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VOLUME EX. PUBLISHED EVERY SUNDAY A THURSDAY ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA* THURSDAY, JANUARY 6, \ NUMBER TWENTY-SIX
Four Cases Scarlet Fever
Reported Since January Ist
Two Reported In Roxboro and
Two in County; All Quaran
tined; Several Cases in Co.
Latter Part Os Dec.
Two Cases On Oxford Road
Dr. Allen, County health officer,
has reported that there are now four
leases of scarlet fever in this coun
ty. All ha\ije betfn imported since
January Ist. Two of these cases are
in the county, both on the Oxford
road, and the other two are in Rox
boro. All of the cases have been
quarantined and nothing is allow
ed to leave the houses such as milk
bottles, grocery baskets or any
thing that might spread the dis
ease. No member of the family is
allowed to leave the premises.
Cases reported are Shirley Dixon,
Roxboro; John Arthur Pettiford,
Col., city; Atha Day, Oxford road
and Eugene Moore, Oxford road.
Several cases of scarlet fever were
reported in this county prior to
Christmas and it is understood that
all have recovered.
Dr. Allen stated that a very strict
quarantine was necessary in every
case and that the health department
was determined to see to it that it
was enforced. '
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CARLTON MAY ENTER
JUDGESHIP RATE
Since Spears Announced That
He-Would Not Run Roxboro
Attorney Has Been Be
sieged With. Requests
Statement To Be Made Soon
Durham, N. C., Jan. 4—Judge
Marshall Turner Spears of Durham,
who for more than two years has
served as superior court judge from
the 10th. district, announced last
night that he will not be a candi
date in the June Democratic pri
mary to succeed himself.
Governor Ehringhaus, then the
state’s chief executive, in Novem
ber, 1935, appointed Spears to the
bench to succeed Judge Walter A.
Devin of Oxford, whom he elevated
to an associate justice on the North
Carolina supreme court. Devin took
the seat of Justice Willis J. Brogden
of Durham, who had died.
Elected By Voters
The Spears appointment was un
til the regular election in Novem
ber, 1936, when the voters contin
ued him in office for the duration
of Devin’s unexpired term. He will
give up the judgeship on December
31, 1938.
The brief announcement of Judge
Spoors’ intended retirpmjent from
tfee bench came as a surprise and
ia expected to be followed shortly
by the entrance of candidates for
the post.
Roxboro, N. C. f Jan. 4 Mr. L.
M. Carlton, after being interviewed
jthis morning concerning his can
didacy for the above mentioned post
released the following statement.
“Since the anouncement was made
by Judge Spears this morning, al
ready many friends have called me
and expressed the hope that I would
be a candidate and assured me of
theft support. It is rather early for
me to make a definite decision, but
I am considering the matter and will
make a public statement very soon
one way or the other.”
Many friends and supporters of
Mr. Carlton are urging him to an
nounce his candidacy. It is thought
that Durham county would cast a
strong vote for him and other sec
tions indicate that he would make
an excelljent races. Person County
people know that he can fill the po
sition with all the honor and wis
dom that it requires.
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RETURNED FROM FLORIDA
Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Riggs have
just returned from Miami, Fla.
where they spent the Christmas holi
days visiting relatives and friends.
JergonMinits
REV. WEST ABLE TO BE OUT
The people of Roxboro and Per
son County will be glad to hear that
Rev. W. F. West is now able to be
out after an illness of several weeks
and will be able to return to the
pulpit this Sunday.
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D ff. LEDBETTER
WINS NICE TRIP
Will Leave New York Friday
For Isle of Nassau
Mr. D. W. Ldbetter, manager of
Morris & Ledbetter, local General
Electric Radio and Vacuum Clean
er dealer has just been awarded for
his splendid cooperation in selling
General Electric Radios and Gener
al Electric Vacuum Cleaners an all
expense cruise to Nassau in the
Bahamas.
Mr. Ledbetter will be the guest of
Mr. Boyd A. Propert, District Man
ager of the General Electric Supply
Corporation in Virginia and North
Carolina, aboard the giant and lux
urious Gorgic, England’s largest
motor vessel. They will weigh anch
or in New York Harbor at six o’-
clock Friday evening, January 7th.,
and after visiting the beautiful Isle
of Nassau will return to New York
January 14th.
DAVIDSONS WILL
MOVE THIS MONTH
Mr. Davidson Expects To Go In
Business In Fayetteville
Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Davidson ex
pect to move from Roxboro this
month and expect to make their
home in Fayetteville, N. C.
For a number, of years Mr. and
Mrs. Davidson and their daughter,
Ruth, have lived in Roxboro. Mr.
Davidson was superintendent of the
city schools. He was, and still is, one
of Roxboro’s most respected citi
zens.
For the past 18 months or more
Mr. Davidson has been engaged in
the insurance business in this city.
It is understood that he will con
tinue this business in Fayetteville.
The members of this family will
leave a large number of friends in
Roxboro and Person County and all
will regret to see them move.
LOCAL 40-8 VOUURE
HOLDS MEETING
Will Be Monthly Affair At Leg
ion Hut Every Ist. Tuesday
The local voiture of 40-8 held its
regular monthly meeting Tuesday
night at the Legion Hut on Court
St. Supper was served to all who
were present and the affair was
greatly enjoyed.
Th)e 40-8 Voiture will hold a
regular monthly meeting and each
member will serve his time as host.
All meetings will be held in the
hut.
The Lester Blackwell Post of the
American Legion will meet Satur
day night, January Bth at 7:30 at
the hut All members are wanted
and a nice affair has been arranged.
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New Hotel Manager Arrives
Mr. Carl Burger, new manager of
the Roxboro Hotel, has arrived fn
Roxboro and has assumed the duties
of the Hotel.
Mr. Burger comes to Roxboro
from. So. Boston. While there he
was manager of the John Randolph
Hotel.
Mr. Burger states that the hotel
is now being repaired and will be :
improved in many ways.
RAMBLERS READY
FOR BASKET BALL
Squad Will Be Light And Fast;
Very Few Veterans From
Last Year
Play 18 More Games
Resuming basketball practice with
only two regulars from last year’s
team the Roxboro Ramblers are
concentrating on speed and accurate
shooting. Barden Winstead, Earl
Stewart and Bob Whitten are ex
pected to make it hot for all oppo
sitions. Stewart, All-State halfback,
performs like a veteran on the hard
wood court and will probably make
an excellent name for himself this
year.
Here is the Rambler’s schedule:
Jan. 7- Prospect Hill (here), Jan.
11 - Allensville (here), Jan 12 -
D. M. I. (there), Jan. 14 - School
field (here), Jan. 18 - Yanceyville
(there), Jan. 21 - Prospect Hill
(here), Jan. 25 - Schoolfield (there),
Jan. 28 - Bethel Hill (there), Feb.
I - Henderson (here), Feb. 4 - So.
Boston (here), Feb. 8 - Allensville
(here), Feb. 9 - D. M. I. (here), Feb.
II - Henderson (there), Feb. 15 -
Bethel Hill (here), Feb. 18 - Yancey
ville (here), Feb. 22 - So. Boston
(there), and Feb. 25 - Kinston
(here).
Work To Start On
Golf Course
R. L. Perkins Will Start Clearing
The Site Early Next Week
Mr. R. L. Perkins has been en
gaged by the officers of the Rox
boro Country Club to start work on
the property next week. Mr. Per
kins will have charge of cleaning
the land of shrubbery and rocks.
He will not have charge of laying
the golf course as this will be done
by an expert in this field. Mr. Per
kins will assist this expert.
In an interview today Perkins
stated that he was anxious to con
tract fifty laborers who knew how
to handle horses and mules. These
men are to be used in getting the
course ready.
From the above information it
looks like the country club will soon
become a reality. It is not known
how much time the work will re
quire, but it will be pushed with
all possible speed.
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Person County Union Meets
Monday 7:30
The Young People’s Union of Per
son County will have its regular
meeting Monday evening at the
Long Memorial Methodist Church
at 7;30 o’clock.
Rev. R. W. Bradshaw, district di
rector will be the principal speak
er. He is well-known and respected
in this county and it is expected
that a large crowd will attend.
Roxboro To Get Better Street
Lighting Over The Entire City
! New Contract With Carolina
Power and Light Company
Recently Approved By City
1 Officials And Changes
Win Be Made At Once
Larger Bulbs To Be Installed
At a recent meeting of the city
! officials of Roxboro a new contract
i with the Carolina Power and Light
: Co. was approved. This new con
tract will enable the city to use 51%
• more electricity at an increase of
i only 8% for the extra 51%.
l This new contract means that
Roxboro will have better lighting
i and more lights. All 60 candle pow
* ter lights will he changed to 100
candle power and all 250 candle
T. M. WHITE TO
MANAGE POWER CO.
Come To Roxboro From Ashe
ville and Will Succeed R.
A. Isley
ISLEY GOES TO RALEIGH
Mr. T. Miller White of Asheville,
N. C., has been transferred from
the. office of the Carolina Power
and Light in that city to Roxboro.
Mr. White will succeed Mr. R. A.
Isley as manager of the power com
pany. Isley will go to Raleigh where
he will enter the engineering de
partment of the power company. He
and his wife will leave Roxboro this
week-end.
TMr. Isley has lived in Roxboro
for about twelve months and during
that period of time he and Mrs. Is
ley have made many friends. He has
been active in many civic affairs
and has displayed a keen interest
in Roxboro and Person County.
Mr. White, the new manager, has
been with the Carolina Power and
Light company for 18 years. He is
a married'man and has three child
ren in his family. He was bom in
Concord, N. C.
Once again the Carolina Power
and Light Co. lives up to its repu
tation of giving this community the
best managers that can be found,
but not allowing them to remain
here for any great length of time.
JESSE JAMES IS
NOW IN ROXBORO
Claims To Be The Original Mis
souri Outlaw And That He
Has Been In Hiding Many
Years
NOW 91 YEARS OLD
I have seen the man who claims
to be the original Jesse James, the
famous Missouri outlaw and train
bandit. I have talked with this man
who claims to be, and looks to be, 91
years of age.
Jesse was resting on a bed when
we went into his rooming house.
He wore shoes that laced to the knees
and looked like a man who had seen
a lot. He gives a reasonable story a
bout being the original Jesse James
and furnishes plenty of credentials.
After talking to him for about 45
minutes I decided that he might be
all that he said he was. Anyway, I
had just as soon believe it as not.
I had no way of proving that he was
not the outlaw of my story book
days.
Jesse says that he was born in
1847, that he did rob a number of
trains, stage coaches and a jail or
so, but that he never killed a man.
He said that he did not commit as
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Commerce Officials To Meet
The directors of the Roxboro
(Chamber of Commerce will meet
tomorrow, Jan. 7th. at five o’clock
in the office of the secretary.
power lights will be changed to 400
candle power.
It is understood that this change
will take place at once and all lights
will be re-arranged. The distribu
tion of street lights in Roxboro has
not been very even prior to this
date and now lights will be placed
at regular intervals.
Roxboro should be a brighter city
lifter the change takes place and
should also be a safer city. City
Manager Harris stated that the
changes will take place at once and
it is thought that there will be very
little, if any,., extrta cost. This new
contract has been the subject of
much recent discussion by Roxboro
officials and was approved after
much careful consideration.
Last-Minute Preparations Speed
Eagerly Awaited Cooking School
PEOPLE WARNED
People of Roxboro are warned
not to call the fire department’s
number 2222 unless they have a
fire to report. Your co-operation
in this matter will be greatly ap
preciated and will be of great
assistance.
City of Roxboro
FARMERS INVITED
TO FARM MEETING
Every Farmer Who Is Interest
ed In Crop Control Bill
Mr. C. T. Hall, president of the
Person County Farm Bureau, and
Mr. C. L. Brooks, Secretary, state
that they have called a meeting of
the Farm Bureau for Saturday af
ternoon of this week, at 2;00 p. m.,
Jan. 8.
Every farmer who is interested in
the tobacco crop control bill now
pending in Congress should be pre
sent at this meeting to hear this
subject discussed by Mr. E.
F. Arnold, State Executive Secre
tary of the Farm Bureau, and Mr.
Smith, District Organizer.
A cordial invitation is extended
to all fanners to be present at this
(meeting. This invitation includes
not only the members of the Bu
reau, but all other farmers who are
interested in growing tobacco. Come
■ and bring your neighbor.
XMAS DECORATIONS
NOW STORED AWAY
: New Year Started Off In Good
Style And Better Business
Expected
Xmas decorations have all been
. taken down in this city and once a
gain business resumes a normal
; course.
A majority of the business con
cerns report that business is as good
or better this week than was ex
pected and the proprietors are ex
pecting a good year in 1938.
Several places wlere closed last
Saturday, New Year’s Day, and
many closed around six o’clock. This
was a little unusual as stores gen
erally remain open late Saturday
night.
It is hard to estimate the number
of people who remained up to watch
the New Year come in, but about
twelve o’clock at night auto horns
began blowing and many songs were
heard floating out on the mid-night
air.
Once again the Christmas season
has pass and now young children
can say “lt’s fifty-one weeks un
til Santa comes again.’’
Mrs. C. H. Oakley
Injured
Fell Down Stairs Sunday Withj
Baby In Arms; Baby Not
Hurt
Mrs. C. H. Oakley was injured
Sunday afternoon about 1:00 P. M.
when she tripped and fell on the
top step of the stairway and fell all
the way to the bottom. All the time
she had her baby, Eva Jane, in her
arms. Mrs. Oakley had presence of
mind to hold her baby on top and
thus prevented any injury to the
child. By the time she reached the
bottom step she was unconscious.
Her injuries were not as serious as
first thought but kept her in bed
for several days.
The 10 biggest newte stories otf
(the year have been named. Now for
the scoops—headed by Stalin’s vic
tory statement 24 hours before the
balloting.
EIGHT PAGES
TODAY
Will Be Welcomed By Person
County Times On January 11
And 14 In Palace And Dolly
Madison Theatres
Shows Start Each Morning At
1,0:30 A. M.
“The best things in life are free!”
And so is the Times’ fascinating
and different Cooking School that
is just around the corner, opening
January 11th. in the Palace Theatre.
Last-minute plans are being com
pleted, even as this paper goes to
press.
No opening bells will be needed
for the eagerly - awaited, two day
school, brimming with novelty, ro
mance and practical appeal, for ad
vance indications point to a capac
ity convention of homemakers.
Men have their annual conven
tions, where they listen to lectures
from specialists, experts who have
devoted years to studying and ex
perimenting along constructive lines.
There the crowds of business men
get a fresh viewpoint on their job,
new ideas and enthusiasm to carry
back to work.
Now comes this practical rally of
homemakers to contribute fresh per
spective for the “same old job,” the
monotonous day in and day out job,
yet the most important business in
the world.
The feminine convention delegat
es may not pound on glasses and
sing pep songs, but they will get
up to the minute news on every
phase of household lore, and they
will hear from specialists in thrir
own field, who will direct an in
/entory of simplified methods, rou
ine, products and latest equipment,
pointing the easy road to smooth
, home management.
They may seem like a tall order
for one motion picture, but this en
tertainment is no ordinary film.
True, it was cast, directed and
filmed in a famed Hollywood studio,
but it was assembled thoughtfully
and patiently to bring more than
passing amusement. Every-day hap
penings were dramatized in the
sound plot. Behind the sparkling
humor and suspense that are not to
necessary to screen stories, was a
deliberate plan an ambitious de
termination to caajry instructions,
inspiration and worth-while home
news to women in every community.
The camera and the home spec
ialists got together on their vigor
ous investigation, and the Times was
quick to snap up the chance to of
fer the interesting result.
Never has the camera been more
faithful than in this motion picture
Cooking School. Never has a model
kitchen been portrayed so accurate
y and in such detail.
The camera took its time and it
took its close-ups, so that every per
son in the two theatres will have
a “large as life, and twice as nat
ural” view of each operation. There—
will be no “orchestra circle” at this
entertainment, since the back row
guests of the Times will have an
equal chance to peer into the busy
mixing bowl, watching the deft
steps of measuring, creaming, sift
ing and thorough mixing, not over
looking the final work of baking,
roasting, French frying and freez
ing.
For this is no half-hearted demon
tration. Each delicious dish will be
completed and shown with such
realism that there are sure to be
hungry “ohs” and “ahs” from the
audience. If any stray husbands get
into the theatre, they are certain to
ask: “When do we eat?”
Troubled by left-overs? Haunted
bjr never ending jobs? Tired of
housework that seems like drud
gery?
The cure: New wrinkles will
smooth the brow of the weary
housekeeper; that is, new house
keeping wrinkles leading to econ
omy in time, effort and dollars.
Not only does this picture school
show new dishes, styles and inter
esting ways to serve every - day
meals and party feasts, but it dem
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