DIAL 45 0 1 We want all the news of pour community. Please call us or sand it in. IF YOU WOULD KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON ABOUND YOU BEAD THa PERSON COUNTY TIMES—IT IS A PAPER FOR ALL THE PEOPLE OF PERSON AND ADJOINING COUNTIES. VOLUME IX. PUBLISHED EVERY SUNDAY ft THURSDAY ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1938 NUMBER THIRTY-TWO NEWS OF THE WEEK hitler solidifies position Berlin, Germany After effect ing a complete reorganization of the High command of the German army, Chancellor Hitler has retired to his estate at Berchtesgaden where he is preparing a speech to be deliver ed at a session of the Reichstag on February 20th, in which he is ex ited to expfein hi(s motives in taking practical leadership of the -vast war machine of the Reich. Many observers advance the belief that in spite of the changes an nounced, the final army authority rests with the generals who have long opposed the introduction of Tfazl influence into military circles. JAPAN MAY REVEAL PLANS. •m ■ ■ ■— Tokyo, Japan—Answering the de mand of the United States, France and Great Britain, Japan may re veal its building program, but on an informal basis, without recognizing the treaties restricting naval arma ment. Naval authorities recall that although withdrawing from the .* London Naval Conference, Japan ■undertook to construct no “super treaty” warship before Jaunary 1, 1943, “without previously inform ing the United States of its intention to do so”. It is on the construction of this phase that the State De partment has queried Japan as to its naval mtentions. AGUINALDO SEEKS INDEPENDENCE • Manila, P. I. Even admitting that the Philippine Islands may fade a foreign invasion after fle ceiving their freedom from the U. S. authority, the veteran rebel lead er Aguinaldo, who led the native revolt following the Spanish-Ameri can war, still demands complete in dependence of the islands, and will shortly visit Washington to advance Lis dream of a Filipino Republic. ' PRINTERS FAVOR A. F. L. j Indianapolis, Ind. Led by the 3 Union No.l, five other printers’ ' unions voted to continue their al ’> legiance to the American Federa tion of Labor, as opposed to the ef forts of organizers of John L. Lew % is’ Committee for Industrial Organi sation to lure the typographical •workers into the latter organization. TLe adherence of these important to the Federation may cost S4|Cjpries P. Howard his job as I. T. * 'jjo. president, since he is also secre of the C. I. 0.. In six union .Votes, he lost out in five because of \Siis allegiance to the Lewis group. HW||Brey-* ?§ ALONG THE WAY— ALL APPEARS j TO BE QUIET —NO NEWS : t 55ip Prillaman had a few SI.OO Xigars about a week ago and he Ijjpi* phasing them out to a few ' : 'Jmteuds. No, he didn’t buy them, were given to him by a The things were about 10 Inehes long and made a mouth full .. and cost. ‘ Mr. Hogan stated that he did not E believe that either of the two men 5 had any idea that they were doing 1 wrong. Before leaving he asked the Times to Warn all people not to ’ bother iron that was the property of j the railroad company. I * ; GOLF COURSE GETS SECOND TREATMENT Large Harrow and Number Os , Men Being Used To Level ’ The Rough Spots Work on the Country Club Golf . Course at Loch Lily is now pro , gressing at a rapid rate, states R. L. . Perkins, who has the work in . charge. [ . Mr. Perkins has finished clear . ing the course of all the trees and bushes and is now busy cutting down rough places all over the area that is included. A large har row is being used for this work and a number of men are assisting. ! Work has been going on about five or six weeks and the course is rapidly taking shape. Os course, there remains a lot to be done and the results are pleasing to the eye. The location for each of the nine holes has been decided upon and after the preliminary work is over the greens will receive considerable attention. All greens will be of sand. No one is trying to set an open ing date, no one will venture a guess, however, if the work contin ues golf balls will be flying sooner or later. Person County is going to have a Country Club. your fire chief. The other day Henry was busy putting up mail and the fire alarm sounded. Henry couldn’t leave until the mail was up and the boys had to go to the fire without the chief. It might be a good idea to watch his report and see that he doesn’t claim pay on that one. We all know that he was not there. Important things continue to hap pen around Roxboro. A new barber shop has opened, a new auto con cern has opened and several other things are about to break. Politics continues to be rather dull. Maybe someone will announce in a few days—or maybe several will announce at the same time— you never can telL W. P. A. PROJECTS FOR 38 APPROVED 1 First Job, A Pipe Line On Bar nett St. Extension, To Be Started Monday ■ James Harris, City Manager, an announced Friday that the W. P. A. i program for 1938 had been approv ed and that the first project will be \ started Monday. At the present time 16 men and one foreman are avail , able for this work, others may be I added during the year. I Projects for 1938 are: Two inch pipe line will be in , stalled in Barnett St. extension. Six inch pipe line will be put on ‘ Barnett St. This line will run to the 1 railroad. Four hundred and eighty ft. of 1 sewer line will be installed on Gar ' rett St. This is a new sewer line. Grounds around the city lake will • be cleared for thirty feet and a road - will be built running to the lake. ■ All trees that have any value will 1 be saved and transplanted along the : streets in Roxboro where they will ! help beautify the city. I The final project will be in con v ! nection with street work in Rox -1 boro. The streets have not been de t signated. o ; PERSON TOBACCO ; FIGURES GIVEN ► • Department Os Commerce Is sues Pamphlet With Figures For Year 1934 Given The U. S. Department 6f Com merce has recently issued a pamph -1 let that is based on facts obtained during the year 1934 showing the tobacco acreage in fifty counties in ! the United States during that year. Pitt, North Carolina, is the fore most county in the United States in tobacco average, according to a ; special report released today by , Director William L. Austin of the Bureau of the Census of the Depart ment of Commerce. This report shows the 50 leading counties in the average of tobacco with their rank in production. Pitt, with 32,312 ■ acres in 1934, also led in production with 29,507,976 pounds. Five years earlier this county, though first in acreage, was surpassed in produc tion by Lancaster County, Pennsyl vania, wh-fch dropped from )third place in average and first place in production to tenth and fourth places, respectively. The second, third, fourth and fifth counties are, respectively, Johnston, Nabh, Wil son, and Robeson, all in North Caro lina. During the year 1934 Person County ranked 33rd in tobacco acre age in the United States. In that year Person had 10,123 acres of to bacco. In 1929 Person ranked 24th. It was also learned from this pamphlet that in 1934 Person pro duced 7,139,583 pounds of tobacco and in number of pounds produced ranked 37 th. o Benefit Bridge Tournament Success The Benefit Bridge Tournament, staged in the Community House Friday evening, was a complete success. Alter ajll expenses paid it was found that $61.00 had been cleared. This money will go to the Gentry- Williams Hospital. ..O' BEAYER PATROL MEETS The Beaver Patrol of Scout Troop 32 had a meeting at the First Bap- Friday night. They open ed with the good turn of each scout The Patrol Leader passed a boy on his Tenderfoot Test, also some of the boys passed off some of their requirements in the first class test. After this we planed a hike and elected officers for the patrol. We played games and closed the meeting with the scout oath. Scribe. TWO NEW MEMBERS i ELECTED TO an SCHOOL BOARD Mrs. A. M. Burns, Jr. and Mrs. George W. Kane Elected To Take Places Os Mrs. A. S. deVlaming and Mrs. A. M. Burns ! WINSTEAD ELECTED SEC. 1 Mrs. A. M. Burns, Jr. and Mrs. George W. Kane were elected mem bers of the Roxboro School Board ' at a meeting held Thursday night in the Roxboro Cotton Mill office. 1 Mrs. Burns and Mrs. Kane will take ! the places of Mrs. deVlaming and Mrs. A. M. Burns, Sr., who resign : ed at the last meeting. It is understood that these two ladies will take their places on the L board at once. I Messrs. C. A. Harris and S. G. • Winstead, recently appointed to the 1 board, were present at the meeting ■ held Thursday. Mr. Winstead is an l old board member, having served on the board many years ago. Mr. ■> Harris is serving his first term. Mr. Winstead was appointed sec ■ retary of the school board and will serve for the coming year. At the meeting last week Mr. Gaddy, principal of the Roxboro schools, brought up several matters of importance and these were dis- I cussed by members of the school board. Mr. J. A. Long presided over the . meeting. GENTRY - WILLIAMS i HOSPITAL NEWS . Hospital Remains Crowded This Week With Large Number . Os New Patients Mrs. J. B. Snipes, admitted Fri day for observation and treatment; Mrs. Thenie Hamlet, admitted Thursday evening; Mrs. Ollie Day, 'admitted Thursday afternoon. Mrs. Cassie Hargis, surgical treat ment, getting along nicely; Mrs. Jessie Hester, admitted Tuesday; Mrs. Oscar Jones, admitted Tuesday; Mr. George Ashley, admitted Tues day; Miss Gladys Perkins, admit ted Wednesday; Mrs. Lillie Mae Oakley, admitted on 9th., dischar ged on 10th; Mrs. Obie Hargis, ad mitted WJedneisday; (Mrs. Lillie E. Milam, admitted Wednesday; Mr. Carlton Slaughter, tonsilectomy, ad mitted on 10th, discharged Friday; Mr. Howard Strang admitted on 7th, condition much improved; Mrs. Sal lie Carver, admitted on 7th; Mr. Sam Rice, admitted on sth, struck by automobile, discharged on Fri day; Mr. Eardman Robert Herring, admitted Friday, 4th; Mr. Edgar Snipes, appendectomy, discharged today; Mrs. Mildred Shelton, came in the 3rd for medical treatment, discharged Thursday; Mrs. Edna Morris, discharged today, condition very much improved; Mr. C. C. Carr, discharged on 9th; Mrs. L. M. Oakley, nose operation; Mrs. Ham let, broken hip, 80 yrs. old; Mrs. Ollie Day, Mrs. Cassie Hargis, Mrs. Oscar Jones, Mrs. Sallie Carver, operations, surgical cases, and Mrs. Lawrence King, condition about the same. VAST HIGHWAY SYSTEM PLANNED ■ r Washington, D. C. lf Federal ' “pump-priming” should again be < undertaken on a large scale, one ] measure awaiting introduction into i Congress is a huge system of sup er-highways to be erected on a self liquidating basis. The plan calls for ! high speed toll roads covering East- ) West, North-South transcontinent al routes to be constructed at a cost of $8,000,000,000 financed by bonds : issued by a new Federal Agency, 1 the Federal Highway Corp. It < is said that the plan has the endor sement of the War Department and the Bureau of Public Roads. Local Warehousemen Ready To Fight For Earlier Opening METHODIST CEDAR DESIRED BY MANY One Millionaire Would Like To Have Tree On His Estate And Would Likely Pay Nice Price The large cedar tree on the south side of Edgar Long Methodist church would command a nice price almost anytime the church wanted to sell it, stated a gentleman from a Virginia nursery who was in Rox boro last week. This same man said that he was doing some work on an estate in Virginia, owned by a millionaire, and that the millionaire wanted to buy the '“Methodist Cedar”. How ever, he made no offer. The tree is really one of the most beautiful ones in Roxboro. When it is covered with snow it really stands out as a sight most beautiful .to behold. Anyway, if the Methodist church in Roxboro ever gets in desperate need of money the tree can be sold for a right nice sum. BRISK TRADING IN CITY SATURDAY - . - ■»! 1 $3,500 Distributed In Form Os Unemployment Compensa tion Benefit Checks As a result of the arrival of the first batch of Unemployment Com pensation Benefit checks at Collins and Aikman last Fri|day business picked up in the trading area at once. The amount of money that was received was not so much, a bout $3,500, but it was enough to stimulate sales in Roxboro in a limited way. Another group of checks was expected at once. Mill officials state that they hope business will pick up In a short time. However they are frank to ad mit that they do not see how it can pick up in any big way soon. They point out that the country is flooded with used cars and that, many people continue to drive last year’s models. In spite of the fact that the mills of Roxboro are not doing much work the business district was crowded Saturday afternoon and trading was brisk. Many people were seen walking around with packages under their arms and mer chants reported that business was fair. Person Men Visiting In Norfolk John Brewer, Fletcher Carver, W. j G. Rogers, Jack Hester, T. T. Hes ter and Lewis Waggstaff are spend ing this week-end in Norfolk, Va., I as guests of the Farmers’ Cotton Oil Co. | We Looked Back In Our Old Dusty Files Os Eight Years Ago And Found This June 16, 1932 Postage rates on letters will increase to three cents in July. June 16, 1932 Mr. Joe Crowell, who has been working for Pender’s Grocery Store in Roxboro, has been promoted to manager of one of the company stores in Durham. June 16, 1932 Messrs. Clyde Hall and Alvin Warren left Wed nesday for New York City. June 23, 1932 Featherston family holds reunion at the old home place ten miles from Roxboro on the Semora road. June 23, 1932 Miss Ruth Hur. ley of Smithfield, spent last week PUBLISHED SUNDAY AND THURSDAY All Realize That Same Battle Has Been Fought Before, But Believe That Some thing Might Result This Year Roxboro Will Benefit In A Big Way Local warehousemen of this city are now ready to take off their coats and go to work for an earlier opening of the markets in the Old Belt. Five representatives of this mar ket were present at a meeting in Danville last week. At the meeting plans were discussed whereby mar kets in this belt might secure an , earlier opening date. By earlier the i warehousemen mean to open at the same time the Middle Belt opens. The warehousemen know that this • battle has been waged before and that it has never amounted to a pile ; of beans. This year a harder fight ; will be carried on and the farmers in this belt will be asked to use l their influence on the tobacco com. > panies. 1 Several warehousemen who have been interviewed believe that the changes are better this year thm ever before and that something, might result. f Roxboro would gather as much benefit from an earlier opening as any other market. A large amount of tobacco leaves here every year f before the Roxboro market opens and once it gets started away it is hard to stop. ■ •• A petition requesting this new ; opening date will be started soon ' and the proprietoris of the ware -5 houses will have charge of the 1 fight. ROXBORO DEFEATS HENDERSON FRIDAY j Will Meet Strong Bethel HDI Team On Tuesday Night In Roxboro The Roxiboro Ramblers defeated Henderson Friday night in a hard ; fought basketball game that was played in Henderson before a large crowd. The final score was 18-10. Starting fast at the opening Rox boro ran the count to 8-0 during the first quarter. Led by the flashy playing of Captain Earl Stewart, who tallied 7 points in this quarter. Roxboro displayed superior marks manship at hitting the basket. Whitten and Winstead also con tributed to the scoring and played I a nice offensive and defensive game, i The first half ended 14 - 2. | Johnson of Henderson, led his i club with four points, j A large number of Roxboro sup ! porters followed the team to Hen-. I derson. end with Miss Mary Helen Thomp son. June 30, 1932 R. A. Whitfield was elected commander of the Let ter Blackwell Post of the American Legion for the coming year. June 30, 1932 Person County farmers have gone to eastern Carou. ■ iina after tobacco plants. June 30, 1932 Hon. John W, Hester of Durham, will spctak in i Roxboro next Thursday in behalf [ of Robert Reynolds. Democratic i candidate for the U. S. Senate. June 30, 1932 Miss Katie Sue . Russell of Roxboro is visiting hex . brother in Baltimore, Md.