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IF TOD WOULD KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON AROUND TOU READ THF PERSON COUNTY TIMES—IT IS A PAPES FOR ALL THE PEOPLE OP PERBUN AND ADJOINING COUNTIES.
VOLUME IX.
CONTROL BILL TO I
BE EXPLAINED
County Agent Is Waiting For <
More Information And Expects
To Pass It On To Farmers
The Farm Agent has not yet re
ceived official information on the ]
provisions of the new crop control
-bill. At the present time we know
only what has been published in
the papers. Just as soon as we re
ceive official and definite informa- '
tion news articles in the county pa
pers will attempt to explain '
the details as far as possible. As we
■understand it at present, county and j
community meetings will be held ‘
at which time questions will be ask- 1
cd and explanations made. 1
A referendum will be held at
which itinqe all tobacco producers
-will have an opportunity to vote
and express their wishes as to
-whether or not they wish the crop
control bill to go into effect, Watch
the county papers for announce
ments just as soon as we have de
finite official information.
Bequests For Crop History Os Each
Farm In The County
The County Agent is mailing out
within the next day or two a cir
cular letter and a questionnaire to
each farm owner in the county, with
the request that the questionnaire
be filled out and returned at once.
The questionnaire asks for inform
atino that will be a great help to
the community and county commit
tee in establishing goals for each
farm in the county.
H. K. SANDERS
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SOCIETIES HOLD
ZONE MEETING
Missionary Societies of Metho
dist Churches Met At Con
cord Thursday; Several
Speakers On Program
Deeply Spiritual Meeting
A zone meeting of the Methodist
Missionary Societies was held
Thursday at Concord church in the
Olive Hill section of this county.
The meeting was opened by Rev.
J. H. Lanning who led the devotion
al. Mrs. Pearl Parks, zone leader,
presided over the meeting and Mrs.
H. K. Sanders served in the capa
city of secretary.
Speakers on the program were
Mrs. A. M. Gates, president of the
N. C. Conference of Missionary So
cieties, Mrs. M. T. Plyer, Miss Flor
ine Robertson, district secretary,
Rev. J. H. Shore and Rev. M. W.
Lawrence.
Warren's Grove Missionary So-,
ciety won the attendance cup. War
ren’s Grove is the baby member of
this district.
jA delicious lunch was served to
*|l who attended the meeting and
i||ie usual hospitality of the Concord,
people was very much in evidence [
as the guests saw what was being
served.
The meeting was deeply spirit
ual and was attended by about 50
members.
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We Looked Back In Our Old Dusty Files
'| ; Os Many Years Ago And Found This
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1 ' July 7, 1932 First National
‘ agrees to take corn, oats, wheat
kndcattle as payment on notes, says
‘Vtr C. Boyles, receiver.
July 7, 1932 Alex Sergeant
installed as president of the Box
ttoro Rotary Club. Jack Hughes
\ iakes office as vice-president,
i july 7, 1932 Mr. and Mrs. R. H.
jpakley are spending this week at
Beach.
jp- July 14, 1932 Mr. and Mrs.
White have returned to
after spending some time
Hu Philadelphia.
gtjitily 2s, 1932 ln keeping with
and general short
|pjfc;-W money the dry cleaners of
TIMES’ SUNDAY MORNING EDITION
JergonMinics
PUBLISHED EVERT SUNDAT ft THURSDAY
KIWANIANS DEFEAT
ROTARIANSI7-12
Over Two Hundred Fans Come
Out To Watch The Game
Os Games Between Elderly
Men
Hard Fought From Start To
Finish
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The Roxboro KiWanis Club defeat
ed the Roxboro Rotary Club in a
hard fought basketball game Thurs
day night in the high school gym
nasium by a score of 17-12. The
game was one of the hardest that
has been seen in Roxboro this year
and attracted over 200 people to the
gym.
The Kiwanians gained possession of
the lead immediately after the first
half. At half time the score was
tied 8-8. Brilliant shooting by Capt.
Lawrence put the Kiwanians in the
lead during the first part of the
second half and they were never
overtaken.
Murray and Titus led the Rotar- (
ians in scoring and they both play
ed a nice flood game, but the Ki
wanis players covered their every
move.
Thompson, Murray, Oakley, Titus ]
and Gaddy started the game for the
Rofarians and played the best part
of the entire game.
Lawrence, Brown, Milligan, Win
stead and Merritt started for the
Kiwanians, but substitutions were
frequent. Others who saw a large a- ;
mount of service were Knight, Cur- .
rier, Deering, Bradsher and Brooks. ’
Dunlop and Oliver refereed the
game.
This game between the two civic ,
clubs is now an annual affair and
is proving to be the sport classic of ;
the winter. The game Thursday ]
night was the second between the ;
two clubs and the Kiwanians have
won both games.
THOMAS STREET
BUYS INTEREST
IN AUTO AGENCY
One-Half Interest In Person Mo
tors Sold By George Lowe
To Former Roxboro Citizen
Thomas Street of Kemersville,
has purchased one-half interest in 1
Person Motors, local Ford Agency
of Roxboro. Mr. Street is a native '
of Person County and is the son of :
Mr. and Mrs. Norman Street of this
city. For the past several years he
has been in the automobile busi
ness in Kernersville.
The interest that was bought by
Street was formerly owned by Geo. ;
Lowe. The other half was owned
by Henry Gates. Mr. Gates and Mr.
Street will now operate the business
together.
Mr. Street has many friends in 1
Roxboro and Person County who
are delighted to see him return to
the best city in North Carolina to
Ido business.
this city have reduced the price of 1
dry cleaning to 50c.
July 28, 1932 The announce
ment of the engagement of Miss
, Marjory Dearing Lacy to Mr. Ro
i bert Pascal Burns is read with much
interest by the people of Roxboro
and Person County.
Aug. 4, 1932 Mr. H. L. Crowell
is appointed welfare worker for
, Person County.
, Aug. 4, 1932 Wallace Harri-i
> has been transferred to the Roxboro
Tobacco Market as buyer for R. J.
l Reynolds Tob. Co. Mr. J. D. K.
■ Richmond has been moved to So.
! Boston.
World War Guns Make British Munitions
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The scrap metal obtained from the dismantling of this Hungarian field gun on the grounds of the New
College at Eton, England, is to be used for munitions purposes. The gun has been on view here since the
World, war.
Joyner To Hold
Used Car Sale
States That Business Must Be
Liquidated At Once.. And
That Cars Must Go
Mr. C. H. Joyner has all of the
used cars that have been the pro
perty of C. H. Joyner Chevrolet Co. :
and he says that the entire business
must be liquidated at once. For this 1
reason all used cars must be sold.
This company has about 30 cars on
hand and a big sale is now being
staged to dispose of them.
Mr. Joyner desires to call to the :
attention of certain people that he
has in his possession approximately
300 titles to cars that have been
bought. He is anxious for these peo- :
pie to see him and get their titles at i
once.
ROUGEMONT SCHOOL
BUILDING APPROVED
New Structure To Be Occupied
Immediately—Built At Cost 1
. Os $21,0,00
The new elementary school build
ing at Rougemont constructed at a 1
cost of $21,000 was approved Wed.
afternoon by the county board of
education and will be occupied im- '•
mediately, Superintendent L. H.
Barbour said. 1
The Rougemont building was the
last of five county improvement 1
projects completed out of the coun
ty’s share of an $85)000 bond issue 1
authorized last summer by the
board of county commissioners.
In addition to constructing the
Rougemont building, the county 1
built a gymnasium at the Oak
Grove school, added two rooms to
the Hope Valley school, two rooms
to the Little River school for Ne- 1
groes and made a number of im-.i
provements to the Holt school. The
five projects cost about $42,000.
The new Rougemont building was
inspected yesterday by members of
the county board of education,
Chairman H. L. Carver, of the coun- .
ty commissioners; County Manager
D. W. Newsom; George W. Kane, |
the builder; and George Hackney, '
the architect
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Auxiliary To Meet Monday
Monday afternoon at 3 o’clock
there will be a meeting of the A
merican Legion Auxiliary at the A
merican Legion Hut. Please come
and bring your dues.
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Peoples Bank To Be Closed 22
The Peoples Bank will be closed
Tuesday, Feb. 22nd. This is a legal
holiday and it will be observed by
the bank.
ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA,
HOSP’T. DISCHARGES
NUMBER PATIENTS
Building Continues To Accom
modate Number Os Patients,
But More Room Needed
Mrs. Lois Phillips - admitted on
11th, for surgical treatment, getting
along fine.
Mrs. Bunchie Davis - admitted at
tfcSO p. m. Friday, fracture, dis
charged Friday, condition very
much improved.
Mr. Robie Barton - admitted on
12th, appendectomy, getting along
fine.
Mrs. Eva Weaver - admitted on
12th, treatment.
Mr. William Robert Neatherly -
in automobile accident, broken leg,
discharged Friday.
Clarence Averette - Admitted 12th,
treatment, condition improved.
Mrs. Lucille l uck - surgical treat
ment, condition improved.
Mrs. Bessie Thomas - admitted on
13th, medical treatment.
Mr. T. B. Compton - admitted on
14th, discharged 15th, tonsilectomy.
Miss Rachel Tillman - appendec
tomy.
Mrs. Henrietta Perkins - dischar
ged Friday, condition improved.
Miss Hattie Dale Euliss - confin
ed since 14th, treatment, condition
improved.
Mrs. Julia Lowry, admitted 14th,
surg'j:al tneatm/3nt, (improved.
Mr. James Moore - admitted 14th,
discharged 15th, tonsilectomy.
Mrs. Janie Boyd - admitted 15th,
discharged 16th, tonsilectomy.
Mr. Hubert Hicks - admitted 16th,
discharged 17th, tonsilectomy.
Miss Frances Pointer - admitted
16th, injured back, discharged 18th.
Mr. and Mrs. Irving Fox - have
son, bom 11:20 p. m., 16th.
Mrs. Mary E. White - admitted
18th.
Mr. Robert E. Herring, who has
been confined since Feb. 2nd, dis
charged today, condition improved.
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MISS (MacDQiNALD TO WED
Ledds, England The engage
ment is announced of Miss Ishbel
MacDonald, who was official host
ess of 10 Downing St., famous home
of British Premiers, during the min
istry of her father, the late Ramsay
MacDonald, to Norman Ridgley,
decorator and handyman of the vil
lage of Speen, where Miss MacDon
ald manages the picturesque Plow
Inn. This quaint hostelry was built
in 1621, and the prospective bride
groom has helped Miss MacDonald
about its gardens.
COLUMBIA CELEBRATES
New York City Groups in vir
tually every country in the world
representing 91,185 living graduates
of Columbia University met to cel
ebrate Alumni Day.
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1938
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B. P. Robinson
Pays Visit Here i
Likes Weldon Fine And Invites j
Friends Down For Visit
Rev. B. P. Robinson, former pas- '
tor of Edgar Long Methodist church,
paid a short visit to Roxboro last
Friday. Mr. Robinson was here for
only a short time and came here
for the transaction of business.
At the present time he is pastor
of the Weldon Methodist Church!
going there from Roxboro. He stated
that he liked Weldon fine and that
he had a splendid church.
Mr. Robinson was here for only
an hour or two, but during that time
he met many old friends and invit
ed them to visit him at his new
home.
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R. B. GRIFFIN IS
FOUR-H SPEAKER
Spoke On Hand, Head, Health, j
And Heart At Bushy Fork
Last Tuesday Morning
R. B. Griffin, county superinten
dent of education, spoke to the
members of the Bushy Fork 4-H
Club last Tuesday morning during .
the activity period. About twenty- (
five members of the club were pre- j
sent.
Mr. Griffin spoke on the Hand,
Head, Health and Heart as applied I.
to living on a farm. His talk was en- j
joyed by all and the members of f
the club acclaimed Mr. Griffin as
a real speaker with a message.
Following the message by Mi - .
Griffin, Mr. 'Snipes, Asst. County
Agent, discussed beautification of
homes in the County.
Four-H Club work in Person Co. i
has now reached a high state of ac- t
tivity and under the supervision of <
J. B. Snipes much is being accomp- <
lished. 1
ALONG THE WAY- ALL APPEARS :
TO BE QUIET - NO NEWS
WANTED Five good basket
ball players who have a desire to
join the Rotary Club. For details
see J. W. Gaddy of the Roxboro
High School. Dues may be waived
if prospects can prove that they are
capable of shooting four or five
goals in a game.
Some of the members of the
“Young Men’s Garden Club” state
that they have green tomatoes
hanging on the vine. Now that Ben
Brown, Roy Cribb and others have
a wife and family they will pro
i bably go in for a real garden. By
i the way, John Hester is now a can
didate for the Garden Club. John
has a daughter.
PUBLISHED
SUNDAY AND ,
THURSDAY
NUMBER THIRTY-THREE^
NORMAN PERRY
COMMITS SUICIDE
Son Os Mrs. Ed Satterfield Shot
Himself About 9:00 A. M.
Saturday Morning At Mo
ther’s Home In Roxboro
RESIDENT OF DURHAM
Norman Perry, 30, resident of
Durham, N. C., shot and killed him
self about 9 o’clock Saturday morn
ing in the back yard of his mother's
home on the Durham road, but in
the city limits of Roxboro. Mr.
Perry went out to an out-house in
the yard and used a 38 revolver;
The bullet entered the right temple
and came out on the left side of his
head. No known reason as to why
he committed the act has been giv
en. It is understood that he had a
position in Durham and had been
in Roxboro for about one week.
Mr. Perry was the son of Mrs.
Ed Satterfield of Roxbodo. He is
also survived by a wife and one
child, both in Durham.
Residents of South Roxboro stat
ed that he had been to a filling sta
tion just a few minutes prior to his
death and that he had taken two
buckets of water to his mother's
house. They noticed nothing pe
culiar about his actions.
Immediately after the shot was
fired Sheriff Clayton and Coroner
Nichols were called. Dr. Nichols, af
ter an investigation, termed the act
ion suicide.
Funeral services will be held in
Durham. Definite arrangements had
not been made late Saturday after
noon.
S. B. DAVIS SPEAKS
TO ROTARIANS
Glenn Stovall Taken In Club At
Meeting Last Thursday-
Night
Speaking at the regular meeting
of the Roxboro Rotary Club last
Thursday night, Mr. S. B. Davis re
lated the history of petroleum and
how the business had grown to the
place it now occupies in the world.
Mr. Davis also told those present
something of the heavy taxes that
were now being imposed on the
gasoline industry.
Glenn Stovall, new auto agency
manager of Roxboro, was presented
to the club members. Mr. Stovall
comes to Roxboro from Oxford and
has been living in Roxboro for the
last four or five weeks.
After the meeting was over a ma
jority of the members attended the
Kiwanis - Rotary basketball game
that was played in the high schoor
gymnasium.
JAPAN SEES SILK LOSS '
Yokohama, Japan Without re
ference to the American buyers’
strike, it is admitted that exports
of raw silk from Japan to the Unit
ed States in 1937 dropped 48,040
bales from the 1936 figures.
P. L. Thomas and W. G. Bradsher
have decided to start a new devel
opment. They are going to build be
tween five and ten new houses at
once. The boys were too smart for
Jim Harris, city manager. All hom
es will be just out of the city limits.
Now Jim wants to extend the lim
its.
Collins Terry is in the bakery busi
ness. He will have charge of the
sales department, but Collins says
he knows all about bread because
he has been eating it all of his life.
Collins has been working for Curtis
Oakley and Curtis tried to make
■ Collins giv’e him a “Bakery Grazing
i Permit” Curt likes doughnuts and
pinches of cake.