DRIVE UNDER WAY
TO PRESERVE PINE
State And Federal Officials
Hope To Prevent Repetition
Os Chestnut Blight
Raleigh, Jan. 23.—Protection of
the vast white pines in the Great
Smoky Mountain National park and
on other western North Carolina
lands will be a major program of
the state (jfepartment of agricul
tujte’s entomology division this
year.
Where millions of dollars in
beauty and timber are harbored,
where the federal government has
invested thousands of dollars to
build one of the world’s greatest
scenic parks and highways, the
state department of agriculture will
invest $5,000 and the United States
bureau of entomology: and plant
quarantine will give an additional
$33,290 to war on “white pine blis
ter rust,” a tree disease termed by
C. H. Brannon, state entomologist,
“a constant threat to our forests.”
Fear Chestnut Fate
No longer can the tourist and
others view the majestic scenes “be
neath the spreading chestnut tree.”
For there are practically no chest
nut trees in western North Caolina.
And fear is spreading that the
"blight” that took such a heavy
toll of the chestnuts may be follow
ed by another tree plague: White
pine blister rust.
As "chestnut blight” denuded
the state’s forests of one of their
most beautiful species of trees, so is
“white pine blister rust” taking a
similar toll of pines in the famous
Shennandoah National Park in Vir
ginia. Alarmed by, the sprjdad pf
the pine tree disease, the federal
government this year has added an
additional SII,OOO to be used strictly
in preventing the introduction of
blister rust in North Carolina.
How Disease Spreads
White pine blister rust cannot be
spread from one pine tree to an
other. The spores or disease-carry
ing seed must first be blown to an
alternate host—currant or goose
berry plants—and then back to the
pine before the infection can ma
terialize. Therefore, the job of the
department of agriculture entomol
ogy division and federal authorities
is to remove these bushes as the
means to white pine protection.
“There are those who deplore the
destruction of gooseberry bushes in
RiFIiECTIOnS
WHAT MAKES BUSINESS
By R. M. SPENCER
Bit isn’t the way
we do our hair,
or the frequency
with which we
cut it; nor is it
Entirely location,
store arrange
ment or prices.
Our advertising is
loaded down with
(adjectives a md
superlatives and
yet we find failures, so this can
not be the reason. We find interiors
done by artists, with gleaming glass
and artistically arranged merchan
dise displays and we find ‘Tor
Rent” signs on their front doors,
so it cannot be entirely laid to ar
rangement.
Isn’t it a fact that we do business
with the man in whom we have con
fidence, in whom we can repose
faith, whose presence is a harbin
ger of a pleasant experience.
His store grows with his shadow,
it is part of him, it exudes the
aura of his personality. We trade
with him because we never question
the mutual advantages; we seek and
follow his advice on matters
on which he is an author
ity; his store has a special* import,
we go there first.
Where can you find these quali
ties more prevalent than right here
in Roxboro.
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■wfestern North Carolina, but the
currant and gooseberry bushes
must die if the great white pine of
our state are to survive,” Brannon
said.
Progress Os Drive
The department has supervised the
destruction of 65,202 currant and
gooseberry bushes in North Caro
lina since January, 1937, and as
many more are scheduled to be de
stroyed this year as state and fed
eral entomologists continue their
campaign to make the park areas
safe for the pine tree.
Brannon said that “aside from
the inestimable scenic value of
white pines, the economic value of
these trees, runs into the millions
of dollars.”
“If North Carolina is to maintain
the prestige it already has as a
scenic state, if the state is to grow
in scenic’ beauty as destined in the
Great Smoky Mountain park pro
gram,” Brannon said, “then all citi
zens will lend their cooperation!
and give their approval to one of
the importnat programs of the de
partment of agriculture: The pre
vention of white pine blister rust
infection.”
Finding that 11 percent of the
white pines are infested in the
Shennandoah valley, both state and
federal entomologists agree preven
tive work done immediately will be
of tremendous economic benefit.
Important Announcement
To The People Os
This Community
We take pleasure in announcing to you that we have purchased the C. H.
Joyner Chevrolet Co., Roxboro, N. C., and we cordially invite you to visit our
dealership. - ,•, * J
We desire not to merely make sales but also to make friends. Every
member of our organization, both sales and service, will be selected and train
ed to make this basic policy the guide for all our dealings with customers.
Hence, when you visit our dealership to buy a car or for repairs to your
car, a change of oil, lubrication, or wreck, regardless to size, you can look for
ward to receiving the honest, courteous, capable service which you have ev
ery right to expect.
The work will be done promptly and efficiently by men who understand
every detail of automobile construction; and it will be done at the lowest pos
sible cost for the dependable work that you desire.
We trust you will visit us soon and give us an opportunity of demonstrat
ing our service. j
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TAR HEEL CHEVROLET CO.
R. G. STOVALL, Sec. and Treas. W. T. YANCEY, JR., Asst Sec. and Treas.
ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA
PERSON COUNTY TIMES ROXBORO, N. G
BUSHY, FORK TO
HAVE PROGRAM
"Land of Song And Dance” To
Be Presented Jan. 28 at
7:30 P.M.
You are invited to a program en
tirely different from anything pre
sented in the Bushy Fork Auditor
ium.
“The Land of Song and Dance”
is not a sawing of fiddlers, or an
amateur contest, or a long drawn
out play. It is made up of jokes,
songs and dances that will keep
you guessing.
This show will present perform
ers from Roxboro, Ca-Vel, Milton,
and Durham.
If you enjoy something different,
something snappy and entertaining,
then don’t rob yourself of over one
hour of the very thing you like.
Prizes will be given during the
performance and pennies will ftje
scrambled for by the children as
they are tossed from the stage.
If you enjoy tap and other kinds
of dancing, snappy songs and jokes
performed by “Little People,” come
and bring the family to Bushy
Fork school Friday evening Jan.
28, at 7:30 o’clock.
Admission —l5-25 c sl.
BETHEL HILL
HONOR ROLL
Large Number Os Students Prove
Ability During Last School
Month
The following students have done
excellent work this month:
First grade - Miss Marie Woody -
Edith Pugh, Sybil Pentecost, Rives
Walters, Elizabeth Wrenn.
Second garde - Miss Koon - Fan
nie Long.
Second grade - Mrs. W. R. Hayes -
Pauline Henderson, Frances Par
ham, John Wiley, Roy Covington,
Lawrence Pixley, Victor Yar
borough.
Third grade - Mrp. W. R. Hayes -
Frances Langford, Emma Lee Low
ery, Mary Wiley, W. T. Walters.
Third grade - Miss L. Woody - Es
sie R. Jones, Ben Owen, Mary
Watts, John L. Whitt.
Fourth Grade - Mrs. Glenn - Lillie
Morris, Janelle Owen, Frances Yar
borough, Jimmie Woody, James
Sullivan, Bradley Hubbard.
Fifth Grade - Miss Stephens - Mary
Elanor Gravley, Anna Nelson, Hel
en Owen, Carolyn Wehrenberg, E
laine White.
Sixth grade - Mrs. Cannon - Mar
garet Hall, John Hall, Nellie Les
ter, Dorothy Watts, Nat Whitfield.
Seventh grade - Mrs. Griffin -
Frances Curtis, Ruby
Wiloree Woody.
Eighth grade - Miss Taylor - Doris
Hall. .
Ninth grade - Mr. Bullard - Carol
Leigh Humphries.
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Market Closes Tues., Feb. 8
DANVILLE TOBACCO
ASSOCIATION
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V. P. Paulett, Sec.
THURSDAY. JAN. 27. MET
Tenth grade - Mrs. Carver • Mary
Crutchfield, Allene Dixon, Alma
Seams ter, Frances Whitfield.
Eleventh grade - Mr. Gibson - Edith
Cridlin, Jennie Crutchfield, Louise
Hall, Martha Wehrenberg.