of the people in your vicin ity to come to our office, we are establishing a Service Point in your city, which w)'ll (be visited twide weekly by our itinerant represen tative. This representative will be avail able on Tuesday and Friday from 9;15 until 3:05 o’clock and will be located in the basement of the courthouse. His duties will be to ac cept claims for unemployment in surance and to register all persons I who are seeking work. Very truly yours Dan H. Jones, Asst. * Manager Durham Office N. C. State Em ployment Service. Mrs. G. E. Stewart’s Father Dead Not Known What Caused Death; Found At Barn Mr. C. J. Nuckols, 70, of Broad Street, Richmond, Va. was found at his barn Friday morning in a serious condition. He; died before he could be carried to a hospital. Mr. Nuckols,was the father of Mrs. C. E. Stewart of Roxboro. It is not known how he was in jured as there was no one with him at the time. It was suggested that some of the animals around the barn could have caused the injury. Mr. Nuckols is survived by three daughters, one son and two broth ers. COMMUNION SERVICE AT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH At the eleven o’clock service at the Presbyterian Church this morn ,ing the Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper will be observed. It is hop ed that this service will be well at tended. tell you that Mr. Sawyer is a for mer secretary of the Roxboro Cham ber of Commerce. His cat, Colonel, is still in Roxboro, making his home with the Prillamans. The local political pot is expect ed to begin to boil in a few weeks. No one knows who will run or for what office but then things will probably start happening. Frank Hancock and Bob Rey nolds are expected to get into this territory before long and then things will happen. We are happy to announce that S. F. Nicks, Jr. plans to join the garden club for recent married men. Freeman has a young daughter and now he wants to come in with the other fellows and show them how to defeat the high cost of living. N|ew Yearns resolution: “Not to talk about Gus Deering any more.” The People of Person County Welcome The Year of 1938 Roxboro’s Hospital Has 17 Patients Eight Operations Performed On Thursday Os Last Week Friday, Dec. 30 Roxboro’s new hospital, Gentry - Williams, has 17 patients at the present time and this list is likely to grow over the week-end. Eight operations, four majors and four minors, were performed in the hospital on Thursday of this week and thirteen operations have been performed since the hospital was opened a little over a week ago. The new hospital is now practic ally complete in every detail. Work men were busy this week putting on the finishing touches to the outside of the building. More furniture will be added in a short time. Mr. Ingram, manager of the hos pital, stated that he was well pleas ed with the reception that had been extended Roxboro’s new institution and he predicts a rapid growth. 1 CLAUDE HALL SAYS “A BETTER HOTEL” Many Improvements Expected To Be Made Within Three Or Four Weeks Claude Hall, owner of the Rox boro Hotel that was damaged by fire last Sunday, says that it will be in much better shape after the work is finished than it has been for sometime. Mr. Hall plans to have the job done well and expects to spend some montj. C. G. Chandler, hotel manager, also stated that other improvements would be made in a' short time. He is inclined to believe that tele phones will be put in all of the rooms and that there will be more carpets and rugs as well as other items. Local firemen have been praised for the manner in which they hand led this fire. Many who arrived on the scene early did not believe that it was much chance to save the hotel. Smoke was rolling in every direction and the flames could not be located. There was only one way to fight the fire and that was by using a large amount of water. This was done and the hotel was saved. “HOSPITAL EXPENSE” The Hospital Care Association is the oldest and largest non-profit plan for budgeting hospital bills in North Carolina. During the past four years of con servative growth, membership has reached 40,000 North Carolinians. The cost of the policy for a pri vate room is $12.00 per annum and for ward accomodation only $6.00. It is considerably less for children This includes all the normal expen-J se of your stay in the hospital with the exception of the doctor’s bill, if you are interested in securing this valuable protection, see— Mutual Insurance Agency, D. S. Brooks, Jr., Mgr. Maurice Allen, Solicitor o - TOPS IN FILM REALISM l!)uquoin, 111. Spectators at a local movie theatre showing a Wild West picture were thrown into a panic when an overwrought spec tator, engaged at the rough hand ling of the heroine, whipped out a revolver and fired at the villain on the screen. “Don’t let him get away with it boys!” he shouted, an in-t stant before he sbamefaqddly ad mitted that he let his emotions get out of control, - 4 PAGES TODAY 1937 Was Fair Year But AD Looking Forward To Health* Wealth And Happiness In Year 1938 Christmas Season Officially Over People in and around Roxboro could not say that 1937 had been the worse year that they had ever seen, but generally speaking they were glad to welcome the New Year. As far as could be learned there were no special programs on Sat lujrday, Jan. lstt, but thr.f'e were a number of social parties over the city and county Friday night. Many remained up to watch the Old Year out and New Year in* Very few places of business were closed Saturday. Generally speak ing merchants and business mejn did not care to lose the business that comes on Saturday. The bank and a few offices were closed. Tomorrow marks the end of the Christmas holiday season. All who have been taking a vacation will re turn to work and Christmas decor tions will be torn down. The hope of people here for 1938 is that the mills will operate on full time and that tobacco will bring a good price. o STATE TAX GOES INTO EFFECT END OF DECEMBER State Takes Over Taxation On Money, Stocks, Bonds And Mortgages The state -'wide taxes on bank balances, stocks, and bonds and mortgages, authorized by the 1937 legislature, will go into effect at the end of December, throughout the State of North Carolina. Banks are required to deduct 10c on each SIOO.OO balance. In Com puting amount of tax due the aver age balance for the past 12 months is taken. To arrive at this figure the money each depositor had in the bank on March 15, June 15, Septem | ber 15 and December 15 is added I and divided by four. For instance , if a depositor’s average balance was i $200.00 the tax would be 20c. If the average balance was $500.00 the tax would be $.50, and if the average balance was $1,000.00 the tax would amount to SI.OO. If the average bal ance was under SIOO.OO there would be no tax. In order to eliminate the possibili ity of double listing of taxes, the law no longer requires the listing of bank accounts, stocks, bonds and mortgages for County or city tax ation. A percentage of the taxes col lected by the State will be remit ted to the County. Heretofore mon ey and securities have been requir ed to be listed for county and city taxes, and the rate has been the I same as tax on real estate. This is |no longer required and the county and city will no longer list securit ies for taxation. U. S. WARNS MEXICO Washington, D. C. Diplomatic representations have been made by the State Department to induce Mexico to soft-pedal her program for the naturalization of Mexican industry to the advantage of Ameri can corporations having heavy in vestments in that country. British and American oil interests are frankly unable to meet the latest wage demands made by Mexico’s Communistic Govdmmjent, (and it is pointed out that the withdrawal of U. S. purchases of Mexican sil ver, which now provides that gov ernment with 13 percent of its re venue, would have serious financial effects South of the Rio Grande. -
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